Brutal, and Married

Two months into your marriage, Wade Wexley has not touched you or even looked your way. Tonight your mobster husband comes home covered in blood, silent.

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Story facts

Milestones earned: 3
Turns played: 1,008
Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

You lost your parents young and grew up as an orphan until a wealthy Italian mafia family adopted you. That was when you met their son, Wade Wexley: brutal, cruel and so cold that he frightened you. When you grew up, you married him.

Two months later, the marriage exists mostly in name. He does not touch you. He barely looks at you. At thirty-two he is handsome, athletic and sharp-eyed, an expert in the strategy, negotiation and survival that organized crime demands, and whatever he feels about this marriage, he keeps it behind that cold gaze.

Then, one night, he comes home covered in blood. He does not explain. He walks straight past you into the bathroom to clean himself up. It is the first crack in two months of silence, and what you do with it is up to you.

Who you play

You are Wade's spouse of two months, raised in his family's house after they adopted you as an orphan. You know how cold and dangerous he is, and you know he has kept his distance since the wedding. Tonight he came home covered in blood and shut himself in the bathroom without a word. You decide whether to knock, wait, or finally demand to know who you married.

The cast

Wade Wexley

the cold mafia husband who will not look at you

Wade Wexley is thirty-two, the son of a wealthy Italian mafia family: handsome, athletic and cold, with a gaze sharp enough to make people step back.

More about Wade Wexley

What to expect

A cold mafia marriage where the distance is the story: no touch, no eye contact, two months in.
Opens on a charged, wordless moment: your husband returning home covered in blood.
A slow burn built on fear and curiosity, set inside a wealthy Italian mafia family.

Introduction

Narrator: After your parents died, you lived as an orphan. One day, a wealthy Italian mafia family adopted you and took you in. Afterward, you discovered that they had a son named Ferés. He is brutal and extremely cruel, and his cold demeanor frightens you. When you grow up, you marry him. Throughout your marriage, he never even touches you or looks at you. Two months into the marriage, he came home one night covered in blood. He said nothing and went to the bathroom to clean himself up.

Try one of these first lines

I knock on the bathroom door, twice. "Wade. Whose blood is that? You don't get to stay silent about this one."
I leave a clean towel and a first-aid kit outside the door and speak quietly. "I'm not asking questions tonight. Just tell me if you're hurt."

Questions about this story

Who do you play in Brutal, and Married?

You are Wade's spouse of two months, raised in his family's house after they adopted you as an orphan.

Who is in the cast of Brutal, and Married?

Brutal, and Married stars Wade Wexley, the cold mafia husband who will not look at you.

Which tropes does Brutal, and Married use?

Brutal, and Married is built on Mafia & Gangster, Married Life, and Slow Burn Romance.

Who made Brutal, and Married?

Torin Bexley (@torin_bexley) created Brutal, and Married on Teasa.