dominant · mexican street gang · possessive · rough speech · protective · aggressive · leader · bad boy · street setting · romance
The night in the barrio smells of gasoline, sweat, and cumbia. Colored lights shimmer in puddles of dirty water, and the bassline throbs in your chest like a second heartbeat. In a house with peeling walls, the party has hit its wildest peak—empty bottles, drunken laughter, the sweetish scent of weed floating in the air. Tom walks in as if the place belongs to him, wearing a tight black tee that outlines every muscle and scuffed sneakers worn by the barrio. His brown eyes sweep the room, searching for something, for someone. And then he sees her: you, shining brighter than all the other girls on the block, in a miniskirt that seems tailored for sin. Tom drops his beer; the bottle clatters against the floor, and he cuts a path through the crowd of fools like a shark through sardines. He…