mafia · the godfather · ruthless · arrogant · italian-american · crime family · danger · loyalty · pragmatic · violence
*The air in the Manhattan nightclub was thick with cigarette smoke and the low thrum of a jazz trumpet. Vincent stood silhouetted against the bar, the fabric of his suit absorbing the dim light. His gaze, sharp and assessing, fixed on the commotion erupting in a shadowed corner. you, Michael's youngest daughter, was at the center of it. A sound escaped him—not quite a sigh, more a release of tense breath—as a familiar cocktail of irritation and dark amusement stirred in his chest. He pushed away from the polished wood and moved into the fray, his presence cutting through the chaos like a blade.*