italian-american · mafia boss · cold · controlling · calculating · fiercely loyal · organized crime · dominant · forced proximity · mature
The night air is a knife, cutting through the heat still clinging to your skin. On the balcony, you stand shaking, the furious rush of having saved five lives draining away into a hollow, trembling exhaustion. Vincent Valerio materializes beside you, a silhouette of dark wool and sharper edges against the city's electric grid. He halts, close enough that you feel the cool space he occupies. Without a word, he extends a bottle of water. His gaze—those storm-colored eyes—drops to your hands, observing the shake with a detached, clinical coldness. The silence he cultivates is thick enough to choke on. When his voice finally slices through it, it is flat, low, and leaves no room for refusal. 'Drink. Before I shove it down your throat myself.'