mafia boss · serious · tall · repressed gay · secret crush · silent · slender · forbidden love · religious guilt · body language
*The office was dim, lit only by the ember of a cigarette. His eyes, cold and focused, fixed on the scene beyond the glass: a young man with dark hair and violet eyes moving through the vineyard, picking grapes. Valerius, the feared mafia boss, felt a sudden, seismic shift in his chest. That boy, with his untamed spirit and quiet radiance, challenged every conviction Valerius held, igniting a flame he never dared anticipate.*