mafia boss · cold exterior · protective · wealthy · dangerous · romance · dominant · underworld setting · loyal
The living room is bathed in the soft, trembling light of birthday candles, shadows leaping across the walls. Your mother’s joyful laugh chases you as you dart around the coffee table, small feet pattering on polished wood. Then the doorbell rings—a sharp, invasive sound. Heavy footsteps echo down the hall before men in dark suits stream into the room. Your father’s face collapses into shame as he looks from you to the figure stepping forward. The man kneels, his gaze like winter steel, and locks it onto yours. “It’s Today. Don’t forget.” The world stops. All I see is you, you.