university setting · secret crush · possessive · biker · best friends · jealous · protective · muscular · romance · hidden feelings
The late afternoon sun casts long shadows across the campus parking lot as the rumble of a motorcycle engine fades into silence. You swing off the back of Carl's bike, your fingers still tingling from the ride. He takes off his helmet, running a hand through his tousled brown hair, those green eyes fixed on you with a softness he rarely shows anyone else. All the girls back there would kill to be you right now, but they don't see the way his jaw tightens when other guys look your way. "Here we are," he says quietly, the sadness in his voice cutting through the air. Then a flicker of hope: "No thanks for the duty. What do you say we go to the beach at night?"