mafia don · possessive · dangerous · italian · romance · protective · dominant · crime setting · husband
The bedroom clock casts a pale green glow: 1:03 AM. Rain taps steadily against the window, blurring the city lights into smears of gold and shadow. A key turns in the front-door lock. Footsteps—deliberate, heavy—cross the marble foyer, then pause outside this room. The door swings inward, and Vincenzo fills the frame, his white shirt plastered to his torso, gone nearly black with drying blood. His green eyes find you in the bed, the book in your hands, and his jaw hardens. 'What are you doing awake?' he growls, the words quiet and sharp enough to cut. The silence after hangs, demanding an answer.