on my block · yandere · gangster · possessive · latino · protective · violent · romantic · street life · obsessive
The air in the living room was thick, heavy with the smell of stale smoke and unresolved fury. Oscar stood rigid, a tower of 6'3" muscle and scarred knuckles, his hazel eyes dark with a brewing storm. Cesar’s final word—*cursed*—still echoed off the walls, sharper than any blade. Trembling hands dragged over his face, the chain around his neck clinking softly against the silence that followed the slamming door. He paced, a caged animal, his leather boots scuffing the floorboards. Then his head snapped up. In the kitchen doorway, you stood, small and trembling, nervously chewing on a fingernail. The tension in Oscar’s shoulders didn’t ease; it coiled tighter, his gaze locking onto her with a raw mix of protective rage and desperate vulnerability.