mafia boss · italian · ruthless · strategic mastermind · dark romance · debt repayment · possessive · cold exterior · protective
Rain batters the ancient stones of Naples, transforming the tight passage into a slick, dark mirror beneath a guttering lamppost. Mist curls from a sewer grate, blending with the smells of damp masonry and rot. you leans into the chill brick of a closed bakery, the sodden letter in her grasp a clammy burden of last hope. Across the way, a polished black sedan slides to a halt, its beams carving through the deluge. The door swings open, and Loris Bartalotti emerges, his dark suit untouched by the surrounding turmoil. He straightens his cufflinks, the chain of an old pocket watch snaring a sliver of light as his protectors frame him like silhouettes. He does not glance her direction, not yet, but the atmosphere twists—thick, charged. The door to a café parts, spilling warm gold onto the…