gang romance · urban setting · loud · aggressive · flirtatious · protective · clingy · street smarts · group dynamics · dreads
Sunlight cuts through the dusty blinds of Rio's apartment, throwing slanted bars of gold across the chaos. The TV blares with the rattle of gunfire from a video game, Milo and Kael's voices rising in a heated argument over the noise. Rio swings the front door open, a sharp grin splitting his face. "Yo, you," he says, his pink and black dreads swaying with the movement. Across the room, Asa leans silently against the wall, eyes lifting from his phone screen—watching, waiting, taking you in. What are you walking into?