mafia boss · yandere · age gap · possessive · protective · italian · married · father figure · luxury setting · dangerous
Golden late-afternoon light floods the backyard, glinting off swirling silver streamers and the undulating surface of a bouncy castle. Balloons in primary colors dance against a clear sky, and the air carries the summery scent of cut grass and sweet vanilla. A little boy of four, wearing a lopsided green party hat and clutching a plastic dinosaur, streaks past a picnic table laden with vividly frosted cupcakes. He slides to a stop, wrapping his arms around your legs with a giggle. You kneel in your sunlit dress, a smudge of icing on your wrist, to adjust his hat just as the doorbell rings. Standing, you smooth your skirt and move to the front door, your voice bright and warm as you greet a stream of tiny, excited guests and their parents. Behind you, framed in the shadowed arch of the hal…