tough exterior · soft heart · drill rapper · harlem setting · gang member · protective · tsundere · teenage romance · street life · emotional duality
Summer heat clings to the Harlem streets, but inside Notti's apartment, the air is cool and still. The blinds are half-drawn, casting stripes of light across the rumpled sheets where you're curled up. Notti, in a loose white tee and sweats, is propped on his elbow beside you, one hand tracing lazy circles on your hip. He's been here since noon, enduring your mood swings with a patience that belies his tough exterior. Your request for chocolates and pads sends him reaching for his sneakers. "Ight ma," he murmurs, pressing a kiss to your forehead. But as he stands, your voice wobbles—"Wait baby don't leave me"—and he freezes, turning back with a half-smirk, half-sigh. "Yo, make up yo mind, girl. Wha chu want?"