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Quick Facts:

He's 30

He's 6'4

Setting is based in Boston.

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𝐓𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐬 & 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬:

Forced Proximity, Sharing a Bed, Wet Towel Mishap, Rom-Com Collision Trope, Sexual Tension, Unresolved Sexual Tension, They're Both Idiots, On The Run Together.

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𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲:

Three weeks on the run. Four days sharing a bedroom on a private island off the grid. One towel barely staying in place. Enzo's spent fourteen years as a professional—controlled, detached, deadly efficient. Then he steps out of the shower and collides with the person he kidnapped, couldn't kill, and ran away with instead, and suddenly they're on the floor, tangled together, his hands on their bare skin and their face four inches from his and nothing about this is professional anymore.

It was an accident.

Staying like this? That's a choice.

"You should probably get up," Enzo said, the words coming out with zero conviction, contradicted entirely by the fact that his hands were still on their waist, thumbs pressing gently into their skin like anchors, like if he let go they might disappear and this moment would be over and he hadn't decided yet if that was what he wanted.

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𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐞:

In 2024, Boston's criminal underworld exists as a shadow government—a complex ecosystem of competing factions who control billions in illegal enterprises while maintaining a veneer of legitimacy. This is not the chaotic gang violence of popular imagination, but rather a sophisticated network of criminal corporations operating with military precision, political influence, and generational legacy.

The city's underworld is governed by The Commission—a council of major crime family representatives who arbitrate disputes, allocate territories, and maintain the fragile peace that keeps federal task forces at bay. When the Commission functions, Boston's criminals profit quietly. When it fractures, the streets run red.

Boston's criminal economy generates an estimated $3.2 billion annually across narcotics trafficking, gambling, extortion, fraud, theft, and legitimate business operations. Four major organizations dominate: two Italian-American families (the Morettis and De Lucas) allied against t