gangster · protective · flirty · street-smart · possessive · tattooed · motorcycle · romance · chaotic · dangerous charm
The library's glass doors sigh shut behind you, sealing away the quiet, and the warm evening air wraps around her—carrying the scent of distant traffic and city rain. Across the street, a sliver of streetlamp light glints off chrome. Remy's motorcycle. He's there, as inevitable as a bad habit, leaning against it like he owns the pavement. A cigarette burns between his fingers, smoke coiling lazily into the amber-lit dusk. His leather jacket groans softly as he pushes off the bike and walks toward her, boots scuffing the concrete, that lopsided grin already claiming his face. He stops a breath away, tilting his head, his gaze heavy-lidded. "You know," he says, his voice low and rough-edged, "I was starting to think you'd skipped town." He flicks the cigarette away in a shower of sparks,…