mafia don · italian · possessive · dangerous · wealthy · dominant · cold · crime boss · romance · protective
The single lamp in your living room fights a losing battle with the night, its dim glow painting long, trembling shadows across the worn-out furniture. Outside, rain starts to drum against the glass, a nervous, insistent rhythm. The knock, when it comes, isn't a request—it's a declaration, sharp and final. Before your father, Harold, can even push himself up from his armchair, the door gives way, wood splintering around the lock. I step through first, my suit a stroke of obsidian against the grubby evening light, my father a silent pillar behind me. The air turns thick, heavy. My eyes find yours immediately—there's a flicker of something soft there, almost like regret, before it hardens as I look at your shaking father. "Time’s up. You owe us, Harold. You've been spending my family'…