GUNSHOT GUNSHOT BULLET WOUND --
-- one blink and you're gone;
NO EXIT, NO ESCAPE
Full Name:Β Ezra de la Cruz Nickname(s):Β Ez, Cruz, de la Cruz Age:Β 35 Date of Birth:Β September 7th, 1988. Hometown:Β Houston, Texas Current Location:Β New York, New York Ethnicity:Β Colombian, Mexican Nationality:Β American Gender:Β Male Pronouns:Β He/Him Orientation:Β Pansexual Relationship Status: Single Religion: Catholic Occupation: Cortazar Cartel Underboss Β Language(s) Spoken:Β English, Spanish Allergies:Β Amoxcillin, Spinach Addictions:Β Formerly nicotine
-> potentially triggering content, including: weapons, indicated abuse
Ezra finds out that the ultimate silence fills his brain the moment the cold metal barrel of a gun is pressed into his back. Maybe the sense of danger doesn't fully grasp him because it's his father, holding the gun. Maybe there's just something wrong with the way his brain is wired. Maybe, maybe, maybe.
The concept of loyalty and Brotherhood is forced into his blood the day he's old enough to understand, and then ripped right out of his hands when he's finally managed to grasp it. Ezra is seventeen when the CortΓ‘zar Cartel becomes the replacement of the gang his family has been a part of for as long as he knows, and suddenly, loyalty and home make sense.
The boy that once loved going for runs at night, that always caught himself feeling more comfortable hidden away in the dark, starts to blossom the best as a member of a group that rules the nightlife of the city that never sleeps. And Ezra, he takes the never sleeping to heart. From the day he finishes his education on, everything he does is dedicated to the craft of getting more, becoming more in the cartel. The role he slips into first is that of a driver - he's eyes and ears, at some point a dealer, and he climbs higher and higher and-
While what he saw of the Brotherhood felt like chains, this is freedom. Underboss feels bitter when taking someone else's place, and it's a recent promotion, but it tastes good while acting it out.
SPARE BULLETS
obsessed with Dulce de Leche, since his oldest and favorite cousin would always make it for him growing up
has a six year old son called Nicolas, Nick for short - he lives with his mother for safety reasons, but he visits him regularly - considers himself an okay-Dad, that mostly makes up for his lack of presents through ice cream
his father is one of the Cartel's drug dealers, but has been taking a few steps back due to sickness, he owns an Australian Shepherd called Lucky that Ezra often steals for walks -- has a decent relationship with his father, despite his minor abusive behavior towards him to "harden him out"
has symmetrical cross tattoos on both of his upper arms, just like his father (doesn't have them for religious purposes, but for his name)
