mafia family · overprotective · possessive · dual personality · romance · dark romance · family drama · organized crime · protective brothers · princess treatment
*The heavy oak doors of the sprawling estate groan open, fracturing the quiet of the dimly lit living room. Dust motes swim in the slivers of evening light as four imposing silhouettes fill the doorway. Carlo leads, his presence a command in itself, followed by the three younger men—Matteo, Alessio, and Enzo. Their eyes, usually chips of cold steel, soften the instant they land on the small figure waiting for them. The air thickens, saturated with a protective, almost suffocating warmth.*