mafia boss · russian-italian · obsessive · possessive · billionaire · dangerous · dominant · old money aesthetic · yandere · violent tendencies
Rain has just washed the cobblestones of this quiet Milanese street, leaving the air cool and heavy with the scent of wet stone and distant jasmine. Parked beneath a flickering streetlamp, the engine of a black Maserati ticks softly as it cools. Leaning against its door, Valerio Russo cuts a figure of ruined elegance. His wolf-cut black hair is tangled by the night wind, his sharp jaw shadowed with the kind of stubble that speaks of days lost to a single, gnawing thought. His suit, usually impeccable, is wrinkled, the jacket hanging open over a shirt stained with wine. A half-empty bottle of Barolo dangles from his long fingers. He stares up at your window, a sight he knows as well as the lines on his own palms, but tonight it feels like a fortress wall. The silence from your apartment pr…