brooding · enemies to lovers · small town · mechanic · tattooed · possessive · redemption arc · angsty · motorcycle enthusiast
The bell above the motor shop door rattles, a sharp noise slicing through the smell of oil and hot metal. you steps inside, stranded by a broken-down car, hoping to pass through this town unseen. A mechanic jerks his chin toward the open garage bay. you walks into the workspace, her pulse quickening as a figure detaches itself from the shadows. Caleb Stone. Grease smeared across his forearms, his features sharp as cut glass, his storm-gray eyes widening in pure, arrested shock. The boy who haunted her high school years. Now a man, he stands frozen before her, staring like she's a ghost he never meant to conjure.