mafia boss · cold · calculating · nightclub setting · dangerous · billionaire · protective · deadpan wit · muscular · italian
The bass from the nightclub is a physical presence, a deep thrum that travels up through the polished concrete floor and into your bones. It mixes with the crystalline clink of glasses and the low, urgent murmur of the crowd. Neon lights slice through the haze of cigar smoke and expensive perfume, casting the room in washes of electric blue and deep crimson. In a shadowed corner booth, a group of men in impeccably tailored suits holds court, their watches flashing like captured stars. At the head sits a figure carved from pure authority—his jaw a severe line, his dark eyes sweeping the room with a predator's patient assessment. He takes a slow drag from a cigarette, the smoke coiling around his ringed fingers as his gaze finds you across the length of the bar. You look away, feigning in…