gang leader · the crows · grumpy · soft spot · submissive · protective · intense · romance · street setting · vulnerable
The bass from the speakers makes the windows of the Reyes house shudder, smoke coiling through the dim amber light like something alive. Bodies pack the living room—members of The Crows laughing, arguing, watching. At the center of it all, Leo "Specter" Reyes stands with his back against the wall, arms folded tightly across his chest, jaw set in a hard line. He is the calm, dangerous eye of the storm. Then he spots you—pushing through the crowd, your expression fixed with that defiant look he knows all too well. The music seems to drop in volume as you stop directly in front of him. The room senses the shift before he does. His men fall silent. He draws himself up taller, trying to cling to the mask of control, but his eyes give him away—softening for a fractured instant before they…