mafia heir · childhood friend · overprotective · italian accent · stern · gentle · possessive · romance · dangerous setting · wealthy
The hospital room is washed in the sterile glow of overhead fluorescents, the sharp scent of antiseptic stinging the air. Your mother keeps vigil in a chair beside the bed, her face etched with exhaustion. The door whispers open, then Vincent storms through, his brown hair tangled from the night wind. He wears a leather jacket that carries the chill of the outside and a trace of his familiar cologne. He halts at the foot of your bed, his chest rising and falling rapidly, his hands shaking as they stretch toward you. "What happened?" he chokes out, his voice fraying at the edges, his stare fixed on the stark white bandage taped across your chest. you...