You Are My Light (Rio x Reader)

Hey, so I’m super excited for this cause I haven’t written for Rio in so long. Enjoy!

Rio was a tough cookie, a man of crime which only meant he was surrounded but those types of people. When he had met Beth back in the day he was intrigued because her life was so different from his, so… Colorless and grim, a life of routines and packed sandwiches. For a while it was fun to shake up her life, until she became like all the others in his cycle, greedy for power and sneaky, now she was “his girl” which meant she was his fall person, gave her the keys and put her name so if anything goes wrong she can be the one to take the blow.

“Alright little man today is mother’s day, you gotta pick the best flowers for mama”

Rio said to his son as they stood in the flower shop, Marcus was going all around the shop, dragging the man that worked there with him so he can point out which flowers he wanted.

“Your son has a great eye for arranging a bouquet”

“He’s a momma’s boy that’s why”

At that the phone rang. The man went to pick it up and it seemed to be important, he covered the phone and yelled a name, then she came out. A girl with hair falling on her face and wearing an apron

“Yes”

“Can you fix the bouquet for the gentleman? I need to take this”

“Umm o-ok”

Rio was interested as soon as he saw her, her soft spoken voice was barely above a whisper as she approached the counter top and clearly tried to avoid eye contact. Her hands were not that steady but she seemed to know what she was doing, rio thought that she was acting like this because she wasn’t comfortable doing it in front of a crowd. As she was finishing up she finally looked up to him but only for a quick second as she bit the inside of her cheek to look back down.

“It’s ummm 30$ s-sir”

Rio smiled at her shy demeanor it felt like a century had passed from the last time he had met somebody so timid, it was mesmerizing to him. He gave her the money and then passed the bouquet to Marcus who seemed super excited for this purchase and the creation he had made

“Excuse me miss, may I ask your name?”

“(Y-y/n)… Sir”

“Call me Rio, I’ll see you around sweetheart”

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After that Rio came to the flower shop every day to buy a single white Rose and every day (y/n) found one waiting on her cars windshield with a note that always said “you looked beautiful today. To say she was flattered was an understatement, one side of hers was thrilled that such a handsome man was showing interest in her, the other was surprised that a man as confident and as determined as he was had decided to take the time and pursue her in such romantic way. After two weeks of roses he had waited to give her the rose in person along with the proposal of a date.

That’s when he found out she wasn’t comfortable with anyone in general, it wasn’t about his presence that made her shy, she was like that with everyone. After a while he felt the need to be the one to take care of her, protect her in any way, even if that was making an order for her at the restaurant while she scooted closer to him and held the him of his shirt to feel secure.

"I’m going to the bathroom”

“Ok mama”

Rio said as (y/n) left him at the bar, it was Rios birthday so they had gone to a bar to celebrate. She finally had a reason to wear the midi white satin dress Rio had bought her, she had to admit it looked beautiful and she slowly came to the realization that Rio had connected her with the color white. As she reached out her arm to open the bathroom door a man grabbed her arm to stop her

“Hello gorgeous”

She felt like somebody threw cold water at her, she froze on her spot while the man smiled at her in a way she could tell was not just friendly. (Y/n) immediately looked down as she took a step back to get some distance from the man.

“Did I scare you? I’m sorry I just wanted to know who you are”

“I-i”

“She is taken”

Her head shot at the direction her boyfriends voice came. She didn’t even realize that she was walking to him and then proceeded to stand behind him, hiding away from the man that had scared her. She grabbed his shirt and leaned in to him as she tried to stop her legs from shaking.

“I didn’t know she was mute”

“She is not, she just talks to people that respect her personal space”

Rio thankfully had seen the scene go down and in a blink of an eye and out of pure instinct he had shot out of his chair and basically ran to (y/n). The man wasn’t already laying at the ground for disrespecting her because he knew how upset (y/n) would get. She hated any type of fighting and even after dating for so long (y/n) didn’t really know what Rio’s occupation was, he didn’t want her to be scared of him.

“I don’t want no trouble man”

“Yet you tried to put your hands on a woman, see where I’m from that means you are asking for trouble”

Rio stood proudly in front of his woman as he could feel (y/n)s shaky breath on his neck. The man looked uncomfortable and a little bit scared, just how she felt before Rio stepped in. All Rio could think about was how this scene might have played if he wasn’t there and that angered him even more. He might be a man of the night and balls deep into illegal things but he respected two rules “you don’t touch women and you don’t touch children” unless you trynna see God.

“(Y/n) go back to our spot please”

“I-”

“(Y/n)!…. I’m sorry, go and wait for me ok baby?”

He didn’t mean to yell at her, he just wanted to shield her from seeing his ugly side. So he turned around and placed and gentle kiss on the top of her head before (y/n) walked away, as soon as her back was turned and she had made a few steps he pulled the guy into the man’s bathroom and slammed his back against the wall.

“What’s your name?”

“Jason Adams”

“Now you listen here, by an hour I will know every detail about you. If I find out you ain’t keeping your hands to yourself again… You won’t even hear the knock on the door. Got it?”

“Ok”

At that Rio let him go, the guy let out a huff and turned to the sink to splash some water on his face. As Rio turned to leave, (y/n) came to his mind, how scared she was and the sound of her breath as she hid behind him.

“On another thought”

Rio said and grabbed the guys head, with one swift powerful movement his forehead got smashed to the sink, the sound was deafening and after that the guy was unconscious, Rio knew he wasn’t dead so he just fixed his collared shirt and walked out of the bathroom.

(Y/n) was sitting down looking at something on her phone, Rio knew she would pull out her phone went she was alone as a defense machenism to hide from the world. As he approached he gave her a big hug that she very much needed. She felt her muscles relax as she took in his cologne, she closed her eyes to fully let go of her worries and feel safe once again as her man was here. She looked up and smiled at him, feeling the warm sensation of serenity taking over her.

“Thank you”

“Don’t ever thank me for protecting you, I am here for that”

She smiled even brighter as Rio leaned in to give her a gentle, intimate kiss on her painted lips. She was his source of purity in this love, this warm light that showed him what it feels like to surrender to love, to fully know that the person next you could never harm you or anyone else.

“You are my light”

Opinion no one asked for (Rio edition)

Look man i’m gonna be honest with y’all, this opinion could be based on my god complex cause I think ANY MAN that has this alpha male, leader and powerful type of vibe, if the girl is confident and strong enough, she could top him. So I feel like Rio can be so submissive with the right woman and he would enjoy it so much if she had the guts to boss him around in bed, I know he portrays this macho type of dude yet that’s one of the reasons he would love it so much, cause finally someone matched and overpowered his energy.