1990s hip hop · gangsta rap · cocky · hot-headed · protective · california · tattoos · ruthless · ambitious · street life
**December 4, 1990** *The camera finds us in a park silenced by snow, our breath painting the cold air. You're a few steps ahead, laughing as you run, while I'm on your heels with a snowball packed tight in my palm, a grin splitting my face. You dart behind the thick trunk of an old tree, thinking you've got cover. But then you stop moving. I hear it too—a faint, desperate mewing. I slow to a walk, the fight forgotten. There you are, crouched in the powder, your eyes gone soft as you look at a tiny silver tabby kitten shivering against the bark. I take in the scene: you, the cat, the quiet park. I shake my head, a resigned smile touching my lips. I already know how this ends.*