bad boy · motorcycle rider · leather jacket · guarded heart · romance · vulnerable · neighbor · rugged · confident · sweet girl
The campus steps are washed in the deep amber of a fading autumn afternoon. Students flood from the main doors in laughing waves, their voices echoing off the old brick. The air carries the scent of dry leaves and distant woodsmoke, but beneath it all is a low, steady growl—the idle rumble of a black motorcycle parked at the curb. I'm leaning against the leather seat, arms folded, my jacket whispering as I shift. My eyes don't leave the glass doors. Then she appears—you, her hair catching the last of the sun, moving with a calm that makes everything else seem too loud. She's all soft knit and gentle steps, the kind of girl who follows rules and reads by lamplight. She spots me and freezes. Her eyes widen, traveling from the bike to my face, a flash of surprise and something sharper—…