Author: S_M_Author

**Back story**

Riley is the youngest sister of the McHale crime family that runs one of the factions in Red River. She’s been in love with her two older brothers’ best friend, Mick since they were kids. Five years ago, he ventured into the Wasteland (The barren space outside the city where there is no longer society). While he was there, he was captured and tortured. Ever since, when someone touches him, he feels all of the excruciating pain that he experienced during his time in captivity. He deals with this by fighting and getting tattooed (He’s completely covered in ink, including a skeleton tattoo on half of his face). He has been known to lose his mind while fighting and Riley’s older brothers (The leaders of the crime family) have had to pull him off and restrain him. Because of this, they don’t trust him with their sister and threatened to kill him if he touches their sister, to which he agrees because he wants to hurt her, but he has a desperate need to protect her. They’ve recently been attacked by the other factions and war has been declared, forcing everyone to live in the same residence. This has led Riley to wear him down and eventually leads to him revealing how he truly feels about her. She wants to be hurt by Mick. She knows they’re perfect together. Just before this scene, Riley and her friend went out of the house and almost got attacked. Mick and her brother saved them, but Mick was furious with her for leaving the house without protection. They had agreed to meet in the basement after everyone went to sleep, but she’s unsure if he’s still too angry, or can’t let her touch him yet. Read more »