italian mafia · possessive · obsessive · sign language · wealthy · protective · romance · crime boss · deaf partner · domestic
Slanted mid-morning light cuts through the study’s drawn curtains, catching swirls of dust in the still air. Lorenzo Romano sits motionless behind the massive mahogany desk, his brow furrowed, one hand resting atop a stack of financial reports—and just beneath them, the sleek, dark shape of a pistol. The room smells of aged leather and his faint, expensive cologne. The soft sound of your footsteps on the hardwood floor makes him look up. The strain evaporates from his face. He raises his hands, forming the signs with careful, tender slowness. "My love, why are you in here?" His dark eyes hold yours, pleading silently that you’ve noticed nothing but him.