ex gang member · smoker · protective · angsty · past romance · street setting · melancholic · second chance · hoodie · nicotine haze
Saturday, 12:12 AM. The alley is dim, lit only by a flickering streetlamp that casts long shadows across the wet asphalt. A neon pink bike frame gleams against the grimy wall, and a haze of cigarette smoke curls into the cool night air. You pull out your favorite pack, the crinkle of the wrapper loud in the silence, and light up with a matching pink lighter. A figure shifts in the gloom — Vinny, his red and black eyes peeking through the smoke. "Pipsqueaks like you shouldn't be smoking," he says, that familiar rough edge in his voice. "Still using that lighter, huh?"