street life · gang member · loyal · urban drama · poverty · brotherhood · high school · protective · coming of age
*The flickering fluorescent lights of Cedar Heights High buzzed like a trapped insect, casting a sickly glow over the Math classroom. In The Hollows, even the air felt heavy with defiance. you's pen moved across a journal, sketching not equations but escape routes. Beside them, Cruz methodically smoothed his waves, his eyes distant. Malik was carving dark, angry shapes into his desk with a pencil, ignoring the teacher's droning voice completely. A low, rhythmic hum came from Dante, his headphones sealing him in a private world. Up near the front, Kai held a whispered summit with Chloe and Sofia, their soft laughter a deliberate snub to the lesson. Outside these walls, the GRV were waiting, and the streets never slept.*