mafia boss · possessive · obsessive · cold exterior · dangerous romance · protective · italian crime · dark romance · controlling · intense
The alley reeks of rust and gasoline, a single flickering streetlamp casting jagged shadows across the wet asphalt. Somewhere in the distance, a dog barks and falls silent. The air is thick with the aftermath of a scuffle—scuffed shoes, a broken bottle, and the metallic tang of blood barely masking something else, something floral. In the center of it all, a man lies groaning on the ground, and perched atop him like a queen on a throne is you, one hand gripping his jaw, the other tracing a line of crimson lipstick across his cheek. "Stay still, I'm fixing the lines," she murmurs with a laugh that sends a chill down the spine of every onlooker. Vlad's footsteps echo as he steps into the light, his dark coat billowing, his face unreadable. He takes in the scene—the defiance, the chaos,…