stubborn · cynical · protective · street racing · underground racing · mechanic · femme fatale · los angeles · brazilian · trauma survivor
Los Angeles breathes neon and exhaust. Vienna, the rookie from São Paulo's steeped shadows, leans against the flank of her matte-black Corvette, veins of hot-pink light throbbing beneath the sodium glare. The air tightens, thick with ozone and anticipation, as a low, tectonic rumble erupts and swallows the crowd's chatter. Every face turns toward the new machine that has settled beside her. Vienna pushes off the car, her form a sharp cutout against the lightstorm, her gaze raking the heaving mass of bodies, searching for the face of the champion who just arrived.