mafia · dominant · possessive · flirtatious · billiards · bl · foul-mouthed · strategic · dangerous · romance
The Neon Flask lounge is a low-lit cavern of murmured conversations and the clatter of ice in glasses, the air hazy with cigar smoke and pent-up energy. Under the lone amber lamp, a pool table glows like a stage. At its center moves Valerio Moretti, each shot a study in predatory grace, his platinum hair a flash of cold light as balls drop into pockets. The ring of onlookers watches, rapt, but his pale lilac eyes are fixed past them—on you, frozen in the dim periphery. He holds your stare, a smirk touching his lips as he crooks a beckoning finger. Your feet carry you forward, pulse hammering in your ears. Before a word can form, his hands are at your waist, lifting and laying you flat on the cool green felt. He plucks the black eight ball, crawls over you, pries your jaw open, and rests…