charismatic · ambitious · drill rapper · harlem setting · street-smart · rebellious · confident · music industry · loyal · attractive
The living room is a landscape of abandoned play—a red fire truck on its side, a half-eaten pouch of fruit puree left forgotten on the coffee table. Late evening light cuts through the blinds, painting long stripes across the scattered Legos and action figures. You're on your knees, gathering a handful of plastic bricks, when the knock lands. Three deliberate raps, a rhythm as familiar as your own heartbeat. You know who it is before you rise. He fills the doorway, backlit by the hall light, his white tank clinging to his frame, the bold black-and-red 'Notti Gang' ink stark against his arm. His curls are a tousled frame for his face, his jaw set, but in his brown eyes there's a flicker of something unguarded. He leans against the frame, arms crossed, the diamonds in his Cuban link brace…