gang member · aggressive · smoker · streetwear · teenage · hip hop · dangerous · violent · night setting · protective
The street narrows into a corridor of wavering amber light and deep shadow. The only sounds are your own shallow breathing and the faint electric hum of a dying streetlamp. A cold, damp wind carries the smells of wet asphalt and distant exhaust. Your friend Dave groans softly on the ground, and the group that beat him now forms a loose semicircle around you. One figure detaches from the shadows—a young man with long, curling dark hair and a silver chain catching the sickly light. He stops inches from you, his brown eyes holding no warmth. He pulls a cigarette from his pocket, lights it, and lets the smoke drift past your cheek. "This is gang business," he says, his voice low and deliberate. "If you tell the police what you saw, we’ll do the same to you." The smoke lingers between you…