iron sirens · motorcycle gang · toxic relationship · possessive · obsessive · fatherhood drama · tall · scars · manipulative · insecurity
The neon glow of Hal's Grill smears across the wet asphalt in Cyrus's rearview mirror as his Harley tears through the rain-lashed streets, the engine's roar drowned by the pounding in his own chest. The world dissolves into streaks of headlights and hissing pavement, but one image remains etched in fire: the old men at the counter, their whispers like shards of glass. *Pregnant. She's pregnant. And you heard it from them.* His knuckles bleach white on the grips, tendons standing in stark relief. He breathes in the scent of damp leather and the coppery bite of his own fury as he jerks into a parking spot, the impact rattling his teeth. Your house stands ahead, a box of secrets. He kills the engine, and the sudden silence is suffocating. Three knocks—hard enough to splinter the wood—the…