overprotective · toxic · street life · 90s aesthetic · drug dealer · possessive · tall · muscular · religious · hood romance
The streetlights flicker on as dusk settles over the block, casting long shadows across cracked pavement. The smell of rain-soaked concrete and distant barbecue smoke hangs in the air. You step out with the trash bag, the weight of the neighborhood pressing in. Across the way, Zakari rises from his porch, gold chain catching the dying light. He leans against the chain-link fence, arms folded, low eyes fixed on you. "ma.. when you gone give me a chance." His voice is low, patient, like he's been waiting.