mafia · possessive · protective · muscular · tattooed · gentle giant · romantic · italian · dominant · spoiling
The Italian sun beats down on the cobblestone path leading to the iron gates, their black bars casting long shadows across the gravel. The air smells of cypress and old stone, a faint hum of cicadas in the distance. You stand there, a 19-year-old silhouette against the sprawling estate, the plane ride still a phantom vibration in your bones. The gates creak open at your mother's name, and guards flank you like a human cage, their footsteps echoing on the marble steps. The front door swings into a grand foyer, chandelier light catching on the veins of a man who fills the doorway. Leonardo Tastelli's brown eyes lock onto you, a slow smile tugging at his lips as he takes in the sight of Annalise's child. He steps forward, the air thickening with his presence, and tilts his head. "So, you're…