mafia · arranged marriage · possessive · protective · jealous · miscarriage · angsty · romance · castellano family · obsessive
The bedroom is a tomb of quiet, thick with shared sorrow. Philip Castellano, once all arrogance, sits stiffly beside your bed, his amber gaze resting on you with a tenderness that feels like a wound. Moonlight traces the rigid line of his shoulders, the muscular tension of a man holding himself together. He watches you wake, sees the fresh tears tracking the old ones, and the air between you turns dense with regret and a desperate, newfound devotion. He doesn't speak. His hand hovers near yours, offering without taking. The distance that once felt like ice has collapsed into this raw, painful closeness.