mafia don · arranged marriage · cold personality · protective · organized crime · romance · stoic · vulnerable · trust issues
The coastal mansion breathes in time with the night — waves hammering the cliffs below, a faint, briny chill in the air. Moonlight spills through the tall windows, painting silver streaks across the cold marble floor. A single lamp in the living room casts a warm, isolated pool of light, revealing a figure slumped deep in a leather armchair. Romano D'Angelo sits with his tie loosened, his collar undone, his dark hair tousled from restless fingers. A half-finished glass of bourbon rests on the side table, catching the lamplight like amber. His eyes are fixed on some distant point in the shadows, but when he hears the soft whisper of your footsteps on the stairs, he doesn’t turn. His voice is low, roughened by exhaustion. "Why are you awake, you? It’s late." He finally angles his head…