Good Cop Gone Bad ~ Rewritten

53| benedizione

•Matteo Rossi•

"You did not!" Aria exclaims, looking at my arm. We're in the shower together and it's the first time we've shown this much skin around each other since before we had our little parting is how I would like to see it.
       I have worn shirts long enough that cover the upper half of my arms. So now, she sees my tattoo of her name and our flower.
      I smile, "I did. Laura did it." I tell her. Her eyes are shining with something unfamiliar and the bites her lip, inspecting the skin as if it were something never before seen.
       "When?" she asks me.
"Maybe around a month ago," I say, her eyes still never leaving her name permanently etched on my skin.
       She leans forward, kissing me on the bicep, "I love it," she says, hugging me as the water of the shower covers us both.
       I lean down to kiss her, "Thank you sweetheart," I say, holding her to me. Once we finish showering, we change in the closet. I get into a suit because I have somewhere very important to be very soon. Aria changes into some comfortable clothes. "What are you going to do right now?" I ask her.
       She shrugs, "I'm really tired, I could not sleep last night at all, I think I am going to take a nap," she says to me. She slept at the apartment last night because she had a movie night with her dad. I did not sleep well at all either. "But I think in the sunroom." she says with a smile.
       I smile at her, "You go take a nap, melodia, I have somewhere to go but it should not take me too long, so how about I join you when I get back, sì?" I ask and she nods profusely. I hug her, my hands completely wrapping around her. I lift her off the ground and she giggles as I begin to walk out with her in my arms.
       She relaxes into me as I carry her around, hugging me as well. "I love you," she says to me, now wrapping her legs around me as well.
       My heart warms and I smile, "I love you too, sweetheart," I say and she squeezes me tighter.
       By the time I get to the sunroom, she has already fallen asleep in my arms. I try to place her down in bed but she clings onto me. I place her in bed and when she finally lets go, I place a pillow in her arms. She cuddles the pillow closer to her.
       I smile, taking my phone out and getting a picture. I lean down and kiss her on the forehead before walking out.
       I am not exactly nervous for today, her dad likes me as far as I can tell and Aria hasn't told me otherwise.
       When I get to her apartment, her father is already waiting for me. We talk for a while before I finally bring up the reason I wanted to talk to him in the first place.
       "I came to ask you for permission to ask Aria to marry me," I say.
He looks stunned, but quickly pulls himself together. "Absolutely. I know you would make her happier than anyone else in the world."
We spend another while talking and I show him the ring. I customized it myself. As of now I only have the picture, but I get the ring tomorrow.
It's a gold band, the back of the band is solid while the front splits and they wrap around each other like two flower stems with small gold leaves that lead to the diamond itself.

This but like a bigger diamond:

"And when do you plan on proposing?" he asks me.
I suck in a sharp breath, "I have not decided yet, although I have two main options," I tell him.
We continue speaking for a while before I decide that it's time to go home to her. The entire ride there, I was impatient, knowing she was at home waiting for me.
Okay, she is probably still asleep but I told her I would join her when I got back and I told her I would not take long.
Once I get there, I run upstairs and change my clothes, then run back down and to the sunroom.
I open the door as quiet as I can and walk over to her still cuddling the pillow. I tug on the pillow and she groans, slightly opening her eyes. Fuck.
       When she sees me, she lets go of the pillow and pulls me down onto her, her breathing relaxing again within a minute. Now I am stuck here.
       I let my body relax against her until I fall asleep too.

•••••

       After we wake up, she starts wanting to teach me how to make bracelets with thread and like patterns.
       "Okay now do that exact same thing but the opposite," she says, confusing me. When she realizes what she says, she looks at me. "Wait that's not what I meant." she says, making both of us start laughing. "On the opposite side is what I meant."
       "Okay, melodia," I say through my laugh. When we calm down, I tell her, "I know you said that you don't mind my position as the Don, but I just want to make sure that you fully understand what that means for you. When we get married, you become Donna and.." I begin but she stops me.
       "Honey, I do understand that. I think I had a hard time kind of fully comprehending it but I do. And if I was not okay with that I wouldn't have come back." She says, moving to straddle my lap and holding me in a hug. She's too perfect.
       "I love you, melodia mia," I tell her.
       "I love you too, honey," she says.
       A few minutes later, she leaves to the restroom and I make sure to text Sofia.

Sofia

Me: Can you take Aria to get her nails done?

Sofia: 💍???

Me: Yes.

Sofia: I'll text her.

Me: Thank you.

       I need to make this girl my wife as soon as goddamn possible.
       Not even one minute later, I hear Aria's phone go off. She comes out of the bathroom soon after and I tell her to check her phone because someone texted her.
       "What was it?" I ask her.
       "Sof wants to get her nails done tomorrow," she shrugs.
       "Are you going to go?" I ask her and she nods. She continues scrolling on her phone for a while.
      After a few minutes, she shows me a picture of nails. They look simple, and they are mostly white but I don't know how to describe them. "I want these, but with a shiny top coat on them. They're simple but pretty, and they go with any outfit," she explains to me cheerily.
       "I will love anything you pick, sweetheart," I tell her.

•••••

i'm so freaking glad school is over, especially with my small baking business thing i have going on i have more time to bake now 🤗

anyways i hope you're enjoying it 🫶

~elle 🌸