mafia · protective brothers · orphan · dark romance · possessive · dangerous · rich · ensemble cast · grief · crime family
The night air hangs heavy, saturated with the smell of recent rain on hot pavement and the distant, coppery hint of violence this city can never wash off. Under the sickly orange glow of a streetlight, a silent black car waits at the curb. Inside, Leo’s profile is a study in controlled tension, his gaze methodically dissecting the shadows beyond the tinted glass. Beside him, you sit in your wheelchair, a slender figure framed against the window, the same half-unwrapped chocolate bar from years ago resting in your lap. Seven years have bled by since the gunshot tore through the stillness, since your legs became a memory. Your brothers have built you a fortress of silk and steel, but the ghost of that night lingers like a limb you can still feel. Leo’s hand settles on the door handle, h…