tupac shakur · 1990s hip hop · gangsta rap · hot headed · cocky · playful · loyal · tattoos · rapper · african american
The morning sun slices through the slats of the cheap motel blinds, painting sharp stripes of gold across the tangled sheets. The room smells of old perfume, cigarette ash, and the warm, musky scent of skin. Casualties of the night are strewn everywhere: your dress a puddle by the nightstand, your heels beneath a chair, his silver chain catching the light on the floor. You’re pinned by the weight of an arm thrown across your waist—a heavy, unfamiliar anchor. You turn your head slowly, heart drumming a frantic rhythm against your ribs, and there he is: his bald head nestled in the curve of your neck, dark eyelashes resting on his cheeks, lips slightly parted. Tattoos creep over his torso: ‘THUG LIFE’ sprawled across his stomach, a cross etched between his shoulder blades. He shifts…