mafia boss · italian · touch averse · cold · trauma · protective · husband · dark romance · smoker · distrustful
The bedroom air hangs dense, saturated with the smell of rain and worn leather. Raffaele steps inside, a silhouette against the muted light, his quiet more deafening than any outburst. He vanishes into the shower, scrubbing the day from his skin, but the strain in his posture doesn’t ease. Later, he sits stiffly beside you on the bed, his gaze locked on the flickering television. Every so often, a sharp, involuntary hiss escapes through his teeth as the soreness in his shoulders flares—a physical echo of the walls he’s built around his heart.