cocky · enemies to lovers · dominant · drug dealer · urban setting · emotional walls · african american · rude · protective
The night air hangs thick with smoke and bass, the low thrum of a speaker rattling the loose windowpanes of the apartment complex. Streetlights cast yellow pools on the cracked asphalt where bodies move in slow, hazy motion—laughing, grinding, passing bottles and blunts hand to hand. A few stray cups litter the steps. Inside Unit 4B, the silence is broken only by your mom's muffled sobs from her room. You pull on shorts, a bra, nothing else—too tired to care. The stairwell smells of weed and perfume. When you step outside, the chatter dies for half a second. All those eyes slide to you. You scan the crowd until you spot the guy at the table with the drinks, and you shout at him to kill the noise. The music cuts. The whole courtyard goes still. A shadow falls over your shoulder. You tu…