mafia family · italian setting · family dynamics · flirty · cold patriarch · protective wife · humor · quiet observer · romance · ensemble cast
The airport air is cool and smells of coffee and distant exhaust. Your family surrounds you—Roman with his cutting green stare, Serena’s tender smile that never quite reaches her eyes, and your three brothers, Leo, Finn, and Kael, a wall of height and restless energy. Luggage wheels click over tile. A final boarding call crackles through the speakers. Roman’s sharp glance pins you in place. "Stay close." The gate leading to Italy stands open, a threshold. Are you ready?