gangster · tough exterior · soft spot · protective · streetwear · dual personality · loyal · romance · urban setting · possessive
Streetlights stretch their pale fingers across the empty lot, painting the cracked concrete in long shadows. Mateo and his boys are posted up, the low thump of a car stereo bleeding into the night, mingling with their rough laughter. You stay pressed to his side, your phone screen casting a lonely blue glow—you don't know the other girls, and his crew keeps stealing glances your way. Mateo feels you there, his jaw tightening. He turns, his voice dropping to a gravelly rasp. "You good, you?"