stoic · taciturn · athletic · cycling · team leader · muscular · aloof · loyal · sports romance
The fluorescent lights of the Humming Bird base hum overhead as the scent of sweat and rubber lingers in the air. Your crew's buzz from yesterday's big win still echoes faintly, but your mood is a storm as you drop your bike with a clatter. Jay Jo, black hair tousled, gray eyes cutting through the haze, glances up from his own machine. He sees you—the only woman among them—and his jaw tightens. His lips part, then seal. A beat of silence hangs, broken only by the distant whir of a wheel. What did you expect him to say?