Prompt list: Send in a flower for an AU-
Carnation: Mobsters AU
I think this sort of ended up swaying away from ‘Mobster’ into just ‘gang au’ but i hope you enjoy none the less! Tossed in some reader headcanons after being bit with the idea bug. (Not proof read, please feel free to yell if you see any mistakes <3 )
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-’Nobody touches my circus’ She’s very protective of her Mobster group, she begins to regret how protective she is of Julian when her and Portia have to reel him in or bail him out of situations where he has tried to out-con someone.
-Weapon of choice is an intricate handgun. Nadia prefers flair over size while also making sure her handgun is practical and will work when she needs it to
-Faust 100% loves to hang out with Nadia if Julian, you or Asra aren’t around.
-Hears all the interesting gossip from Portia, the two of them sit down at least once a week and just trade gossip over tea.
-She was definitely the one to kill Lucio, everyone else tries to cover for her whenever she outwardly and casually admits to it.
-She comes from a Mobster family herself, her sisters are especially protective of her and were the ones to originally encourage/give their blessings over her plan to murder Lucio when they finally met him the night of their wedding. They were also quietly snickering in the background when their parents gave her the typical ‘no blood on the carpet’ lecture.
-When she’s mad, she turns to cold calculating fury. Try to plead for your life and she will not care, she will shoot you dead in the head. You have seen many a low level would be-mobster that tried cutting a deal with anyone inside or outside their mob group, begging and pleading on their knees for mercy from Nadia. It never did end well.
-People know better than to disturb her after she’s retired for the evening as the last person who tried died after she answered the door in a dressing gown and wearing a face mask and shot them in the head for disturbing her.
Tries to con people who have been in the game far longer than him, Portia is normally the one who has to tell Nadia to bail him out of trouble as she’s normally the first one to connect the dots when there are whispers going around about him.
Will use his charm on people to swindle the pants right off them, he has no shame about flirting with people in order to get what he wants.
Almost always will be found in bars, you are always seen with him, dragging his drunk ass home with Asra and Faust trailing behind you both. With Asra still saying that you could turn around and dump Julian back at the bar.
Argues with his sister a lot when they meet to switch info because she always protests to them meeting in bars
He was in theater growing up and is very very good at coming up with alias and backstories on the spot and knows how to stick to them. He has drop spots for disguises.
Back during Lucio’s parents' reign and their fight with the Satrinava’s over power and territory, Julian and Portia’s parents end up dying in the crossfire. Nadia as a child then found them and upon finding out about Mazelinka, she managed to convince her parents to send the siblings to live with her.
Julian ended up joining back when Lucio was in charge with the goal in mind to murder Lucio for revenge, finding out his sister had joined for the same reason a year or so later.
It was of course very unneeded as Nadia soon took control out from under Lucio and both siblings saw him for the pathetic man that he was after Nadia killed him. Both siblings decided to hang around, finding a small family in the group.
Guard/Muscle/Fear factor-Muriel
Muriel is very tattooed, both arms full sleeves, chest and back tattoos. Has a half-finished image of a fox and wolf on the back of his right shoulder.
He still has Inanna who he rescued as a small pup.
Nadia when taking control from Lucio was horrified at the “exotic” animal trades the former boss allowed to go on. While she put a stop to it, a last bunch of animals was bought in. Unfortunately Inanna’s mother had died during transit leaving the young pup alone. Whilst trying to find places for them all, Muriel often found himself visiting the young pup and she bonded to him quite quickly. The rest is simply history
Sticks to Asra’s side like glue, It does help deals go smoothly with him standing nearby, death glaring with his arms crossed, hand gun in a holster in easy grabbing range.
Refuses to let anyone but you and Asra near him when he’s injured, completely ignoring Julian’s medical experience (That man went to medical school for nothing)
Also doubles as the driver as he “would not trust any of you with a car much less a valid license” with a glare at Julian who very much accidentally wrecked the last car he was allowed to drive. He still insists it wasn’t his fault, Muriel simply does not believe him.
Is Nadia’s right-hand woman and simply tells her everything that goes on. To the smallest birthdays to the biggest mole or traitor plots, nothing goes on that Portia then Nadia does not know about.
You still aren’t sure how Portia found out your birthday. The day of one year, you were simply getting some paperwork done at the hosptial you otherwise worked at and had gotten a surprise birthday delivery. The note a simple “Happy birthday!” signed with a P with a large basket of your favourite treats inside.
Acts as a ‘mole hunter’ with the workers. Turns her natural charm and bright smiles up to a 100% when dealing with those not in the main circle, acting chattery and disguises her prodding for information as wanting to truly get to know a person.
Much to Julian’s worry, Portia is the one that is sent in to rival groups to scoup out if they are a threat or not. The woman can more than handle herself (she fights very dirty) but she is always able to get away safely and come back with all the needed details.
As the one main (and only one still licensed) doctor they have in their back pocket, when Portia has nothing to do and Nadia has requested no one disturb her. Portia often comes to engage in idle chatter to you as you work in the small medical room you’ve been given as yours, especially if her brother has managed to get himself injured again. The two of you teaming up against him is vicious but full of love (mostly)
Cannot stand her brother’s “information drop spot” which are often all in small dive bars with rotten reputations that smell like cheap beer and piss, often muttering that “at least cafe’s don’t smell as awful” even if she much prefers tea to coffee.
Joined the group originally under duress, he had been orphaned from a young age and was caught stealing. After being put in the local juvenile detention center, no one really wanted to risk fostering a “troubled child” until some of Lucio’s parents men scouted him. He wasn’t given much of a choice in the matter.
It’s Asra’s job to smuggle anything the mob needs in or out of the country, weapons, chemicals, people, the occasional rare tea or expensive item. Anything you need, he is able to find, secure and get. No matter the time it takes
He is also in charge of making sure deals with small gangs, gun dealers, drug lords and other mob groups go without a hitch. Often Muriel is never really needed as Asra is quite good at saying things that sound much more like promises of what is to come rather than meaningless threats.
Asra is also most often the one to visit you out of ‘office hours’ so to speak, coming to visit after a shfit at the hospital, always there when you need to de-stress or just relax and chat with a friend. On the evenings he stays late, the next morning there is often food waiting for you and whatever mess made the night before cleaned up. no matter how many times you insist he doesn’t have to, he’s a guest in your home and a friend, it falls on deaf ears every times.
Lucio simply inherited the business after his parents met with unfortunate ends that he swore up and down he had nothing to do with contrary to popular rumours that he was in the fact the one to take them out. The how has been speculated at as there was no information released about it.
No love was spared to anyone under his thumb, the mortality rate dropped dramatically after Nadia took over for Lucio saw everyone that he didn’t have a use for as expendable. His parents had drilled into him since birth that he and his were the only things worth looking out for.
Lucio while originally unhappy about being married off to Nadia purely for the sake of stopping the territory war of their parents, he did eventually come to enjoy the slight banter between them both. He would never say they were close but they were friendly for a while.
He hadn’t ever expected Nadia to be the one to take him out, on his knees, staring up at the barrel of her gun, he tried everything to get her to put the gun away. Furious at her betrayal but not wanting to die, saying anything he thought might sway her. Seeing after a few minutes that he was having no affect, he made a lunge up for her weapon. There was pain, an sympathetic word said missed as the pounding of his heart rang in his ears then nothing.
His body was burned, staged as a warehouse fire spread out of control. His underlings had no love for him so no one questioned it as Nadia stepped into the head of the family. The business doing better for it.
Doctor that helps on the side- Reader
You were a doctor at the local hospital, dedicated to helping all those that needed it, choosing life over personal choice. It didn’t matter to you what someone had done, they could face judgement after they had healed. You took careful care to make sure no one died under your watch.
Your flawless reputation was why one evening, there was a loud pounding knock at your backdoor. Startled, you’d grabbed your handgun from the cupboard and carefully opened the door, finding a large tattoo’ed man standing there, holding up a white haired person, blood staining his shirt from the bullet wound in his side.
You’d ushered them both in and quickly gotten to work, making mild chit chat with who you now knew as Asra while Muriel watched with lazer focused worry. After making sure Asra would be alright, you’d set them both up in the living room with strict orders to rest for the night.
You came out the next morning with breakfast waiting for you, the living room spotless and a note of ‘thank you’ on your kitchen counter.
Julian and Portia had been the next two you’d met, Asra and Portia dragging Julian in through your backdoor ungracefully while Asra regaled you of the most recent bar fight the red head started, the reason for his broken ribs, bloodied face and bruised nose.
Lastly you’d met Nadia, Portia bringing her to your front door to thank you for the work you’d been doing for their friends. Nadia insisting on payment while you argued that it was your oath to help those in need. A wasted arguement as Nadia informed you that if you did not want the money then she would simply make a donation to your place of work instead. Something you both agreed on and a deal was unofficially made.
You quickly became the only doctor they personally went to or sent for when there were injuried. Coming to consider you part of their family, a dangerous label but you had begun to enjoy their company so one you took with pride.
{bonus Chai headcanon: Lucio made everyone get a tat. Nadia convinced Lucio that Portia shouldn’t have one. Nadia gives Portia a locket in the shape of Nadia’s altered tattoo to keep a picture of her parents in.}
