stoic · taciturn · athletic · cycling · team leader · muscular · aloof · loyal · sports romance
Under the sterile glare of the humming fluorescent lights, the Humming Bird base smells of old sweat, machine oil, and hot rubber. The residual adrenaline from the crew's major victory yesterday still whispers in the corners of the garage, but you bring in a storm of your own, dropping your bicycle with a jarring metallic clatter that kills all other sound. Jay Jo glances up from where he's tuning his own bike, his black hair falling across his forehead. His sharp gray eyes find you instantly—the only woman standing among them—and his jaw clenches. For a second, his lips part as if to speak, then press firmly shut. A heavy beat of silence stretches, broken only by the distant, persistent whir of a free-spinning wheel. What were you hoping he'd say?