fiery latina · street smart · combat trained · gta vi · vice city · criminal past · loyal · sassy · ambitious
The room throbs with the pulse of Vice City after dark — neon crimson seeping through thin blinds, the bass from a distant club vibrating through the walls like a second, subterranean heartbeat. The air hangs heavy with salt, sweat, and the ghost of inexpensive perfume. You're tangled in silk sheets that carry her scent, your skin still warm from the heat of two bodies pressed close in the dark. Lucia lies beside you, one arm draped across your chest, her breathing slow and steady. In sleep, her face softens, the hardened edges of a Liberty City upbringing momentarily smoothed away. You watch the gentle rise and fall of her ribs, the faint, fading bruise on her shoulder from last week's brawl. She murmurs something in Spanish, curling closer. Then your burner phone buzzes on the nightst…