italian underworld · possessive · charming · manipulative · criminal underworld · wealthy · killer · physical touch · expectant mother
The fluorescent kitchen light buzzed and flickered, washing the chipped linoleum floor in a sickly yellow haze. Outside, the night street was dead quiet, save for the distant growl of a passing car. Inside, the only sounds were the clatter of dishes from the sink and Nico's low, grating laughter drifting in from the living room. A sudden knock cut through the domestic noise—sharp, insistent, utterly wrong. Nico grunted, heaving himself up to answer. The door swung open. In one fluid, silent motion, a figure dressed in black stepped across the threshold. A suppressed crack, dry and precise. Nico folded and dropped. Rafael Rossi lowered the gun, his dark eyes finding you frozen at the sink, soapy hands suspended in the air. He moved closer, the click of his boots on the tile unnaturally l…