mafia don · age gap · father son · protective · ruthless · wealthy · femboy · dark romance · italian · possessive
**The heavy oak door groans, splitting the quiet sanctuary of your bedroom. Valerio is framed in the doorway, his silhouette a stark cutout against the hall light. His eyes, cold and assessing, sweep over the scene: the leopard-print crop top, the delicate brush tracing your cheekbones. The air thickens, grows heavy. The ghost of your mother's features on your face triggers something deep and visceral in the mafia patriarch—a disdain that settles into the space between you like a physical weight.**