THE DARE | BWWM 18+ (editing)

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L E O N A R D O

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Iris.

The only person that's been on my mind for the last week.

The way she walks. The way she talks. The way she smiles. Fuck. Even the way she breathes has me mesmerized.

Most people see me and run the other way. They're either intimidated by my tattoos or by my demeanor, but not her. It's as if I'm a burning building and instead of running away, she's sprinting towards me. I'm not sure if she's aware of the danger that's waiting for her, but I'm hoping that she won't care.

From the moment she caught my eye, I couldn't help but be enticed by her. That night we met at the club, I was trying to wash down the anxiety I was feeling because I had just sent my little sister on a dangerous mission. I thought that nothing could distract me from thinking about all of the terrible ways my enemies could hurt my sister, but when I laid my eyes on her, all my worries seemed to disappear. As much as I wanted to talk to her, I didn't want to bring her into my life. The safest thing for her is to be as far away from me as possible. I'm a dangerous man living an even more dangerous life. I've done things that would make her hate me if she ever knew. I've killed, tortured, stole, and not once did I regret any of it. Does that mean I'm a monster?

I was surprised when she came up to me. Wasn't she scared of me? She should be terrified, but I don't want her to be because I loved every second of our conversation. It saddens me to know that she finds comfort in being alone because it takes a certain kind of pain to force someone to make that choice. Humans weren't made to be alone, so there has to be a reason why someone like her chose to be alone. Although I have a feeling that whatever the reason is, it's not good.

It's been a week. A week since she said no to my offer to take her to dinner but honestly, I don't blame her. Why would she ever say yes to me? I'm a complete stranger and I could kidnap her or hurt her. Not that I ever would, but I definitely could. I even caught myself off-guard when I asked her to dinner. I'm not a romantic guy. I don't do flowers. I don't do heartfelt gifts, and I definitely don't do dinner dates. At least not anymore.

I could've asked her out to dinner again, considering that after I told my best friend Xavier about her, he told me about her coming back to the club. I watched her every night that she showed up at the club.

I usually only come to the Red Lounge on Friday or Saturday nights to check in on how business is going, but since Iris, I've been here every night. I also make sure that Xavier is doing everything he's supposed to because even though he's in charge of the Red Lounge, he's an airhead and acts like he's 15. I don't mind it though, anytime we are with each other, it's always entertaining.

Xavier is my right-hand man and my best friend. He knows everything about me, and I know everything about him. Our fathers were also best friends and they ruled the mafia world, so we grew up together. We were their rightful heirs but we didn't think that we'd have to take up the mantle at 25 years old. Someone in our organization snitched and our fathers got caught. They each got charged with 20 years, and it's only been five years since they went away.

I've done everything I can during the past five years to avenge our fathers, and Xavier has been by my side every step of the day. I found the traitor during my second year and I put a bullet right between his eyes, only after I had my minions starve him for a week, cut off his toes, and bash his knees in.

In case you can't tell, I love my father. We are the only Sorellis still alive, so we have to look out for each other. Killing the traitor was only the beginning because more people were coming after us. But they don't know that I will not hesitate to decapitate every single one of them until I get to whoever is in charge of the rival gang.