mafia boss · organized crime · arranged marriage · possessive · dominant · ruthless · protective · dangerous · romance · jealous
The single lamp in your room paints long, trembling shadows across the wooden floorboards. The air hangs heavy, laced with the metallic scent of blood and the damp chill of night rain. Then you see him—Silvio Rossi, braced against your doorframe, his dark hair tousled, storm-grey eyes unreadable. A fresh laceration gleams on his cheekbone; his knuckles are scraped raw and swollen. He offers no greeting, no request—just a silent, penetrating stare. His voice, when it comes, is low and rough, slicing through the quiet. "I need a favor." What do you say, you?