The Winters Brothers

Contentment

Chapter 7

Rykers POV

It was currently 12:03pm and both of the girls were passed out on the couch. Not even 30 minutes into the movie and they passed out.

After Luca left, and I came down for dinner, I just stayed with them. They were fun to be around. I can see why Luca hangs around them so much. They were a nice break from everything else going on. We had all agreed on watching The Amazing Spider-Man 2; their key reasoning for wanting to watch the movie was “the plot”. And when asked what the plot was they answered with, and I quote; “Andrew Garfield, duh.”

I finished up the dishes as I made my way over to the back of the couch. I look up at the T.V and see the scene where Peter and Harry are catching up at the rock bay by the pier.

I look down and see my beautiful butterfly. She looks so peaceful; I drop my finger to her cheek and with the back of it, I gently stroke her cheek. She has the softest skin, so soft and beautiful.

“Hellooo,” a voice calls from the kitchen. I turn around to see mom, Luca and now Ryker all coming around the kitchen. I smile as I make my way to my mom.

“Ciao mamma.” I coo as I hug her.

“Ciao mio ragazzo intelligente.” She says as she kisses my cheek and hugs me back.

Titus and Luca walk past me and make their way to the girls.

“Hey thanks for watching over them man; it means a lot to me.” Luca says as he begins to wake up Amaris.

“It’s cool, I can see why you like hanging around them so much; they're fun.” I say as I walk back over to the back of the couch. Mom comes up next to me and watches me as I look down at levidia.

Titus is crouched down in front of her as he tickles the back of her neck. She groans into as she turns to her other side and faces him in her sleep. A deep ping of jealousy settles in me as I watch their interaction.

I take a step back and walk back to the kitchen. This is ridiculous. Why am I letting myself feel like this. I don’t have time for girls; not like Ti does. I should let my brother have her. But, what if he hurts her; I wouldn’t hurt her. No, I would love her and respect her. But what if in the end she wants him.

Why do I want her to want me?

No f**k this, I don’t have time for this.

She’s just a silly girl who happens to be friends with Luca and is pretty. That's all it is.

It has to be that.

That’s all it can be..

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Titu’s POV

Levidia turned around to face me in her sleep. I watched her sleep peacefully as light waves of her breath made their way to me.

From above me I could see Ryker step away and shake his head. I don’t question him, I just return my focus to her.

I blow lightly on her nose. She brings her sleeve up to her nose, that does not smell like her. Whose jacket is that? A short pang of awareness and a wave of protectiveness makes its way through me. Dropping my head to her shoulder, breathing in the scent. I let out a breath. Luca, it smelled like Luca. This relieved me a bit, I brought my hand up to her back and rubbed it. She’s not wearing a bra. She wasn’t wearing a bra; for how long was she not wearing a bra. This girl was going to send me over board, holy f**k.

A light sigh came from her as I rubbed her back.

“Principessa,” I whisper to her, so only she can hear it. A soft and quiet hum comes from her. “Wake up for me Levidia.” Another sigh came from her as her eyes slowly opened.

“Titus,” She breathed out in a quiet voice.

“Yeah, I’m right here principessa.” I said as I gently scratched the sleep off of her eye.

“I’m really tired.” She whispers as her eyes roam my face.

“You want me to take you to bed?”

“Yes please.” She says as she closes her eyes again. I bring myself closer to her as I throw her arm over my shoulder.

“What are you doing?” Luca asks me as he props up a sleeping Amaris on his back.

“Same thing you're doing, taking her to bed.” I say as I lift Levidia in my arms. Luca nods to me as he goes to kiss mom and Levidia’s forehead good night.

“Ti, you don’t have to take her. I can do it. You're probably tired, it’s fine.” Ryker says as he sets down his glass of water. I shrug and shake my head. He goes to speak again so I give him the Shhhhh. Mom laughs at my gesture and comes around to me.

“Goodnight mom, sleep well.” I say softly as I bend down to kiss her cheek.

“Goodnight baby, goodnight my sweet Levidia.” She says as she kisses me and Levs.

“Goodnight, Mrs. Winters.” Levidia whispers to my mom. My mom kisses her forehead and pats my shoulder as she makes her way to turn off the T.V.

I began to walk up the stairs and walk to the room right next to Luca’s. I slowly open the door and walk inside the room that my mom gave to the girls. As the soft scent of perfume hits I feel her stir in my arms.

“Titus,” She whispers in the dark.

“Si, principessa.” I whisper back.

“Will you stay with me?” she says even quieter. I stop in my tracks. She wants me to stay with her. She stirs again as I stay quiet. “Sorry, nevermind.” She says as she tries to set herself down.

“No, I’ll stay with you. Here let’s just go to my room, I have a couch in there I can sleep on.” I say as I make my way out of the room.

“Titus, you don’t have to sleep on the couch, you can stay with me in the bed if you want. I trust you.” She says as she stares up at me with sleepy eyes. She’s so pretty. I don’t deserve to be trusted by her. I kiss her forehead as I open my bedroom door and walk us inside.

There I set her on the bed and helped her into the sheets. She sighs as she makes herself comfortable.

“I’m going to shower, I’ll just be right there if you need me.” I say as I point to my bathroom door next to my closet. She hums in response as I make my way to the bathroom.

8 minutes. Probably the fastest shower I have ever taken. Why? Because the prettiest girl is in my bed and she’s waiting for me.

I walk out of the bathroom after getting myself ready for bed. When I step out I’m met with Ryker standing over Levidia.

“Why is she in your bed Titus?” He says in a low dark voice. This dude has to be kidding me. Can he get the f**k out. I just want to sleep.. with the girl that I’ve had a crush on since freshman in my arms. The very same girl who just asked me to stay with her and told me that she trusted me. She trust me; a monster who’s next in line to be one of Italy’s next big mafia boss. She trust me. She asked to stay with me. She’s in my bed, sleeping and waiting for me.

And then here was my twin brother, standing there, blocking her like I was going to hurt her. I stifled the urge to knock him cold, just for thinking that I would hurt her. Nothing is thicker than blood. That’s was mom told us, that was the only reason he wasn’t on the floor. Because out of the both of us, I was the strongest and the best at fighting. But i was not going to fight him; not in front of her.

“Because Ryker, the girl needed a place to sleep.” I say as I make my way to stand in front of him, blocking his view of her. “Get out of my room man. Go to sleep. She’s not going anywhere, you’ll see her in the morning. Chill.” I say pushing at his chest.

“f**k off Ti, I know you. You’re probably only being nice to her so you can f**k her.” He says pushing me back.

“Shut your mouth, she's sleeping. Wake her up and I’ll rock your s**t. Don’t go around assuming that because I’m nice to her I just want to f**k her. I actually care about her. So don’t ever question me again when it comes to her; same goes for Amaris as well.” I say in a very low voice, practically a growl. From behind me Levidia stirs in her sleep. I make a quick glance to her to make sure she’s okay.

“You like her.” Ryker breathes out.

“Get out, you're waking her.” I say as I cross my arms facing him again. He finally takes a step back and nods as he makes his way to the door. As he walks out he slams it, hard. Levidia gasped as she wakes up from her sleep. I close my eyes and take a deep breath. That f*****g asshole.

“What the hell was that?” She says as she rubs her face. I turn to her and sigh again. When she looks up at me, but she doesn’t really look me in my eyes. I watch her as her eyes roam me; a proud smirk growing on my face as her eyes linger on my chest. I was well built and I was proud of my body, but I had never been as proud of my body as I am right now. I was wearing a pair of pajama pants that hung low on my waistline, so my 8 pack and V-line was very noticeable and decently defined. Her cheeks heated up as I crossed my arms over my chest, flexing my biceps. She licks her lips, she likes what she sees.

“Principessa, my eyes are up here.” I say as I smile down at her. She quickly meets my eyes and clears her throat.

“I’m sorry, this must be so weird for you. I should go.” She said and she sits up more in my bed. I quickly find myself kneeling next to her with my hand on her stomach. She looks at me shocked, I don’t blame her. I’m shocked I did that too. I have never gotten on my knees for anyone. The only person I would ever get on my knees for is my mom.. and not I guess her. This was a shock no doubt but not as shocked as me about ready to begging her to stay.

“No, stay. Please. I want you to stay with me too.” I say with a pleading look. Please work.

“Yeah, sure. Okay.” She says and she leans back down and gets comfortable again.

I stand up and walk over to the other side of the bed. Softly throwing the covers over I get under them and throw them over me.

“Goodnight Principessa.” I say to her in the dark. I could see the moonlite highlights of her hair as it sat in a messy bun on top of her head. So pretty.

A small hum was heard from her side of the bed. I chuckle as I scoot closer to the middle and lie on my stomach.

My principessa is tired. She’s tired and she stayed. Without question.

Her scent made its way to my nose and I felt myself drift closer to sleep. Peace was an understatement as to what I was feeling.

Letting out a long, much needed breath, I felt her turn over to face me in her sleep. Feeling her soft breaths on my arm I scooted closer to her and with a final breath of contentment I let sleep elope me entirely.

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