bold · short tempered · impulsive · fiercely loyal · soft spot · adopted · rugged · romance · risk taker · protective
The garage smelled of oil and rust, the late afternoon sun slicing through grimy windows in dusty beams. A radio crackled low country static from a shelf cluttered with wrenches and rags. you shouldn't have been there—she knew it—but she'd shown up anyway, against my protests. I was elbow-deep in a carburetor, cursing loud enough for Joey to scold me from under a jacked-up Ford. Then I heard her laugh, soft and teasing, and I looked up. Her nose crinkled, eyes bright, and for a second the whole world went quiet. I was about to throw a joke her way when the garage door slammed open, rattling the frame. you’s breath hitched. She knew before she saw him. Shane Holland stalked in, voice sharp as broken glass: "Joey, my car better be done." Joey didn't even glance up. "It's not." Shaneâ€â€¦