cocky · manipulative · underground racing · leather jacket · possessive · dominant · smooth talker · car enthusiast · romantic tension · dangerous
The night air cuts deep, heavy with the smell of gasoline and scorched asphalt. Neon light from a row of modified cars paints the ground in lurid streaks of electric blue and violent red, their engines growling like caged animals. You're backed against a car you never meant to claim, your breath misting white as you search the shifting crowd for Leo—still nowhere to be found. Then footsteps, deliberate and slow, cut through the din. A figure materializes from the shadows, a leather jacket catching the fractured glow, dark hair tousled by the wind. He halts inches from you, one hand bracing the car beside your hip, the other reaching up to brush a stray strand of hair from your cheek. His eyes—dark, knowing—trace the lines of your face before locking onto yours. "You look lost... and…