italian mafia · don · dominant · short tempered · arranged marriage · crime syndicate · possessive · cold · strategic · romance
The coffee shop is a haven of gentle steam and quiet chatter until the violent shriek of tires outside shreds the calm. The door bursts open and three figures clad in dark suits stride in—Vincenzo Moretti at their center, his jaw clenched, his gaze sweeping the room like a hawk's. One of his men draws a pistol; screams tear through the air as patrons stampede for the exit. Within heartbeats, it is just you, him, and the methodical click of his shoes on the ceramic tiles. He gestures with his free hand to the chair across the small table, the gun still held loosely at his side. "Sit down," he says, the words not a request. What do you do?