Your big brother's stoic best friend is the one who shows up after your panicked text about the Uber driver skipping the exit home.

Dain is the man who doesn’t ask questions he doesn’t need answered, who lives between silence and motion, and who learned early that survival means staying sharp. He pulled himself out of a past lined with addiction, violence, and ghosts that still flicker at the edges of his vision, replacing chaos with discipline, engines, and loyalty. He indulges carefully now, loves sparingly, and trusts only a handful of people—but when he does, that loyalty is unbreakable. Rough-edged and closed-off, he carries the weight so others don’t have to.

On New Year’s Eve, that instinct locks onto you. One missed exit. One uneasy feeling in the back of an Uber. While the city celebrates, Dain rolls his Kawasaki into the street and puts his helmet on, voice steady in your ear as he hunts you down through darkened roads. You don’t see the danger yet, but he does. And if the night turns ugly, he’ll be damned if you face it alone.

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C o n t e x t ⤵︎

⟢ Dain is your brother Rafael's best friend. He's never acknowledged you beyond the occasional 'hello' when you've crossed paths.

⟢ It's New Year's morning and you're on your way home in an Uber from the club, but whilst watching the maps you notice the driver isn't taking the right route home. Your first instinct is to text your brother, who you know is in the city as well.

⟢ Dain is the one who calls you from Rafa's phone, and he tells you he's coming to get you

⟢ You also have no idea that The Black Order exists or that your brother is involved in criminal activity

⟢ You're also 18+, don't be weird

S e t t i n g ⤵︎

Chicago, New Years Morning 2018, between 3-4am.

S c e n a r i o ༝ g u i d a n c e ⤵︎

✎ Play along and pretend he's Rafa on the phone call until he can catch up to you

✎ Maybe you were a little drunk and dramatic and the driver was following the correct route, and now you've embarrassed yourself in front of Dain

✎ Link it to gang activity, maybe you're actually being kidnapped because of your ties to Rafa

✎ Let him take you home, or somewhere safe at least

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Intro 1: FemPOV

Intro 2: AnyPOV

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Babe

There's something wretched about this

Something so precious about this

Where to begin?

Babe

There's something broken about this

But I might be hoping about this

Oh, what a sin

♬⋆. ̊

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C O N T E N T ༝ W A R N I N G

lying/themes of nonconsensual NPC interactions/

past abuse/crime/alcohol intoxication

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⟢ ᴋᴏғɪ ᴀɴᴅ ᴄᴏᴍᴍɪssɪᴏɴs

⟢ sᴜɢɢᴇsᴛɪᴏɴs ғᴏʀᴍ

⟢ ᴍʏ ᴅɪsᴄᴏʀᴅ sᴇʀᴠᴇʀ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʟᴏɴᴇʟʏɪsᴛʜᴇᴍᴜsᴇ, ᴀʀǫᴠᴅᴇs & ɴᴇᴘᴛxɴᴇ, ғᴏʀ ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇs, ᴘᴏʟʟs ᴀɴᴅ ᴘʀᴇᴠɪᴇᴡs!

⟢ ғɪɴᴅ ᴍᴇ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ sʜʀᴏᴜᴅᴇᴅ ɢᴀᴛᴇ & ᴅᴇᴠɪᴀɴᴛ ᴅɪsᴛʀɪᴄᴛ

⤹A U T H O R S ༝ N O T E

And here we have Dain for y'all to enjoy (ᄉ ́ ̆ `) He's so pretty fr, I love his gen so much, because I stole (/j) the prompt from Rion and Niji gave me this gorgeous man who I thought was perfect for Dain. I love the 'You came / You called" trope and had this scenario in mind to write for a while <3 Someone anonymously asked for a fluffy Dain cute meeting situation on my suggestions form, I know this isn't super fluffy but you can definitely steer your RP in that direction :3

I also wanted to say Happy New Year bibi's!!!! I can't wait to bring in 2026 and provide more pookies for you. Thank you for 2025, though I can't wait to put this year behind me lol

Next up is an exchange bot and then I'm going back to The Ring with some more Dead Dove content ꉂ(ˊᗜˋ*) I might end up throwing Rafa in the mix if I'm inspired to write him, you'll see hints for his scenario in this bot.

Chapters from The Black Order

ᴢᴀɴᴇ ʜᴀʀʟᴀɴ | (ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʀᴇ ʜᴇʀᴇ)

ᴅᴀɪɴ ᴄʀᴏss | ɴᴇᴡ ʏᴇᴀʀs

ᴅᴀɪɴ ᴄʀᴏss | sᴛʀᴇᴇᴛ ʀᴀᴄᴇ

ʀᴀғᴀᴇʟ ʟᴇᴏɴᴇ | ᴇx-ʙᴏʏғʀɪᴇɴᴅ

ᴢᴀɴᴇ ʜᴀʀʟᴀɴ | ʀᴇsᴄᴜᴇ

ᴢᴀɴᴇ ʜᴀʀʟᴀɴ | ʜᴏɴᴇʏᴍᴏᴏɴ

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ᴘʟᴇᴀsᴇ ʙᴇ ᴀᴡᴀʀᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛᴏʀs ʜᴀᴠᴇ ɴᴏ ᴄᴏɴᴛʀᴏʟ ᴏᴠᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇ ʟʟᴍ. ɪꜰ ᴀ ʙᴏᴛ sᴘᴇᴀᴋs ꜰᴏʀ ʏᴏᴜ, ʀᴇsᴘᴏɴᴅs ᴡɪᴛʜ ɢɪʙʙᴇʀɪsʜ, ɢɪᴠᴇs ᴏᴜᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴄʜᴀʀᴀᴄᴛᴇʀ ʀᴇsᴘᴏɴsᴇs ᴏʀ ɢᴇɴᴇʀᴀʟ ɴᴏɴsᴇɴsᴇ ᴏᴄᴄᴜʀs, ᴛʜɪs ɪsɴ’ᴛ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜsᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏᴛ ɪᴛsᴇʟꜰ!

ɪ ᴛᴇsᴛ/ᴜsᴇ ᴍʏ ʙᴏᴛs ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴅᴇᴇᴘsᴇᴇᴋ ᴠ3 ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ ʟᴏʀᴇʙᴀʀʏ! ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ɴᴏ ɪᴅᴇᴀ ʜᴏᴡ ᴛᴏ ᴇxᴘʟᴀɪɴ ᴀɴʏ ᴏғ ᴛʜɪs ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜsᴇ ɪ ғᴜᴍʙʟᴇ ᴍʏ ᴡᴀʏ ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴜɴᴛɪʟ ɪᴛ ᴡᴏʀᴋs.

ᴏᴛʜᴇʀᴡɪsᴇ, ɪғ ʏᴏᴜ'ʀᴇ ᴜsɪɴɢ ᴊʟʟᴍ ɪ ᴘᴇʀsᴏɴᴀʟʟʏ ʀᴇᴄᴏᴍᴍᴇɴᴅ ᴋᴇᴇᴘɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴀᴛᴜʀᴇ ᴀᴛ 1.2-1.25. ᴜsɪɴɢ [ᴄʜᴀᴛ ᴍᴇᴍᴏʀʏ] ɪs ᴀʟsᴏ ᴠᴇʀʏ ʜᴇʟᴘꜰᴜʟ!

ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ’ᴅ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴛᴏ ʟᴇᴀᴠᴇ ᴀ ʀᴇᴠɪᴇᴡ, ᴘʟᴇᴀsᴇ ʙᴇ ᴋɪɴᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ʀᴇsᴘᴇᴄᴛꜰᴜʟ (ෆ ̇ᴗ ̇ෆ)♡