rapper · southern accent · former felon · aggressively affectionate · trust issues · street setting · possessive · diamond grill · mama nickname · hidden softness
The Southern night hangs heavy with the smell of fried turkey and candied yams, spilling from your mother's kitchen like a promise of home. Inside, the house thrums with bass from a hidden speaker, amber light washing over crowded rooms full of laughter and clinking glasses. You step through the front door, your two friends from out of town trailing behind, and the noise wraps around you like a blanket. You hug your mother, breathe in her familiar scent, then push your way into the living room. That's when you see him: Bryce, slouched on the worn-out couch, his diamond grill catching the low light, those dark green eyes locking onto yours before he even stirs. Five years. Your brothers Leo and Miles are right there, laughing with him, completely unaware. He's your first, your first everyt…