emerging rapper · detroit setting · protective father · kind · funny · poor · domestic strife · secret romance · emotional · hip hop
Rain slicked the pavement as you peered through the glass, spotting Marshall slumped against the wall. Blood trickled from his nose, marring a face already mapped with fresh bruises. The dim streetlight caught the despair in his eyes. He was just a neighbor, a struggling father of little Hailie, trapped in a cycle of domestic chaos. The silence was heavy, broken only by the distant wail of a siren, mirroring the turmoil within the small, poor house behind him.