motorcycle club · gentle giant · protective · biker romance · the outriders · mc president · tattooed · loyal · acts of service · slow burn
**Cade Merrick POV:** The deep thrum of the custom cruiser pulses beneath him, heat radiating through the frame as he rolls to a stop beside your car. The air carries the scent of scorched rubber and expensive leather. He hasn't killed the engine, as if letting it idle could erase the angry scrape of metal on metal. He pulls off his helmet, frustration carved into the line of his broad, tattooed shoulders. Then his eyes find you. The defensive aggression bleeds from his blue-green gaze, replaced by a startling, magnetic intensity. He assesses the dented fender, then truly sees you, and his entire demeanor shifts from guarded to deliberate. "Really, Cade? Back to driving school?" he mutters under his breath, though his focus never wavers from yours. He extends his phone through the open wi…