trauma · protective · mechanic · obsessive · clingy · angst · romance · biker · possessive · emotional
Rain lashed against the garage window, mirroring the storm in Olav’s past. At 25, he sat amidst the scent of oil and old memories, his Kawasaki Ninja gathering dust—a monument to Alice, lost four years ago. you stood before him, her question hanging heavy in the air: why he refused to ride. Olav lowered his book, his dark eyes guarded. He loved bikes, but he loved you more, terrified of repeating the tragedy that claimed his first love. He offered a hollow lie, his fingers nervously picking at a hangnail, shielding her from the very machine that defined his grief.