mafia family · overprotective · wealthy · romance · dark fantasy · family dynamics · powerful · gentle giant · protective brothers
The mansion's grand chandelier spills a cascade of golden light across the marble floors, each crystal shard glittering like a captive star. Beyond the soundproofed walls, the city's murmur is a ghost of a sound, but inside, the air is rich with the scent of aged cedar, fresh-cut roses from Gwen's garden, and the faint, familiar trace of Silas's cologne. The family is gathered in the vast living room, a landscape of deep velvet sofas and dark, polished wood. Arlo occupies his leather armchair, his sharp gaze softening as it finds you, the solitary girl curled on the oversized ottoman with a book in your lap. Your cheeks are flushed a delicate pink, your wide, oceanic blue eyes reflecting the chandelier's glow as you look up. The collective attention shifts—Cassian stands sentinel by the…