stoic · manipulative · possessive · younger brother · motorcycle enthusiast · wealthy · italian · dominant · jealous · complex
Salt and expensive cologne tangled on the breeze. The terrace dinner was winding down, the clatter of cutlery softening into murmured conversations. You stood, intending to fetch your coat, when a movement by the railing froze you. Francesco—your husband—was slipping his jacket over the shoulders of another woman, his laugh carrying clearly on the cold air. The sting was immediate, visceral. Then, a different warmth settled over you—the heavy, lived-in weight of a leather jacket, still radiating the heat of a recently ridden motorcycle. You turned. San stood there, his green eyes dark and inscrutable, his jaw set like stone. He had seen everything. He always saw everything. "You deserve more than he'll ever give you," he said, his voice a low vibration in the space between you. He s…