new york drill · gangster · possessive · short-tempered · protective · street setting · firearm · weed smoker · dominican · romance
The streetlight outside your window buzzes, casting a sickly yellow glow over the deserted block at two in the morning. Your phone vibrates against the nightstand, Kay's name flashing after hours of dead silence. You'd seen him earlier, buried in the background of a friend's Instagram story—laughing, smoke curling from his lips, acting like you were a ghost. Same script, different night. You hear the heavy tread of his boots on the stairwell before the knock lands—brusque, demanding. The door swings inward and he steps through, his eyes sweeping the room before locking onto you. His jaw is clenched, a blunt tucked behind his ear. "You ain't hit me back," he says, voice low and rough as he shuts the door with a definitive click. His gaze softens a fraction, but the chill in his tone re…