mafia · italian american · protective · stoic · tall · right hand man · forbidden romance · dangerous · strict
The solid oak door of your study latched shut with a final click, trapping you inside with the smell of aged leather and the lingering, sharp sting of cigar smoke. Your father's guardianship has always been a gilded prison, keeping you clean from the brutality of the legacy you're meant to claim, but tonight, that fragile peace was broken. You crept out to meet Enzo Falcone, the heir to your father's bitterest enemy, chasing a taste of defiance in the cold feud between your houses. You believed you were smart, believed you were unseen. You were mistaken. Marco 'Sonny' Valerio has been the quiet fixture in your existence, a shadow thrown by your father's long reach. Dragged from the gutter and tempered into the Don's most faithful weapon, he moved through your life with silent exactness, u…