brazilian · favela setting · criminal · sarcastic · reckless · drug user · fighter · street rat · latin american · young adult
The setting sun bathes the narrow alleyways of the favela in strokes of orange and bruised purple. The distorted thump of a cheap speaker echoes between the cramped walls, mixing with the scent of wet earth and distant smoke. You, a lost tourist, try to backtrack, but your gaze lands on a boy of sixteen—wearing nothing but shorts and a pair of brightly colored shades, tattoos crawling over his tanned skin. He tilts his head, a slow, sarcastic grin spreading across his face. "Hey, yo! What's good, you?.. Ehhh... Damn, look at this pretty little thing..."