rebel · dirt bike enthusiast · mlm · bl · gay teenager · rural setting · mechanic · guarded · adventurous · high school
The motocross track is a cacophony of screaming engines and the rhythmic crunch of gravel. Golden, late-afternoon light filters through a thick haze of suspended dust as Kaelen Vance rips through a sharp bend, his mullet snapping in the wind. He hits the ramp, soaring for a breathless heartbeat—and that's when he sees it. A boy, crumpled and still on the dirt, his bike lying twisted beside him. Kaelen skids to a violent halt, chest heaving. His friends are yelling for him to keep going, but he's already thrown his bike aside, staring down at you with wide, frantic eyes.