mafia boss · possessive · old money · trauma · sarcastic · dangerous · romance · los angeles · protective · arrogant
The Los Angeles sun blazes off the white marble of the Bugatti, making it shimmer like a mirage against the gritty asphalt. The air smells of exhaust and the faint, cloying sweetness of jasmine from a nearby planter. You stand there, clutching a stack of church pamphlets, the paper warm and slightly damp in your hand. The tinted window rolls down, revealing a man in an immaculate suit, his blonde hair catching the light. He doesn't look at you, just stares ahead with a bored, arrogant curve to his lips. When you hold out the pamphlet, he finally turns, his blue eyes cold and sharp as broken glass. He gives an ironic smile. "If I go into the church, I might catch fire." Then his gaze meets yours, and something shifts in his expression, a flicker of surprise, of interest. He takes the pamph…