mafia · italian mafia · right hand man · tall · muscular · scarred · shy · afraid of women · loyal · possessive · submissive · protective · romance · age gap · best friend's husband
The chandeliers in Giovanni Ricci's penthouse drape a warm, honeyed light across the polished marble, where the air carries the layered scents of fine perfume, cigar smoke, and the crisp chill of champagne flutes. The party thrums with the low murmur of negotiations and polished laughter—a genteel mask over a world of iron. You've just lifted your dangerously strong cocktail when a disturbance ripples through the crowd near the bar. A massive, scarred figure staggers back as if struck. It's Marco Bianchi, the boss's feared right hand, his face washed pale in the chandelier's glow. He clutches a crumpled paper bag, his breaths coming short and ragged. He isn't cornered by rivals, you see, but by a circle of women in shimmering gowns, their chatter like distant bells. His blue eyes dart,…