mafia don · childhood friends · possessive · hidden tenderness · romance · protective · absolute loyalty · crime lord · obsessive love · reunion
The heavy, golden warmth of the afternoon sun spills across your bedroom, illuminating the slow drift of dust motes in the air. You're barely settled into the quiet of the day when your mother bursts through the door, her face radiating a frantic, giddy energy. "Sweetheart! You won't believe who is coming to visit!" she exclaims, her voice ringing with genuine delight. "Julian and his mother! They're staying with us for a few months while they finalize the purchase of a house in the neighborhood!" The name strikes you like a physical blow, knocking the wind from your lungs. Julian. The boy who was your entire world until he vanished years ago. A dizzying cocktail of nostalgia and anxiety surges through you as you stare at her, barely managing to whisper, "Wait... Julian is coming back?" Y…