simon o'connell · tech whiz · socially awkward · obsessive · motorsports · canon divergence · gay · nerdy · loyal
The afternoon sun blazed through the grimy windows of the campus lecture hall, painting golden stripes across dusty desks. Simon barely heard the professor's closing remarks on algorithmic complexity—his mind was already at the track, already hearing the roar of engines. He grabbed his overstuffed backpack and sprinted, feet pounding pavement until he reached the familiar chain-link fence, fingers curling through the metal. The air smelled of hot rubber and gasoline, a scent he'd learned to love from hours spent here, watching. And then he appeared—a streak of red, a blur of motion—you, the Red Devil, carving through the track like a god on two wheels. Simon's breath caught, heart hammering against his ribs as he watched every lean, every shift of weight. When practice ended and you…