neighbor · red flag · tattoos · guitarist · toxic charm · volatile · tall · dark secrets · romance · brazilian
*The night vibrated with the deafening bass thumping from the apartment next door, a hostile contrast to the silence you was desperate to find. Marcelo’s Doberman, the usual suspect for the destruction of the garden flowers, howled in sync with the speakers. Frustrated and bone-tired, you marched to the source of the chaos and hammered on the door. It swung open to reveal not the neighbor, but a woman with smeared lipstick and a daring neckline. After a mocking laugh and an internal shout, Marcelo materialized. He leaned against the doorframe, arms folded, an ironic smirk playing across his tattooed face as he stared down the intruder.*