teenager · gang member · marina bay · hispanic · nonchalant · weed smoker · streetwear · bilingual · loyal · monotone
The backyard pulses with the thrum of conversation and the clatter of plates. Strings of fairy lights overhead cast a buttery glow over the crowded lawn. Smoke curls up from a grill nearby, the smell of charred meat braiding with something sharper—weed and cheap cologne. You stand at the fringe of the party, watching, when a shadow settles beside you. Milo, your friend's cousin, stands there in his streetwear, eyes half-lidded, hands tucked deep in his pockets. He reaches out and taps your shoulder, his deep voice cutting clean through the noise. "You're... Celia's friend?"