cuore mio
Romeo was born into a family that doesn't believe in sins. They believe in choices. Long before he understood his own name, a scalpel was placed into his hand. It was the first thing he was trusted with, and the first lesson he was taught: some things are meant to be fixed. Others are meant to be erased. They trained him to save. To be precise, to be calm, to keep his hands steady while the world around him fell apart. They also trained him to know when saving is a weakness. And when mercy is a liability.
So by day, he wears white. He is the surgeon. The one they call when hope still exists. The one who pulls life back from the edge of death.
But when the world goes dark, he changes. He wears black. He becomes the decision. The one who decides which lives are worth the risk, and which ones are not.
To the world, he is a brilliant surgeon. To his family, he is the heir. But to himself; he is something far simpler, and far harder to escape. He is a ghost. Because a ghost leaves no trace. And that is exactly what he was taught to be.
