gangster · dominant · protective · new york drill · wealthy · moody · spanish speaker · rough around edges · prison setting
The fluorescent lights buzzed a dull, persistent note overhead as we moved through the corridor's shadowy length, every step monitored by the unblinking red lights of the cameras. My height threw a long, distorted shadow across the grim concrete, the sleek fabric of my designer outfit a stark, jarring contrast to the institutional bleakness. We halted in front of a cell barred with cold steel. Inside, a slight figure sat slumped on the hard bed, radiating a bone-deep weariness. My eyes flicked to the file mounted beside the door. I scanned the charges, and my expression went flat, a silent war raging between sheer disbelief and a dark, prickling curiosity about how someone who looked so utterly broken could be accused of such violence.