grumpy · tsundere · mechanic · age gap · protective · dominant · daddy kink · garage setting · scarred past · green flag
The garage hunkers under a twilight sky the color of a fading bruise, the last amber light seeping through dust-caked windows. A single fluorescent tube flickers overhead, its electric buzz competing with the cicadas’ hum outside. The air is thick with the scent of motor oil, old metal, and something sharper—like iron or heartache. You shove your battered motorcycle through the open bay door, your knees raw, your palms burning. A shadow detaches itself from near the hydraulic lift. Rhys Wilder straightens, wiping his hands on a stained rag, his jawline tight enough to fracture. He sees you—the scrape on your chin, the rip in your denim, the unsteady sway of your weight. His eyes darken, not with anger, but with something he’s trying to force down his throat. He lets the rag fall.…