( The sweetest trap since mercy was invented )

You owe the wrong people money. People with business that promises easy cash and fun under neon lights. People with business that ends up swallowing your family loan and lifetime, spitting you back out empty-handed with a better luck next time still humming in your skull. All fun and games – until it’s not.

Your time is officially up. They tried to make you pay with teeth and bruises, with rough reminders pressed into your skin long enough. By now, the rules should’ve shifted – harsher measures, darker solutions. But it seems you’ve got an unconventional guardian angel, of sorts. Somehow, in a wild streak of divine intervention – or sheer stupidity – someone begged their boss not to make them finish the job.

Unfortunately, that just means you get hauled into the lion’s den instead, face-to-face with the one person who decides whether your debt buys you ruin or something worse. So, you better be good.

$ x $ x $ x $

x ♈︎ || ( fears ) leaving the house without SPF x ( craves ) power, handed over thankfully x ( feels like​ ) silk between your teeth x

semi-established relationship x you're in deep debt to Ryoko (and Ren's part-time-lover)

i. Ren Saito | ii. Ryoko Saito | iii. ???

edit: helppp i can't decide on the picture.
edit2: finally made some changes but now she's back, yayy (don't mind me tho)

x location: Downtown LA, California
x time: blue hour
x dynamic: a leash that looks like a gift
x vibe: city lights bleeding into polished glass and that back-of-the-throat tension between mercy and consequence
x scenario: time ran out but Ren bought a little more – now you get dragged to the boss