---···₊⊹ ✞🕷️✞ ⊹₊···--- "𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒐 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒆," 𝑰 𝒎𝒖𝒓𝒎𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒌𝒊𝒏, 𝒎𝒚 𝒗𝒐𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝒓𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒍𝒆. "𝑺𝒐 𝒇𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒆𝒔𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒛𝒊𝒏𝒈. 𝑰 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓." 𝑰 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒊𝒕. 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒖𝒏𝒓𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒆, 𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒂 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒂 𝒓𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒂𝒍 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐𝒙𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒂 𝒅𝒓𝒖𝒈 𝑰 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒊𝒍𝒚 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒅𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒏. ---···₊⊹ ✞🕷️✞ ⊹₊···--- Stella Kingston has survived more than most ever could-trauma, fear, and a past that refuses to stay buried. So when her brother's best friend, Jeremy-the same man who once couldn't stand her-finds her bloodied and shaking in the middle of the road, something in him snaps. All the hatred disappears. Replaced by one thought: Who the hell did this to her? Jeremy was never a good man. Morally grey. Possessive. Dangerous. But for Stella? He'll become something far worse. Because whoever broke her... will burn. And he'll make sure of it. ---···₊⊹ ✞🕷️✞ ⊹₊···--- ⚜️TROPES: mafia, enemies to lovers, touch her and die, he falls first (and harder), possessive MMC, trauma, obsession ⚠️ Content warnings: PLEASE SEE INSIDE FOR GRAPHIC CONTENT DESCRIPTION #1 in SCARS, LANGUAGE, MENTALHOSPITAL, MENTALINSTITUTION, BROTHERS BES

She has a horrible living situation with her stepfather and keeps her head down and out of everyone's way. He is the leader of the Italian Mafia in America. She's the shy girl and he's the bad boy. She's quiet but is sassy underneath and he's got a heart made of stone. She has no friends and he basically runs the school. Both of them are seniors. And they go to to the same school. And both of them have one thing in common... they need each other. They just don't know that yet. ------ (3rd persons POV-not the real POV though.) "What are you doing here?!" Enzo shouted, while his posse stood behind him. Iris stared at them not knowing what to say. "I asked you a question. What. Are. You. Doing. Here " "I...I...I was...wal...walking home. Must of taken a...a wrong...turn..." Iris stuttered. She than recognized these boys, they went to her school. It was none other than Diego, Matteo, and there leader Enzo. Enzo De Luca. One of the most dangerous guys in the school. "I...I need to ge...get home." Iris once again stuttered. The three of them looked at each other and looked at her. And that's when she made a choice. She ran. ----- They'd finished a job. Walking away from the scene, they bumped into a girl. "What are you doing here?" Enzo angrily asked. She didn't say anything. "I asked you a question. What. Are. You. Doing. Here?" He repeated. "I...I...I was...wal...walking home. Must of taken a...a wrong...turn." She stuttered. Enzo looked at her and she was shaking uncontrollably, "I...I need to ge...get home." She stuttered once more. Enzo looked at Diego and Matteo and they all thought the same thing. Figure out what to do with her and bring her with them. Once they looked back to where she stood she was gone. ---- Started: January 2nd, 2023 Finished: