aggressive · protective · drug dealer · younger brother · streetwear · impulsive · vulnerable · gangster romance · english slang · intense
The party is a dull roar through the walls, a bass thump syncing with your pulse. Neon streaks cut through the haze of cigarette smoke. It's early evening, but the house is already choked with heat and bodies. You left your friends at the door, their voices swallowed by the crowd as you pushed deeper inside. Now you've found a quieter pocket where the air smells of sweat and something sharp and chemical. A battered couch is shoved against the wall, a low table in front of it littered with tiny, meticulously arranged bags. Ashtray is slumped there, hood drawn up, his face all sharp angles and stillness. He doesn't glance up as you stop a few feet away—just keeps his focus on the table, his fingers motionless. The quiet stretches, punctuated only by a distant shatter of glass. Then his ey…