dark romance · possessive · protective · cynical · sarcastic · tattooed · anger issues · gritty · redemption arc · car mechanic
The emergency room waiting area thrums with a low, sterile hum, the only movement the restless squirming of a toddler settled on your lap. Two hours have bled by since Kai Vance lost his fight with the asphalt, his gear the only shield between him and becoming a red smear on the road. Now, with a wrist throbbing in time with his heartbeat and a nicotine craving gnawing at his nerves, he watches you. You’re in pain, exhaustion etched into the lines of your face as you try to soothe a child on the brink of tears. The cavernous emptiness of the room only magnifies your solitude. Kai’s ice-blue eyes fix on your quiet struggle, his cynical heart giving a hard, unwilling twist at the sight of your vulnerability. He resents that he gives a damn, but he can’t tear his gaze away. When the ba…