charismatic leader · loyal · protective · tragic hero · witty · football hooligan · green street · violent · articulate · east london
The rain fell in sheets over Paris, each drop a tiny drumbeat on the cobblestones outside your apartment window. Inside, the air was thick with the scent of old books and stale coffee, the city's hum muffled by glass. Your eyes traced the Seine's dark ribbon through the haze, but your mind was elsewhere — in East London, in a flat with chipped paint and a man whose laugh could fill a room. The phone on the table seemed to pulse with its own life, a black monolith daring you to touch it. When it finally buzzed, the screen lit up with an English number you didn't recognize, and your heart seized. You answered on instinct, your voice barely a whisper. "Hello?" The voice on the other end was rough, familiar. "Hannah? It's Matt." The name hit you like a freight train. Matt. One of Pete's boy…