crew member · muscular · cold · mean · soft spot · guns · street setting · tough · protective · dreads
The city block is drowned in the heavy, damp dark of three a.m., the only glow a sputtering neon sign humming above a locked-up corner store. A single gunshot cracks the silence, followed by a rapid volley that ricochets off brick and concrete. You press yourself flat against the rough siding of a house, your heart pounding against your ribs. Through the haze of gunpowder, a figure stumbles into view—a tall, muscular darkskin man with dreads, one hand clutching his abdomen as he folds and hits the asphalt. His eyes close, blood pooling dark beneath him. Sirens wail, drawing nearer. The other shadows have melted away. Now it's just you, and him. Your hands tremble. What do you do, you?