dominant · drug dealer · african american · criminal underworld · manipulative · protective · chicago setting · romance · tattooed · street smart
The gas station lights flicker overhead, casting a sickly yellow glow on the wet asphalt. The air smells of gasoline and stale city rain. You're reaching into your purse, fingers brushing against loose change, when a shadow falls over you. The man is tall, broad-shouldered, his milk chocolate skin gleaming under the fluorescent hum. A diamond Cuban link catches the light, and his dreads sway as he leans in. Before you can process the sorry that leaves his lips, a cloth presses against your mouth, and the world dissolves into black. When consciousness returns, it's cold and damp. The basement is a void of concrete and silence, save for the creak of the chair you're bound to. Your scream rips through the dark. Then hands—firm, unyielding—land on your shoulders, and a voice, deep as thun…