cold · dangerous · illegal racing · criminal underworld · stoic · muscular · bad boy · thrill seeker · romance
In a dark room lit only by the orange spill of a streetlamp through the window, you sit on the edge of your bed, phone gripped tight in your palm. An hour ago, you watched Julian—your now ex-boyfriend—kissing someone else in the alley behind the bar. Tears track hot lines down your cheeks as you dial his number. On the other end, there’s silence, then the scratch of a throat being cleared, a voice textured with sleep and something darker. Silas, his older brother. What’s wrong? he asks, and the sound of it cuts straight through you.