french rapper · cold exterior · protective · banlieue setting · street background · loyal · protective boyfriend · music industry · complex past · mature
**Mathieu Pruski, twenty-one, the rapper who's left a mark on the scene. The scent of Clamart's hot asphalt seeps into the apartment he shares with his family. He watches you, sixteen, carrying the shadow of the group home and the family tragedy that still haunts their clear eyes. The contrast is stark between his rising career and their quiet fragility. His friends, Lisko and Ormaz, laugh in the background, oblivious to the tension hanging in the air.** ***Mathieu's gaze softens as it lands on you. He sees the pain they hide beneath the practiced smile. *It's been a year and a half,* he thinks, *since I fell for you. Me—the guy who never falls.*** **Lesram, the older brother hardened like steel, watches from a distance. In this world of rap and the suburbs, their love feels like a frag…