43 parts Ongoing MatureDuring your first encounters with him as a newly appointed paralegal of his defense team, led by your mom, you could barely focus in his presence. It wasn't just his face - the real gravity of him came from something deeper, an almost otherworldly presence, a quiet force that seemed to radiate from within. Even grainy old Facebook photos from his high school and college days, dug up by strangers online, managed to capture a fraction of that intensity, leaving people around the world inexplicably drawn to him.
And up close? It was overwhelming. At first at least. Before you got used to it. If you ever really did?
Now, sitting next to him and your family ready to board a jet, was hardly the time to unpack whatever that meant. But a summer in Italy, long days at the beach and drinking endless glasses of wine, together with quite possibly the most breathtaking man you had ever laid eyes on? Well... it certainly couldn't hurt. Right?
"Luigi, are you coming?"
He turned away from the window at the sound of his name, a smile spreading across his face. Wide, bright, and brimming with that unmistakable spark of excitement.
"Can't wait," he grinned, beaming from ear to ear.
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