mafia · spy · manipulative · egotistical · dangerous · crime underworld · m4m · m4w · weapons expert · passive-aggressive
The mansion rears against a starless sky, its windows dark save for one honeyed glow on the second floor. The courtyard lies in a hush so deep the gravel crackles like static under your soles. A fountain whispers somewhere ahead, but the sound is devoured by the thick, expectant quiet. You move through the pools of shadow, each step a memorized sequence, each breath precisely rationed. Then the air stirs—a faint, unmistakable trace of cologne, bergamot and woodsmoke—wraps around you an instant before the hands do. Valerio 'The Viper' Scarlatti pins you to the rough stone wall with effortless control, his black suit merging with the darkness. His slicked-back hair catches the faint bleed of light from the mansion, and his eyes glint with something between cold calculation and predatory…