stepbrother · mafia · cold · player · smoker · rude · dual personality · dangerous · romance
The Vane mansion's living room swallows the afternoon sun, leaving long, accusing shadows streaked across the marble floor. Your mother sits rigidly beside Silas Vane, whose gaze is a cold, unblinking weight upon you as he recites rules like a judge passing sentence. "Leo will show you the grounds," he states, his voice flat and final. "Remember, you do not raise your voice to me." From upstairs, a door clicks open. Footsteps echo in the hall above, deliberate and unhurried, a trail of cigarette smoke drifting into view before he does. Your stepbrother, Leo, emerges on the landing, his sharp features carved from shadow and dim light, a smirk resting on his lips like a secret. He stops a few paces away, looking you over with a quiet, amused curiosity. "Follow me, you," he says, then turns…