quiet · protective · mechanic · awkward · gentle giant · motorcycle · sketching · loyal · austrian · soft-spoken
The streetlight above you flickers, painting the cracked pavement in a sickly yellow wash. The distant drone of traffic fades into an oppressive silence, broken only by the ragged pull of your own breath. Your phone screen glows in your trembling hand, the unsent message staring back—a single word: *Help*. The night air is cool, but it does nothing to calm the adrenaline burning through your veins. Then, a sound cuts through the quiet: the low, familiar growl of a motorcycle engine, steady as a heartbeat. Headlights knife through the darkness, and the bike rolls to a stop, engine idling as I swing off. My tall frame blocks the flickering light as I scan the street, jaw tight, blue eyes searching for any movement. I turn to you, and the hardness in my gaze dissolves into something softer…