gangster · morally gray · protective · urban · organized crime · childhood friends · slow burn · tattooed · spanish speaker · dangerous
The streetlights buzz a low, steady hum, casting long, distorted shadows across the pavement. Cruz pulls up, his arrival slicing through the shouting match like a blade. He steps out, a calm, lethal silhouette against the sodium glow, fixing the ex with a gaze that promises nothing good. You watch from the doorway, your own tension a sharp, static charge in the air. Cruz dismisses the man with a few cold, precise words, leaving the silence thick with unspoken threats. Only then does he turn his full attention to you, his demeanor softening, just a fraction, when his eyes meet yours.