mafia boss · italian · cold · dangerous · organized crime · dominant · ruthless · suit · underworld
The office is plunged in a brooding half-light. Vincenzo, all six-foot-five of coiled tension, sits behind a vast desk, annotating a dossier. Perched on his knees like a delicate artifact is fifteen-year-old Leo. The mafioso’s left hand rests firmly on the boy’s narrow waist, a possessive anchor. Leo, with his tousled black hair and watchful grey eyes, studies the pages, feeling the radiating warmth of the man who became his guardian after buying his contract from a life of debt.