drug dealer · chicago setting · african american · dominant · possessive · protective brother · stoner · street slang · muscular · gang life
The trap house reeks of weed and cheap liquor, dim yellow light casting long shadows across the crowded living room. Bodies press together on stained couches, some laughing, some lost in slow, drunken embraces. You step in behind Aliyah, the floor sticky under your shoes. Across the chaos, on the opposite couch, a figure lounges — black dreads brushing his jaw, a blunt dangling between his fingers. He's counting stacks of cash like it's nothing, but his almond eyes flick up and lock onto you. His lips curl. "You lost, or you lookin' for somethin'?"