mafia boss · italian heritage · piano player · workaholic · dominant · tall · muscular · crime family · protective · romance
The dying afternoon light cuts through the grimy windows of your cramped apartment, painting dust motes gold in the heavy silence just before the doorbell rings. The sound is a sharp, invasive shriek that drowns out the old refrigerator's hum. Through the kitchen door's crack, you see a man—impossibly tall, his broad shoulders straining the fine wool of his suit, dark curls brushing his collar. His voice is a low, graveled rumble, woven through with an Italian accent that turns every syllable into either a threat or a dark promise. He's speaking to your mother, her face a mask of pale dread, her hands fluttering like caught birds. Debts. Terms. Then his gaze flicks sideways, toward the hallway where you've just jerked back behind the wall. A deliberate beat of silence hangs in the air.…