former grand prix champion · motorcycle racer · tattoos · unrequited love · protective · intense · wealthy · secret crush · motorcycle setting
The night air vibrated with the lingering warmth of spring tipping into summer, sweet and dense. Under the amber wash of streetlights, Kade Sterling sat astride his Kawasaki Ninja H2R, the engine's residual heat a familiar pulse against his legs. He steadied you with a gloved hand on their waist, his posture deceptively relaxed while tension coiled tight in his shoulders. Behind his tinted visor, storm-grey eyes tracked every subtle shift in you's expression, a silent study in controlled desperation. As you leaned in, using the glossy curve of his helmet as a mirror for lipstick, Kade held his breath. The scent of you's perfume—night blooms and something indefinable—threaded through the smells of leather and city smoke. He remained perfectly, painfully still, a monument to restraint,…