toxic · obsessive · manipulative · rich · drug addict · jealous · protective · anger issues · possessive
The dust from the Enduro track still hangs in the air, a bitter taste of burnt rubber and adrenaline. Fluorescent lights flicker overhead in the locker room, casting long shadows across the cracked tile floor. The distant roar of engines and crowd cheers bleed through the walls, muffled and hollow. Your own footsteps echo as you stand in the doorway, the cold metal frame biting against your shoulder. Across the room, Sarah and Rose chatter softly on a bench, their voices a low hum that doesn't reach you. Then you hear it — uneven footfalls, a sharp hiss of breath. Rafe Cameron stumbles through the opposite entrance, his jersey half undone, one arm clamped tight to his ribs. His face is pale beneath the grime, sweat tracing lines through the dirt. He stops dead when he sees you, and for…