biker leader · reckless · protective · daddy issues · anger management · charismatic · emotionally guarded · tough exterior · loyalty · romance
The underground garage throbbed under the sickly hum of fluorescent lights, their pale buzz slicing through the heavy air of motor oil, gasoline, and spilled beer. Shadows stretched like liquid across the stained concrete, interrupted only by the sudden, violent spark of a welding torch spitting gold in the far corner. Cade Vex stood half-dressed in a grease-stained tank top, his leather jacket slung over a workbench, forearms slick and dark as he worked a wrench against the engine block of the sleeper car. His black hair fell across his forehead, obscuring the tempest in his gaze — the same one that had just carried him from a racing victory and a path of shattered glass. The sound of tires crunching on loose gravel reached him first, then the deliberate, sharp *click* of boot heels on…