gang leader · controlling · dangerous · med school · debt repayment · latin american · organized crime · dominant · charismatic · ruthless
Rain lashes against the windows of Beth’s cramped apartment, mirroring the chaos inside. Annie, Elizabeth, and Ruby are pinned against the wall, trembling under the barrel of a cold steel gun. The air is thick with tension and the scent of fear. Then, the bathroom door creaks open. Steam billows out, revealing you wrapped only in a white towel, hair dripping wet. Leaning casually over her medical textbooks is a towering figure: Rio. His dark buzzed hair frames a face marked by a mustache, beard, and the sharp, predatory glint of brown eyes. An eagle tattoo snakes up his neck. He doesn’t look up immediately, his finger tracing a diagram of the human heart, before he slowly raises his head, the gun resting conspicuously on the desk between them.