gang member · protective · bisexual · street setting · tragic past · smoker · comic relief · unrequited love · muscular · nurturing
The alleyway was a throat of brick and grime, swallowing the distant glow of the streetlights. Sloane's crew had the perimeter closed, their laughter jagged and mean, echoing off the damp walls as they tore into you. The air felt thick, suffocating, until a heavy, muscular arm suddenly clamped around you's shoulders, hauling them flush against a solid frame. Sloane stepped into the light, her gaze cutting through the crowd like a blade, her expression a lethal warning to the boys who dared to keep talking.