Firecracker 1/? (Dark!Ari Levinson)
Summary: Your friend dragged you out of the house for a girls night out until Y/F/N came across a scammer getting beaten up by some men in the mob. You knew that it wasn't any of your business but Y/F/N insisted on helping him and now you're in big trouble.
Notes: GIF is not mine, mentions of physical abuse, mentions of child abuse, Y/F/N = your friends name, Y/B/N= your brother's name
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You can't believe Y/F/N managed to drag you out to downtown Boston. You can't deny that you're a hermit and Y/F/N is anything but. You never got the chance to leave your house except for school.
Your father was a perv that didn't like the idea of anyone talking to 'his girl' when he wasn't there. And your mother knew everything that was happening but decided to turn a blind eye.
You met Y/F/N on the one day you went to a cafe to unwind from your responsibilities. You turned off your phone and everything. Y/F/N said she knew a cool place that she wanted to take you.
It was a graffiti wall literally with beautiful pieces that spoke a thousand words about Boston's poverty.It was a learning moment.
You returned home around 11 pm and you got the worst of it. It was barely midnight when your neighbors called 911 because of your screams. You passed out and woke up in the ICU with three broken ribs, a fractured collarbone and a ripped rotator cuff.
Y/F/N was the only one who visited you and her parents made it their mission to get you out of your household and into theirs. You owe them everything.
"What's wrong?" "Nothing, why are we here again?" "To get out of our four walls. Between your training, school and work, we haven't had any time for ourselves." She explains. "True, but I would have thought a movie night and order a buffet of food, not going to germ central." You grumble.
"Take this, germaphobe." Before you could even turn your head, she lubed up her finger with saliva and shoves it in your ear. You duck your ear into your shoulder and shove her away with your free hand. "Ew! You fucking suck, Y/F/N." You scold.
Y/F/N's smile soon fades when she sees a man being held back by two men and punched by a third man. "They're going to kill him," she starts. "Don't involve yourself with the mob. The best we can do is call the police and pray they get here in time." "What if it was my dad back there huh? Or an old man?"
"Believe me, Y/F/N. That man is no saint. They don't pick up random people off the street, that man owes them something." "So we're just going to leave him there?"
"There's nothing else to do, Y/F/N. We don't want to get involved and put ourselves and our family in danger." "He has a family too," she turns to walk down the alley and you grab her hand.
She rips her hand away from your grip. "Hey! Pick on somebody your own size." She starts. "Beat it, lady. This doesn't concern you." One of the men grumbles. "Of course, we were just leaving." You announce, tugging on her arm but she refused to budge. "Please just go," you plead.
"Not a chance," "Why the fuck do you have to be this head strong, it's going to get you killed." "Then at least I'll die for something," the group of men approach us and you instinctively push Y/F/N behind you. You like to keep your head down and blend in, but you know what to do when shit hits the fan.
"Run when I tell you," you state. One man reaches behind him to grab a gun but you hit his throat with the curve between your thumb and index finger. He clutches his throat and you drop kick him in the face, ignoring the faint crack. The other man grabbed his gun and aimed it at you. In one quick motion, you step to the side and grab his wrist.
Slamming him into the wall with a fight grip on his wrist, you ram his hand into the wall until he dropped the gun. The remaining man let go of the injured man and ran into his car to leave. So much adrenaline was pumping through your veins that you don't even remember hearing the gun shot or the knick on your shoulder.
"Oh my God, Y/N. You're bleeding." She reaches out to touch you but you pull away. "I told you to leave it alone." You snap. You kneel next to the injured man who was spitting up blood. "You just signed a death wish," he says. "Yeah I know, let's get you to the hospital."
You and Y/F/N drove him to the hospital and they tended to your wounds. You were pissed at Y/F/N and didn't talk to her the entire ride home. "Oh come on, how long are you going to be pissed at me?" She asks but you just leave the car and walk into the house.
Scooping your cat, Iris, in your arms you walk into your room and kicked the door closed. "I didn't want anyone to get hurt," she says through the door. Iris hisses at the sound of her voice and you shush her. You lay on your back and Iris climbs off of you to sniff the freshly wrapped bandage.
"It doesn't really hurt that bad. Those meds work wonders." You tell her and she purrs as she rubs the side of her face against your nose.
"What do you mean he got away? The fucker owed me 100k." Ari grunts, jumping down from his chin up bar. He grabs a towel and wipes the sweat off of his face and neck.
"There were two women-" "Women? You let women get the jump on you." "One of them was smart, knew how to take away a gun with seconds. I'm pretty sure she killed Archer." Roy rambles.
"She what?" He stalks towards him and bared his teeth angrily. "Find the punk that stole my money and kill him. I don't care if he's in the hospital or not." Ari instructs.
"Dominic," he adds and waits for Dominic to enter the room. "I want everything on this.." "Y/N is all I could get and the other chick's name was Y/F/N." Roy finishes. "I want their exact location. I have to meet her myself before putting a bullet in her head."
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You huff in annoyance when Y/F/N knocks on your door for the tenth time today. "I'm headed to a party, I was wondering if you want to come." "Why, did you plan on interfering with more mob business," you snark. "Oh come on, when are you going to let that go?"
You stomp over to the door and flung it open. "I can't just get over the fact that we saved some guy from being killed by the mob. The odds are that he owed him money and now the money has to be taken from somewhere else."
"How do you even know this?" She asked. "My parents owed the mob money," you say softly, your shoulder sinking at the thought of your parents.
"Y/N, I'm sorry." "Just forget it, and no I'm not going." "Come on, you only live once." You really wanted to tell her that there was a chance that the mob already found out where you live so they could put a bullet in your head. But you knew that it would cause her to break down.
You called in some reinforcements. Your parents old friends. That was not something you looked forward to but at least you're safe for now. "Fine, but pull the same shit you pulled the other day, and I'm knocking you unconscious." You threaten.
"Ah, this doesn't mean you're forgive. What you did was reckless and you can call me a hardass all you want but in the end, it's me saving your ass." You add when you notice her trying to give you a hug.
"I'm grateful to have you as my best friend," she says, pulling you in for a hug anyway. You roll you eyes under her embrace but didn't pull away first. You waited until she pulled away to open your closet and find a cute outfit. "If I buy you the twenty five pieces of sushi that you love, will you forgive me?"
You pull out a t-shirt dress, a black beanie and black Adidas. "You're making it really hard now," you say with a chuckle. "Sushi it is,"
You were ready in less than ten minutes and met Y/F/N in the car. They drove fifteen minutes to the next town where the party is and as soon as you arrive, you could smell the alcohol and sweat.
The house was practically shaking from the bass of the music. As soon as you and Y/F/N walk through the door, you knew it was going to be an uneventful evening for you.
The majority of the guys in here are either drunk or high off their ass. And even then, they look like they only have 2 brain cells. You let Y/F/N mingle with her friends while you make your way to the kitchen to get a drink.
Little did you know that Ari was there, he followed you from your house and thought it was the perfect time to talk to you without tipping you off about who he was.
He walked into the house not too long after you guys. He made his guys wait in the car and bribed a couple of mostly sober college boys to try to rough you up so he could see you in action.
He rounds the corner and watched as you bend down in the fridge to grab a bottle of tequila. He cocks his heads to the side as your dress hugged the curve of your ass.
He ducks back into the corner when you close the fridge and pours a hefty amount of tequila in a plastic cup. You slap on a cup condom and poke a straw through before going back to the party. You sit down on the couch and scroll through Tik Tok as you sip on your tequila, barely making a face when the liquid burns your throat.
"Yeah, she's definitely built different." Ari says to his goons on coms. He watches you tell a guy to fuck off with just a glare. "Y/N, come on. You're suppose to have fun a parties." Y/F/N scolds.
"I am having fun," you say, holding up your cup. "Hey, I thought you were cute and was wondering if.." a guy starts but soon trailed off when he sent him a glare.
"Nevermind, sorry." He says before leaving. "You still have to teach me that," Y/F/N states before grabbing your hand and yanking you to your feet.
She spins you around and makes you drop your drink. "Y/F/N!" You scold. "Sorry," she links her hand with yours and you two swayed to the beat of the music until you felt a pair of hands on your hips.
You let go of Y/F/N hands and spin around to face the guy. "Did I say you could touch me?" You ask. "Relax, I'm not going to hurt ya," "Like you could if you tried," you say with a chuckle. "You bitch," you felt a hand on your shoulder and didn't waste a second thought before punching him in the nose.
"Oh she's definitely going places." Ari makes eye contact with the guys he bribed and made the cut it off motion. You pull away from Y/F/N and advance to the kitchen to sit on the counter.
Ari approaches you and leans his back against the counter. "You've got a mean swing," He says, crossing his arms and stretching the fabric around his muscles.
"I'm mean period," you look up from your phone and he was not at all what you were expecting. Your eyes widened as you set eyes on Ari.
His silky hair was brushed back except for the curtain bangs that touches his cheeks. His beard is well groomed and that denim shirt hugged his well toned body perfectly.
"Yeah, I'm not much of a saint either," he says, his eyes drifting from your eyes to your lips. "I'm Ari," Your heart was racing in your chest under his gaze but you maintain your mean exterior. "Hey, I-" some guy starts. Ari stands up straight and rolls up his cuff lengths as he stares at the guy.
"Whoah dude, I'm sorry. I didn't know she was your girl." The guy surrenders. "Then you must be fucking blind." Ari's words sent a shock through your body.
You have to get out of here before you do something that you'll regret the next morning. You jump off the counter. "It was nice meeting you," you mumble before leaving.
"Hold on a second, sweetheart." You turn on your heel a little too fast and fell right into his chest. Damn it, Y/N. Get your shit together, it's just a guy. He smiles down at you and his hands fell on your arms as he caught you. "I never caught your name," he adds. "Y/N, who is this?" Y/F/N says.
"I'm Ari, nice to meet you." You froze in your place, not knowing what to do or say. "I'll be in the car," you say before rushing out of the house. "She must like you because she treats anybody else like shit,"
"Yeah, I noticed." He says, watching you leave the house. "You mind giving me your number so I could give it to her?" Y/F/N asks. "Sure thing,"
Later that night, Y/F/N drove to the sushi place for pick up. You waited in the car and stared at Ari's contact. Then you heard Y/F/N's scream and you rush out of the car without a second thought. She was dragged into a van with a black cloth bag over her head.
You moved to run after the van long enough to memorize the license plate until you felt a sharp pinch on the side of your neck.
Your vision blurred and the images of your surroundings started to spin. The next thing you knew, a black cloth bag was put over your head and you were carried into another van. "Y/F/N.."
When you finally came to, you felt tension in your arms and legs. You slowly lift your head and tried to make out your surroundings through the mesh cloth. The stench of sand dust danced through the air and tickled your nose. "Oh look, she's finally awake." A man states.
"Y/N!" A smack soon followed and Y/F/N's cries. You shake your head ferociously until the bag felt from your head. You inhale sharply when you see Y/F/N with a cut above her eye and a bruise forming on her left cheek. "If you want money, name your price and I'll wire it." You say as calmly as you could.
"Really, and you happened to have a hundred thousand dollars?" "I have my side hustles, just give me a computer." You answer. "I don't want your money," "Then what do you want?"
"We don't know yet. Boss said to rough you up." You brought your head up to look at him and a firm fist collides with your mouth.
You wince as your teeth cuts into your cheek and you spit out some blood that was pooling in your mouth from your wounds.
"Y/N," she whimpers and you shush her. The sounds of your breathing and Y/F/N's whimpers fills the room. "Alright, let's see what we got here." A familiar voice says.
Your head snaps to the man you met earlier that night: Ari. Chills roll down your back when you heard a gun cock. "P-please, we'll do anything you want. Just please don't hurt us anymore," Y/F/N begs. "It's not you that we want, sweetheart." "This is about what happened on Friday, isn't it?" You say with a sigh.
"You really are a sharp one, honey. I almost don't want to kill you." Ari says, gripping your chin harshly. "You know that she hired hit men to watch the house? They were good, but my men were better."
You stare straight into his eyes with the same fire and he clenches his jaw. "Looks like we've found our new district boss, boys." You were greeted with happy chuckles and chirps. "Kill the other one. No witnesses."
