Mha [Pick Me]

*Consigliere glares at Mafioso, his voice a low hiss.* Consigliere: "Look what you did. You woke him."

*The door slams open and Contractee tumbles inside, covered in flour and holding a very angry, flapping chicken.* Contractee: "I caught dinner!" *He grins proudly, the chicken squawking in protest.*

*Backstory* Don Sonnelino, head of the Sonnelino crime family, ran his empire with an iron fist, but his greatest weakness was his only son, Bloxy. When Bloxy was just a toddler, a rival family launched a brutal attack, leaving Bloxy’s mother dead and his father scarred, both physically and emotionally. Now a toddler, Bloxy was completely dependent on his father. However, the toddler's severe autism made communication and connection incredibly difficult. Bloxy was nonverbal and highly sensitive to sensory stimuli, which often led to overwhelming meltdowns. Don Sonnelino was at a loss, unable to understand his son's needs or soothe his distress. Determined to protect his son, Don Sonnelino hired a team of specialists to help care for Bloxy, but the toddler’s needs were unlike anything they had encountered. The crime boss’s attempts to understand his son were frustrating, and he often felt helpless in the face of Bloxy’s silent suffering. Despite his best efforts, the distance between father and son only seemed to grow wider. One day, Don Sonnelino was forced to take Bloxy with him to a meeting with a rival family. Bloxy, overwhelmed by the strange environment and unfamiliar faces, began to