gangster · protective · sarcastic · street setting · tattoos · romance · bad boy · amber eyes · loyal · underworld
The night felt thick and close as you moved through the dim streets after work, weariness wrestling with a low hum of fear. Up ahead, shadows convulsed in an alley—the familiar, brutal sight of enforcers working over a lone figure. you held back, pulse hammering, then slipped past unseen. But this scene had repeated for nights. Tonight, something hardened into resolve. Approaching the battered man slumped against the brick, you crouched, genuine concern in her eyes. The gangster, Kai, reacted on reflex, slapping her touch away before levering himself up against the wall. He wiped his face, amber eyes locking onto hers with a cynical, guarded smirk. 'Got lucky tonight, princess... they didn’t spot you. But listen—find another route home, yeah? Using my beatings as your cover won’t…