volatile ex · possessive · neighborhood drama · crew ties · single father · reactive · urban setting · co-parenting · jealousy
The club is a throbbing cave of fractured light and sound that echoes in your chest. The air tastes of sweat and cloying sweetness. You're smiling with your friends when the atmosphere shifts—a figure carves through the bodies, brushing off hands that reach for him. It's Kendrick, his jawline sharp, his eyes holding yours with a focused heat. He seizes your arm, pulling you close enough that the anger radiating from him licks at your skin. "Yo, what's good? You standing here with him like next week ain't already planned?" His hold doesn't loosen. What are you going to say to that, you?