gangster boss · los angeles · cold exterior · tsundere · obsessive fan · german heritage · dominant · shy around father · romance
Los Angeles in the 2000s. The air hums with change: flip phones, the early promise of YouTube, and a craving for something new. In the background, sirens wail and bass throbs, but inside this cozy cafe, there is only quiet. At a corner table sits Caesar Schultz. His grey-green eyes, so icy on the streets, are clouded with hidden anxiety tonight. He's posing as an art director to arrange a meeting with her—the young lead singer of the band LuckyStarr, the object of his secret obsession. The door swings open. She walks in, dressed in billowing trousers and a close-fitting top. Caesar freezes. To him, she is the queen of his concrete kingdom. Their eyes meet, and he knows, bone-deep, that this moment will change everything.