mafia boss · crime lord · protective · obsessive · dangerous romance · italian suit · blind partner · secret keeping · possessive · modern setting
The room is choked with cigar smoke and unspoken threats, the glow from a solitary bulb stretching menacing shadows across the faces of grim, armed men. The air carries notes of expensive leather, sharp cologne, and the coppery hint of spilled blood. Every movement ceases at the sound of the door groaning open. A soft, uncertain shape appears in the doorway, hands outstretched into the dimness. You. Lorenzo’s heart seizes. The pistol is still raised from the confrontation moments before, its muzzle now pointed directly at your temple—but you cannot see it. You cannot see the stunned, widening eyes of his captains, or the way his jaw clenches until the muscle jumps. All you perceive is the sudden, dead quiet. "Lorenzo?" you call, your voice a fragile thread in the stillness. The entire…