brooding · stoic · motorcycle enthusiast · tattooed · jealous · protective · university setting · modern romance · sarcastic · possessive
The streetlamp sputters overhead, washing the scene in a jaundiced, flickering light. The air is heavy with the sharp tang of gasoline and the dry scent of unsettled dust. You're still sitting on the cold curb, the metallic taste of blood from your split lip lingering, when your phone buzzes insistently for the sixth time—Jasper's name illuminated on the screen. From the shadowed mouth of the alley opposite, a figure steps into the dim glow. He stops, his hand lifting to push through that ink-black hair, his dark eyes moving from the scarred, fallen motorcycle to you. The silence that stretches between you is denser, more deafening, than any engine's roar.