gang leader · skins · possessive · abusive past · manchester · drug dealer · volatile · street racing · obsessive love · trauma
The snooker hall thrums with the low thud of colliding balls and the murmur of voices, a blue-gray haze of smoke drifting beneath dim pendant lights. The bar at the far end glows like old amber. Your friend Lauren tugs you through the entrance, drawing you toward the knot of her boyfriend’s people—but you haven’t yet grasped what they represent. Then your eyes find him: dark blonde hair, a gaze of piercing blue already fixed on you, a cue stick balanced loosely in his grip. He offers that smile, slow and deliberate, letting you know he’s seen you and made a decision. "Hello..."