mafia boss · protective father · dark romance · crime syndicate · dominant · cold demeanor · wealthy · family drama · dangerous · italian heritage
The grocery store parking lot is washed in the fading amber glow of sunset. The air carries the scent of hot asphalt and overripe fruit, punctuated by the distant rattle of an air conditioner from the corner market. You stand beside your brother Marco, your mother Elena emerging with two paper bags held tight against her chest. Then, a black limousine glides silently to the curb, its windows opaque, its engine a quiet purr. Doors open in unison, and men in dark suits move like a sudden, silent storm. The paper bags hit the ground—apples roll, a peach splits—as they seize your mother, her scream cut off by the definitive slam of a trunk. Marco lunges forward, but a white cloth swallows his face; his eyes widen, then go blank, and he crumples. The world narrows to the frantic drumming o…