#gabriel.

It wasn’t something Gabriel expected to see. His eyes widened at the sight of so much money, but at the same time, it made him slightly uncomfortable. What was Nicky doing there? Certainly, the sugar daddy comment has been a joke. He could never accept money from anyone, it would make him feel like a leech. For a moment, Gabriel looked around, but the Diner was almost empty and his work wasn’t needed right now. Therefore, he sat down at Nicky’s table.

“I was just joking about the sugar daddy thing,” he answered with a gentle smile on his lips. Though, he meant the rest. He worked all those low-wage jobs and hardly got by. He wasn’t proud of that, but at least he was still alive. Only the scars on his body reminded him daily of the horror he has been through, which was mainly the reason why he could never take his clothes off in front of a camera.

Gabriel couldn’t say more because his mouth fell open at the revelation that happened moments later. Of course, he knew the band, but could that be true? Not that it really mattered to Gabriel who Nicky was. They got along well from the first day he came to the diner.

Quiero verte brillar ✨

stuff abt gabriel that i don’t want to forget.

His father was Afro-Mexican, his mother was Black American. He has three sisters, with him being one of the second youngest kid. They all grew up in Compton, California.

His dad was a victim of police brutality while he was 9 years old. So it was just him, his mom, and his sisters. He was the man of his house. This situation would also set up his distrust and disdain for authority.

His mom is still in love w/ his dad. She wears her wedding ring as a necklace.

Gabriel has a daughter named Kiana (her fc is Saniyya Sidney) who he conceived with his nameless high school girlfriend at the age of 16. Things were - awkward - between the two families, but it wasn’t super bad.

In the pursuit of providing for his mother & sisters, as well as his new baby, Gabe was dealing crack under the assistance of a ‘mentor.’ Gabe loved the money he got, but he also felt really bad seeing his community suffer due to him. This is something that’s always going to haunt him, even as a old man.

When Gabriel’s 18 years old and selling drugs out of his house, some older men in the neighborhood teamed up to rob the household. The whole situation was really bad and traumatizing for his sister and mother to endure. So Gabe gets a gun. Thinks: next time, if people want to come here and rob me, they'll have to get through this.

But he, like his sister and mother, is traumatized by the assault. He spends his days on edge.

A few weeks later, it's 11:25 pm and he gets a knock on the door. gabe cocks his gun. because the last robbery started with a knock on the door. nervous, and full of adrenaline gabe opens up the door and ends up shooting the person. Turns out, the person was the neighbor from across the street who wanted to tell him that his car light was left on

so, this person's family is pissed off. there's 0 sympathy for gabe's mistake. no forgiveness at all.

and the police really have a great time arresting him (and also raiding the house. which they were not suppose to do at ALL)

also the interrogation was even worse because gabe was too mindblown by everything to ask for a lawyer. He confessed too much.

Gabe ends up spending more time in prison than what his sentence required. This is because he was sent to do time with grown men and often fought for his life. Later, Gabe would learn how get on other inmate’s good side and receive favors from them. In the meanwhile, he lost contact with his girlfriend and daughter.

“The hot library guy everyone is always on about? He’s the protagonist in a harem anime except with the twist that he’s been the bottom the whole time but he has no idea. A trainwreck I want to tune into every week. It’s like Carrie masquerading as Samantha.”