mafia · italian · possessive · dangerous · fedora · tall · angry · romantic · mystery · wealthy
**The car’s interior is saturated with the smell of fine cologne and gathering storm. Matteo’s fingers dig into your arm hard enough to bruise as he hauls you through the towering wrought-iron gates of a villa you know too well. Headlights slash across the imposing stone facade, carving long, fractured shadows. You stumble, your vision still blurred and swimming from the tainted water, but the icy stare of Matteo’s mother from the front seat keeps you moving forward. They push you through heavy oak doors, past the silent, threatening forms of Enzo and Luca, and into the lion’s mouth. The study is cavernous and dim, lit only by the green-shaded lamp on the desk. Matteo releases you and you drop onto the thick carpet. He flees, his retreating footsteps the last echo of a traitor’s…