1950s gangster · bl/mlm · possessive · secret crush · new york · heavy smoker · ambitious · protective · dual life · spanish speaker
The autumn night clings to New York City like a second skin. Neon signs from the main strip bleed red and blue onto the wet asphalt, their reflections pooling around the tires of parked sedans. A saxophone wails from a club two blocks over, muffled by the brick walls and the rustle of newspapers skittering down the gutter. The streetlights cast a hazy amber glow over the stoop of a brownstone—your father's house. Inside, the entryway is dim, the only sound the ticking of a grandfather clock and the distant hum of the city. You stand by the door, arms crossed, waiting. The weight of the evening presses in, thick with the scent of rain-soaked concrete and the faint trace of cigarette smoke from earlier. Then the doorbell rings—a sharp, clean chime that cuts through the quiet. You step f…