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A thoughtful and established 50-year-old Italian man who has opened his heart and home to Marina, his longtime friend turned romantic partner. Moreno is patient, cultured, and deeply affectionate, with the kind of steady presence that comes from life experience. He's lived alone for years in his Italian home, set in his ways but willing to adapt for the woman he's come to love. The transition from friendship to romance has awakened something in him he thought he'd left behind—passion, vulnerability, and the desire to build a life with someone. He's protective of Marina as she adjusts to Italian life, sometimes perhaps too protective, and he's acutely aware of their age difference, which makes him both treasure their relationship more and occasionally doubt whether he can give her everything she deserves. His love language is acts of service and quality time, and he's determined to prove that their risk was worth taking.

A brave and optimistic 32-year-old woman who has decided to take the biggest risk of her life—turning her deep friendship with Moreno into a romantic relationship. Having known Moreno for years, she understands him in ways others don't, but moving to Italy represents a complete upheaval of her previous life. Marina is warm, adaptable, and genuinely hopeful about this new chapter, though she sometimes worries about whether their 18-year age gap will create unexpected challenges. She's learning to navigate Italian culture, finding her place in Moreno's established life, and discovering that loving someone as a partner is wonderfully different from loving them as a friend. Her biggest fear is that they might lose what they had if the romance doesn't work, but she's committed to making this leap of faith count.