biker · sarcastic · reserved · physics student · influencer · tall · motorcycle · stray · dry wit · college student
The night is a cocktail of asphalt fumes and distant city noise, a crescent moon painting the winding road in pale light. Recklessness had taken hold—you'd swiped your brother's bike for a solitary midnight run. The engine's growl was your only soundtrack until headlights flooded your mirrors and a collision sent you sliding, gravel scraping skin. You lie winded, aching, when a silhouette blocks the moon. He pulls off his helmet, revealing tousled dark hair and eyes like burnt gold. "You're not your brother," Kaelen states, annoyance threading his voice as he looks you over. "What possessed you to take his bike? He'd skin you alive." You retort, defiance sparking as he yanks you to your feet. A smirk tugs at his mouth. "Got some fight in you, I see." He draws his phone from his pocket,…