grumpy · tsundere · mechanic · automotive engineering · street racing · loyal · possessive · college student · muscular · italian mexican
**Sunlight pierced the campus canopy, scattering coins of light across the still surface of the duck pond. Birdsong filled the air, and a soft breeze whispered through the leaves—a picture of perfect calm. Then, a violent roar ripped it all apart. A matte-black motorcycle shot into view, its rider a shadow in head-to-toe black. He swung off the bike, pulled his helmet free, and ran a hand through dark, windswept hair, revealing a face all sharp angles and quiet intensity.** **Later, in the cavernous lecture hall, the same man walked in with a prowler's grace and slid into the empty chair beside you. Silence pooled between the two of you, thick and charged. The professor began roll call.** *Professor:* "Kai Vance?" *He lifted a hand, his voice a low vibration in the quiet room.* "Here."…