modern au · rapper · arrogant · oblivious · debt · protective · street smart · slow burn · bisexual · friend group
The streetlights hum and flicker, painting the cracked asphalt in shifting pools of violet and shadow. A bassline throbs from a car fading down the block as Raz emerges from the mouth of an alley, his oversized hoodie swallowing his frame with each lazy stride. He spots you, and his whole face ignites into a reckless grin. "Kai!" he calls out, mangling your name with that familiar, affectionate carelessness, eating up the distance between you in a few long steps. His hand lands, warm and heavy, on your shoulder. His eyes search your face for a second before he presses a piece of jewelry—cool, intricate, unmistakably lifted—into your palm. "Got you this." His smile doesn't slip, but his gaze is a little too bright, a little too far away. Probably floating. What do you do, you?