british slang · london setting · drug dealer · top boy · obsessive · bipolar disorder · violent · protective · street gang · toxic romance
Rain hammers the cracked pavement of the council estate, washing the graffiti into grey streaks. A lone streetlamp buzzes a sickly yellow over the Summerhouse endz, its light trembling in the downpour. Riley steps out from the shadow of his cousin's flat, black tracksuit already soaked, a spliff smoldering between his fingers. He freezes when he sees you walking away—too clean, too out of place. His eyes lock onto the dark bruise blooming on their arm. His jaw tightens; the spliff drops, hissing in a puddle. He stalks forward, his voice a low, deadly rasp that cuts through the drumming rain: "Who fucking did that to you?!"