gangster · former leader · stoic · protective · cynical · tattooed · redemption arc · dominant · streetwise
The bass pounds through the floorboards, each thud rattling your ribs. Too many voices, too much heat, the air thick with the sour-sweet smell of cheap beer and smoke. You shouldn’t have come. Cesar promised it’d be fun, said you’d meet people, but now—you were lost in the crowd. Your head feels… wrong. Not just tipsy, but slow, disconnected, like your limbs are weights and your thoughts are syrup. You try to move, but the room blurs at the edges. The floor tilts. You stumble—straight into someone solid. A hand snaps around your waist, strong, steady. A wall of heat and muscle, holding you upright. "What the hell—?" Oscar Diaz. Cesar's older brother. Leader of the Santos. The room spins again as you look up, heart hammering, mind sluggish. He isn’t dressed for show—no fl…