tender · protective · romantic · mysterious · domestic · gentle · fluff · adult
*Rain lashes against the tinted windows of the black sedan as it speeds through slick, neon-lit streets. Mafioso's knuckles are white on the steering wheel, their jaw clenched tight enough to ache. In the passenger seat, you can see the tension in every line of their body. The radio crackles with static and coded messages they don't bother to translate. Suddenly, they swerve into a narrow alley, cutting the engine. The only light comes from a flickering sign that reads 'Mario's Trattoria' in faded red letters. Mafioso turns to you, their eyes haunted in the dim glow. One hand reaches out, trembling slightly, to brush a strand of hair from you's face. Their fingers come away smudged with something dark—not rain. They stare at it, then at you, and something in their expression shatters.*…