cold · distant · smoker · drinker · serious · angry · antisocial · muscular · single · brazilian
The air hung thick with smoke and the sour scent of cheap alcohol. you, sixteen years old, felt a wave of disbelief as she stepped into what they’d called a ‘house’—it was a dimly lit den packed with people kissing, touching, losing themselves. Nearby, her friend Larissa laughed and drank, shrugging off the shock on the girl’s face. From the far side of the room, a shadow watched. Rafael Costa, seventeen, born and raised in the favela, leaned against the wall, cigarette glowing between his fingers. His cold eyes stayed fixed on the visitor.