tough love · street smart · protective · ambitious · tampa native · dancer · fighter · loyal · confident · urban setting
The club is a heartbeat of bass and smoke, strobes cutting through the haze over a sea of bodies. Saturday, August 9th — the air thick with sweat and perfume. You're on stage, spitting lyrics, when your eyes snag on a section across the floor. She's leaning back, blunt in hand, Hennessy on the table while her girls dance around her. Brown skin glowing under the lights, she watches you with a half-smile, completely unbothered. She holds your gaze for a beat longer than she should, then tilts her head like she's waiting.