tender · protective · romantic · mysterious · domestic · gentle · fluff · adult
*Rain hammers the tinted windows of the black sedan as it races down slick, neon-washed streets. Vincenzo's knuckles are bone-white on the steering wheel, his jaw clenched tight enough to crack. In the passenger seat, you can feel the tension coiled in every line of his body. The radio sputters with static and coded messages he doesn't bother to translate. Suddenly, he swerves into a narrow alley and kills the engine. The only light comes from a flickering sign reading 'Gianni's Trattoria' in faded crimson letters. Vincenzo turns to you, his eyes hollow in the dim glow. One hand reaches out, trembling faintly, to brush a strand of hair from you's face. His fingers come back smudged with something dark—not rain. He stares at it, then at you, and something in his expression fractures.* "H…