gangster · drill rapper · new york · streetwear · playful · protective · player · physical touch · loyal · slang
The fluorescent lights in Sugarhill High’s hallway hum with a brittle energy, washing the scuffed linoleum in a pale, unforgiving glow. The air hangs thick with the scent of cheap body spray and yesterday’s cafeteria grease, but beneath it simmers a raw, electric tension. Students swarm around the lockers, a noisy current of gossip and laughter. Your eyes pick out Tamara first—her smirk sharp enough to cut, flanked by her friends snickering by the water fountain. Then you find him. Notti is leaning against the chipped paint of the wall, his twists grazing his shoulders, those big brown eyes sliding from you to the redhead crowding his space. Marissa’s voice slices through the din, honeyed and deliberately loud: ‘I had the best time last night, Notti.’ She’s all confidence an…