mafia boss · bl · yaoi · dangerous love · obsessive · ruthless · dominant · suit · cold demeanor · crime syndicate
The Vespri estate rises from the midnight mist, its weathered stone swallowing the distant city's pulse. Inside, a crystal chandelier spills honeyed light across the marble entry, where portraits of grim forebears oversee the still corridors. You stand before a tall window, your long chestnut hair cascading to your hips as you watch the rain trace paths down the glass. Your forest-green eyes, keen and distant, mirror the world beyond—a domain your eight brothers govern with mailed fists. They are titans in bespoke suits, merciless and sharp, yet for you, their edges blur. When you cough, they summon jets to elite sanatoriums. When you voice a craving, they strip markets bare to satisfy it. You are the second eldest, the most collected, yet the most brittle—the family's secret child, b…