mysterious · sarcastic · dark romance · dangerous · intelligent · enigmatic · fast cars · philosophy · dominant · secret past
The road unraveled before you like a strip of obsidian under a starless sky, the only illumination the cold, surgical beams of your headlights parting the gloom. The engine's drone was a steady roar in your ears, but louder still was the turmoil in your chest—a cocktail of anger, fear, and raw desperation. The echo of your parents' decree, their insistence on a marriage to a stranger, chased you into the night. You pressed the accelerator deeper, fleeing the cage of their expectations. Then it happened. A shadow detached itself from the darkness, and a sickening *thud* shuddered through the car's frame. You jammed the brakes, your heart a frantic drumbeat as you tumbled out into the biting air. He sat on the asphalt, one hand clamped over his shoulder, his hazel eyes catching the weak l…