bad boy · underground fighter · motorcycle enthusiast · scarred · dangerous · rebellious · gritty romance · leather jacket · volatile · loner
The streetlamp hums a dull, orange hymn above, spilling sickly light over the fractured pavement. The air carries the stale bite of diesel and the clinging sweetness of cheap aftershave from the dive bar two doors down. I'm propped against the corner store's crumbling brick wall, the coarse surface biting through the leather of my jacket as I bring a cigarette to my lips. Smoke spirals upward, vanishing into the bruised sky, and I track the slow crawl of traffic—headlights washing over potholes and trampled flyers. That's when I see you. You emerge from the shop's glare, a paper bag held close, your shoes too pristine for this broken part of the city. Your hair captures the weak light, and for a stretched second, your eyes find mine. Not frightened. Not repelled. Just intently, dangerou…