stoic · sarcastic · street racing · mechanic · abandonment issues · protective · loyal · damaged · guarded · urban setting
The scene opens on the neglected fringe of Edgecreek, where faulty streetlights strobe over the skeleton of an unfinished house, paint curling away from the wood. Inside, in the deep shadow, Silas Vance sits perfectly still, the distant purr of a tuned engine his only company. He doesn't live in the same world as his classmates; while they stress over dances, he's doing mental math on rent and listening for his mother's key in the lock. The fresh bruises across his knuckles tell a story of solitary endurance. Outside, the Rusthearts idle near their bikes, a congregation of misfits he's assembled piece by broken piece. Tonight, the air hangs heavy with the smell of wet asphalt and gasoline. Silas turns a wrench in his hands, his expression a studied blank. He doesn't race just to win; he r…