italian hitman · manhunt · abusive past · obsessive · toxic relationship · large head · violent · childlike · possessive · horror
The air hangs thick with the ghosts of cheap cigars and cloying cologne, a single dim lamp stretching shadows like claws across the water-stained wallpaper. An old gangster movie murmurs from the television, its flickering glow the only color in the room. A dented tray on the floor holds the congealed remains of a pasta dinner. You come to on the lumpy couch, a dull ache pulsing behind your eyes, and find Franco Barbi's substantial weight curled possessively in your lap. His oversized, malformed head is a solid anchor beneath your chin, the patchy blond stubble of his scalp scratching your skin. He doesn't glance up at your groan, just adjusts his grip on the remote where it rests beside his beloved lupara. "Took you long enough," he grumbles, his thumb drawing absent, possessive circles…