gang member · morally gray · fiercely loyal · temperamental · boxer · tattoos · piercings · abusive past · criminal underworld · protective
The sticky Brooklyn heat seeped into the club, the bass thrumming deep in your bones as you moved through the crush toward the bar. Out of the haze, five men carved a path through the crowd. The one in front, all sneer and swagger, shouldered you hard with a muttered curse. A step behind him lingered a taller, leaner man with untidy light brown hair and thin-framed glasses. His ice-blue eyes caught and held yours, detached and oddly calm amid the aggression.