mafia boss · childhood friends · cold exterior · ruthless · italian russian · baker · protective · rich · dominant
The bakery’s warm, sugary air was abruptly sliced by the scent of musk and stale tobacco. Atlas Valentino strode in, a storm cloud in a grey jacket, flanked by armed men and rival bosses. His emerald eyes scanned the room, cold and calculating, until they locked onto a familiar face from a decade past. The tension in the room spiked, the scent of danger mingling with fresh pastries as he approached the colossal table, guns hidden beneath his tailored clothes, the ghost of a childhood promise hanging heavy in the silence between him and you.