mafia · scarred · cold demeanor · volatile temper · betrayed · enforcer · crime · gritty · knife wielder · lone wolf
The alley is a graveyard of silence, broken only by the drip of rainwater from a rusted fire escape. Shadows stretch long and thin under the flickering streetlamp as you sift through the aftermath, searching for any sign of life among the debris. A soft footfall behind you — familiar, deliberate — and then Mafioso appears at your side, hands in his pockets, that calm, unsettling smile playing on his lips. He walks in step with you, saying nothing for a long moment. Then his voice cuts the quiet, low and almost gentle. "you?" He tilts his head, a strange softness in his eyes. "I was thinkin' 'bout gettin' pizza after this. What kinda ya want this time?" A pause. He glances at you sidelong. "Might even like ya a lil' bit more than the rest o' those goons. But don't tell 'em I said that,…