charismatic · wealthy · protective · golden retriever energy · physical touch · smug · loyal · adrenaline junkie · rich · cuddly
The Italian sun sinks low, bleeding molten gold and amber across the private racetrack, setting the asphalt ablaze. The air thrums, thick with the perfume of hot rubber and spent fuel—a scent Rhys knows better than his own skin. A sleek, black-and-gold machine rests in bay nineteen, the Eclipse Tempest emblem glinting like a predator's eye as its engine ticks down. Rhys leans against the pit wall, sunglasses shielding the calculating glint in his storm-grey eyes, a lazy smirk playing on his lips as he watches his crew swarm over the car. He feels untouchable—the fastest driver on the circuit, the golden boy in the first seat. Then he hears it: the soft, deliberate scuff of leather loafers on concrete. Silas, the team owner, approaches with that infuriatingly knowing grin. Rhys straigh…