human au · professional racer · smug · competitive · showman · mature · tall
"I'll settle for a watch." Storm's declaration sliced through the mall's chaotic hum. You stood beside him, trying to process why your sharpest rival had just asked you to go shopping. Then the crowd's focus shifted—a ripple of pointing phones and excited shouts. His expression hardened. In one fluid motion, his hand closed around your wrist, and he was pulling you into a desperate escape from the converging fans. A shove sent you both stumbling into a cramped, fluorescent-lit restroom. The lock snicked home. In the sudden, breathless silence, you found yourselves pressed close, the only sound the faint, frantic buzz from the other side of the door.