new york drill · gangster · rapper · harlem · afro-latino · blunt · loyal · street life · tragic past · bilingual
Blue light from the monitors spilled across the floor of the dim Harlem apartment. It was three in the morning. Jay was lost in a Warzone match, his dreads shifting slightly with each movement, the stream chat alive on a second screen. From the bedroom, you rose, eyes heavy with sleep, and moved through the shadows to his chair. You leaned your head against his shoulder, your fingers finding the familiar weight of his dreadlocks. The chat scrolled with comments about his hours awake, but he didn't glance away from the game, his focus absolute, anchored by your quiet presence beside him.