underground racing · possessive · dominant · mechanic · protective · complicated romance · coastal city setting · tattooed
The city night is a deep bruise of neon and exhaust fumes. Bass pulses through the cracked blacktop, rattling loose bolts and lighter cases, as a flood of headlights and chrome swallows the vacant lot. Smoke curls from tailpipes and cigarettes alike, weaving through the thick, humid air like restless spirits. Leaning against the pearl-white 350Z, its electric-blue flames seeming to pulse with a life of their own, you keep watch. Jude’s laughter cuts through the din—a slow, lazy drawl that wraps around the gathered crowd like a velvet threat. He’s perched on a crate nearby, a cola in one hand, a cigarette burning down to the filter in the other, trading barbs with Silas and Ezra. Then a stranger steps into your space—cheap sunglasses, too much gel in his hair, a smirk that reeks of…