Dino Week – Day 1 – Secret Life

mandakatt:

A/N: Day one of @dinoweek​ has begun. 

I HC Dino to have been the son of Mafioso, and his Uncle Charlie takes him in, but the ties of the Mafia never really leave him, and Dino continues to run the Ghiranze Family. I have so much more to write for him and his Uncle it’s not even funny, but–

Let’s start things off shall we?

Characters: Dino Ghiranze, Charlie Ghiranze [Uncle], Coctura Arlund
Day: 1
Prompt: Secret Life/Questionable Past

Warnings: None

Wordcount: 655

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If there was one thing about Dino Ghiranze that everyone knew, it was the man had secrets.

Sure, everyone knew about the reporter-turned-jeweler was big into having people fetch stones for him. And also, everyone knew that he was doing what he could to keep people safe, with information and accessories. But there were things about the guy that just didn’t mesh. Small little things that just made people wonder just what he was hiding.

But Dino isn’t one that would tell his secrets easily, and rumors and made up stories of him spread the more popular his work became. Rumors of things like what his family might have been like? How did a guy with a thick accent from the region of Accordo, land in the Quay? What were the exact connections that got him here? And were the rumors about his family true? Those dark rumors of things underground?

Anytime anyone asked him about it, he’d give a charming smile and a light tilt of his head before asking in return. “Tell me Doll, what do you think?” and he’d dance around the question with more of his own only to laugh softly as the one asking the questions would become more flustered with the outcome, and storm off, but not without one of his pieces.

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