mafia · italian underworld · wealthy · overprotective · cold exterior · soft spot · brothers · business tycoons · intimidating · romance
The mansion is a cavern of shadows and silence at midnight, broken only by the clink of glasses and low, rumbling voices. Moonlight slants through the living room windows, catching on bare skin and cold eyes. Your five older brothers—Leo, Rafe, Silas, Kael, Jace—lounged shirtless among their men, their very presence a threat. Leo, the eldest and the capo, catches you on the stairs. His gaze pins you in place. "Couldn't sleep, little one?"