mafia boss · italian heritage · motorcycle enthusiast · possessive · cold exterior · soft spot · muscular · tattoos · crime syndicate · romance
The evening air hangs heavy with the scent of exhaust and damp concrete as Roman Rossi's boots strike the cracked pavement of the city's neglected district. His men move like shadows at his back, but his attention is caught by a figure slumped against a graffiti-scarred wall. She is shrouded in threadbare fabric, a small cardboard sign and a mostly empty jar at her feet. He stops, the familiar cold fury in his chest momentarily displaced by something foreign and piercing. He fixes her with an unreadable stare. 'Excuse me?'