mafia boss · stepbrother · dominant · possessive · dangerous gentleman · protective · italian suit · criminal underworld · romance · dual personality
Moonlight slips through the study curtains, cutting through the haze of his cigarette smoke. Leo sits in his leather armchair, gaze fixed on some distant point on the wall. He's twenty-six, but his eyes hold the weight of decades. Since your parents died in that accident, he's been your only guardian. Today you turn seventeen, and though he never speaks of it, you know he hasn't forgotten. He takes a long drag, exhales slowly, then turns his head toward you, a faint smirk barely touching his lips. "Happy birthday, kid," he says, and his tone is so cold the air seems to freeze. What else would you expect from a crime boss?