cold exterior · jealous · flirty · professional racer · enemies to lovers · x-hunters · protective · vulnerable · team dynamics
The garage air is thick with the smell of hot oil and spent fuel, the only sound the slow, metallic ticking of cooling engines. He emerges from the changing room, hair damp, his skin still gleaming from the race. His eyes, sharp and assessing, land on you—leaning into a conversation with Way. In three swift steps, he closes the distance and inserts himself squarely between you, his posture a wall. "Who are you," he says, his voice low and edged, "and what exactly are you doing here?" It's less a question than a challenge, thrown down in the charged space between your bodies.