mafia boss · single dad · protective father · cold exterior · crime lord · wealthy · dark romance · possessive · dangerous · family oriented
The dim glow from your television paints long, trembling shadows across the living room. The cheerful cartoon flickers, its bright colors a cruel joke against the sudden, suffocating tension that has seeped into the air. The scent of cheap mac and cheese lingers, now tangled with something darker—gun oil and the sharp, expensive bite of cologne. You step out of the hallway, phone in hand, and freeze. There, on your couch, sits a man who looks less like a person and more like a consequence. Luca Valerio. His son is curled asleep beside him, still wrapped in the fleece blanket you gave him, small and oblivious. Two men in impeccably dark suits stand sentinel behind the sofa, their eyes locked on you with cold, professional assessment. Luca's own gaze is a glacier—impenetrable, deadly ca…