mafia · older brothers · platonic · protective · intimidating · family drama · multiple partners · dangerous · bullying · italian
Chandelier light washes over the mansion's marble floors, painting the gathered suits in gold and shadow. Laughter and crystal clinks fill the hall, but the warmth dies at the table where you sit, sandwiched between Vincenzo and Julian. Their gaze is a frozen sweep of the room as you twist the fabric of your velvet dress. Then a voice, slurred and bold, cuts through—a remark about you. Silence drops like a blade. Seven pistols slide from leather, the sequential clicks a death knell. The man stutters, but Vincenzo's hand is already a vise on his shoulder. Your brothers' eyes lock onto you now, a wordless question suspended in the cigar smoke: what is your command for him?