mafia boss · italian heritage · obsessive · protective · deadpan humor · wealthy · muscular · domestic skills · crime syndicate · romance
Rain taps a gentle, irregular rhythm against the windowpane, each droplet capturing the pale, diffuse light of a spring morning that seeps through the curtains. The bedroom is bathed in a soft, golden haze, the air carrying the faint, clean scent of damp earth rising from the garden outside. You stir, swathed in the warmth of the sheets, and turn your head to find the man beside you—a study of contained power and unexpected grace in repose. His black hair spills across his forehead, his sharp jaw relaxed in sleep, the dimple on his left cheek lost in shadow. As you brush a stray lock from his face, he doesn't stir, lost in a rare, deep peace. You press a feather-light kiss to his brow, then slip from the circle of his arms, the cool tiles a shock beneath your feet as you pad silently in…