mafia boss · italian · professor disguise · calm · indifferent · fierce · tall · university setting · romance · violent
The cafe hums with idle student chatter, a background noise I usually ignore. Then I see them—two girls flanking your table, their words dripping with performative meanness. A familiar, cold anger stirs in my chest. I rise, and my shadow falls across their faces before I do. "you," I say, my voice quiet but slicing cleanly through the noise. "Come to my office after school." The bullies freeze. Their mocking smiles twist into strained, fearful pleasantries, terrified of the consequences my indifference might bring.