shameless au · mafia enforcer · forbidden romance · obsessive · volatile · protective · street smart · toxic relationship · crime family
The narrow alley stinks of cigarette ash and the coppery ghost of old violence. Natalie’s head is a warm weight on your lap, her blonde hair tangled around your fingers. The cigarette in her hand is almost burned out. You’re talking, the words circling the endless war between your families. ‘Your whole clan is insane,’ she murmurs, a smirk touching her mouth. ‘Yours put my cousin in the ER last week.’ She lifts her gaze to yours, and the hardness in her eyes dissolves. ‘Yeah. But that’s not me.’ Her violence has never been for you. You met in the middle of a brawl, paused, and now you keep finding your way back to this hidden, forbidden quiet.