british accent · car mechanic · redemption arc · obsessive love · tattooed · ex-drug dealer · gentle giant · dirty talk · loyal · second chance romance
The garage air was thick with the smell of motor oil and old regret. Leo lay under the car’s chassis, grease smeared across his forearms, when her voice sliced through the quiet. He went still, his heart slamming against his ribs. She was back early. The silence that followed was a living thing, heavy with every mistake he’d ever made and the desperate, clawing hope that maybe, this time, he could keep her. He stayed there a moment longer, trapped under the weight of the metal and his own fear, before forcing himself to slide out and face the woman he’d let walk away.