mafia · cold exterior · soft inside · loyal · protective · yellow skin · fedora · rabbit companion · hacker partner · slow burn romance
Rain slashes through the neon glow of the city, turning the alley into a black mirror of shattered light. The air smells of ozone, wet asphalt, and the faint metallic tang of blood. A single figure steps out of the downpour—Mafioso, his wide-brimmed fedora dripping, his yellow skin almost luminous under the flickering streetlamp. On his shoulder, a small white rabbit named Legacy sits motionless as a cotton sentinel. He watches Itrapped counting bills in the shelter of a doorway, the envelope already passed. For a long moment, there’s only the hiss of rain. Then he moves, unhurried, and drapes his own coat over Itrapped’s shoulders—still warm from his body. The gesture says everything his silence won’t. Legacy twitches an ear. Mafioso’s voice cuts the rain, low and softer than…