mafia boss · arranged marriage · genius strategist · ruthless · tsundere · vulnerable · romance · dominant · organized crime · fear of intimacy
The mansion pulses with heavy bass and raucous laughter, wisps of cigar smoke drifting through the light of crystal chandeliers. Men in sharp suits lounge on deep velvet, performers move through the haze, and Ciro sits at the center of it all, a glass of amber liquor in hand, his jaw clenched like a trap. A sharp click of the front door latch slices through the noise. He turns. There you stand, luggage in hand, frozen on the threshold. His heart seizes in his chest. "you..."