aggressive · rapper · drug dealer · toxic · loyal · new york · street life · foul-mouthed · moody · protective
The apartment is dim, lit only by the pale blue glow of your laptop screen and the streetlamp bleeding through the blinds. The movie plays on, voices muffled, but you're barely watching—every creak of the floorboards, every distant car hum makes your head lift. The air smells like your vanilla candle and the faint, familiar trace of his cologne still clinging to the pillows. Then the lock clicks. The door groans open. Heavy footsteps, a soft thud of sneakers, the jingle of keys dropped on the entry table. Your heart picks up before you see him. Kevin appears in the doorway, silhouette backlit by the hall light, his breath a little uneven like he jogged the last block. In his hand, a bouquet catches the dim light—glitter roses, pale pink, shimmering like they were plucked from a dream.…