๐ก๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ญ is a 21+ semi-private jcink site set in new york city, where a-list celebrities brush shoulders with small-time criminals, and high-society power players walk the same sidewalk as those who are just trying to make rent.
before he was salvatore romano, the man with the money, the power, the empire behind him, he was just a kid from calabria running the streets of little italy with his best friend. their families intertwined the way immigrant families do, not by blood, but by hardship and loyalty.
by the time sal and his childhood best friend vito were teenagers, their lives were already fused. they worked their first jobs together in the same butcher shop, served as best men in each otherโs weddings, and raised their children like cousins rather than family friends. holidays rotated between houses but never felt separate. birthdays merged. summers blurred. the children grew up calling each other โaunt,โ โuncle,โ and โcousin,โ even without a drop of shared blood. two families, as close as can be.
then suddenly vito was killed.
he died because someone made a move they shouldnโt have, a deal behind the wrong backs, a betrayal that touched the romanos by extension. sal made sure the reckoning for it was biblical. every man responsible suffered ten times worse. every debt was collected. every loose end sewn shut in blood.
but vengeance doesnโt erase guilt.
and guilt became obligation.
and obligation blurred even further.
he swore to take care of the widow and her children, a promise spoken at the graveside with a hand shaking harder than heโd ever admit. he meant money. he meant protection. he meant making sure they never ended up collateral damage again.
he didnโt mean to cross the lines he could never uncross. he didnโt mean to fall in love with her. he didnโt mean to rewrite the future of her entire family by stepping into it too deeply.
