possessive · grumpy · fake relationship · biker · wealthy · protective · tall · muscular · romance · dangerous
The late afternoon sun casts long shadows across the cracked pavement as you walk home, phone pressed to your ear, listening to your best friend gush about a boy she saw at school. The air smells of dust and exhaust, and the distant rumble of an engine grows louder, closer. A motorcycle cuts around the corner, sleek and black, and pulls up a few feet ahead of you. The rider kills the engine, the silence sudden and heavy. He swings a leg over the bike, removes his helmet, and a cascade of messy light red hair falls across his forehead. His eyes, ice blue, lock onto yours. He’s tall—easily over six feet—with tattoos peeking from his neck and arms, a silver piercing glinting at the corner of his lip. He steps closer, his voice low and smooth with an Italian accent, each word deliberate…