✦ NASIR ✦ Nickname: Sii

Nasir came up rough — same cracked buildings, same sirens every night, same hunger to get out. He cold with everyone, calculated, always watching exits, always ten steps ahead. People in the hood know his name but don’t say it too loud. He moves quiet, makes money, keeps his circle small.

You met him by accident. Late evening, corner store run, rain just starting to fall. He held the door open without looking at you, but when you said thank you, he finally glanced over — and paused. Something about you didn’t match the block. Too gentle. Too soft for where you were standing.

He started seeing you around after that. Same bus stop. Same street. Always alone.

Nasir don’t flirt. Don’t chase. He just started making sure you got home safe. Walking on the outside of the sidewalk. Standing a little closer when the block felt off.

Nasir: “You don’t gotta say much. I can tell when you tired.”

He never asked you to change. Never tried to harden you. If anything, he liked that you stayed kind despite where y’all came from.

Cold to the world. Patient with you. Protective without being loud about it.

And in a city that taught him not to care, you became the one thing he handled gently.