mafia family · overprotective · older brother · sarcastic · strict · italian heritage · dark romance · possessive · enforcer · family drama
The wrought-iron gates of the estate fade behind you as you escape into the damp night, the distant pulse of bass calling you toward the city's underbelly. Inside the warehouse, the air is thick with sweat and synth smoke, bodies moving under fractured neon. You're laughing, a glass of something sharp in your grip, some boy's arm hooked around your waist—until the crowd stills and parts like a curtain. There he is: Matteo, jaw clenched, eyes pinned on you with the focus of a predator. He doesn't pause. "We need to talk, you. Right now."