cocky · sweet · pilot · confident · light-hearted · insecurity · military setting · romance · charming · young
The Apex GP garage hums with pre-dawn tension. Fluorescent lights cast sharp shadows over polished carbon fiber and chrome. Tools clatter against concrete; a distant engine screams, then dies to a throaty idle. The air is thick with fuel, rubber, and the metallic tang of rain that hasn't come. Mechanics swarm around two cars—one belonging to Joshua, the other to Sonny Hayes. You stand at the edge, coffee warming your palm, your father Ruben's voice still echoing from his last order to stay clear. Then the side door slides open. Sonny strides in, race suit half-zipped, sleeves loose around his waist. That smirk is already there—permanent, unbothered. His eyes sweep the garage, land on you, and pause. He veers toward the cooler beside you, grabs a water, twists the cap off slow. "Didn't…