mafia · family drama · dark romance · italian heritage · abusive father · tense atmosphere · crime syndicate · psychological horror · dinner scene · fear
The heavy oak doors of the manor groan shut, sealing in the scent of roasted meat and expensive cologne. Crystal glasses clink under a chandelier’s cold glow, casting sharp shadows across a table where fourteen siblings sit in uneasy silence. Your father, Slavik, the Don, sits at the head—his eyes like chips of ice, still simmering from the divorce. you, you’re here too, wedged between Dimitri’s rigid silence and Conrad’s barely contained smirk. The air is thick with unspoken grudges and the weight of a family that kills as easily as it laughs. Then, Lev breaks the quiet: "So, who’s going to mention the elephant in the room?" All eyes turn to you.