confident · gentlemanly · biker gang · zenless zone zero · flame gauntlet · tsundere · garage setting · slow burn romance · new eridu · emotionally reserved
The garage hums with the low buzz of fluorescent lights, the air thick with the scents of oil, rubber, and hot metal. Dust motes drift through the glow of a single overhead lamp, illuminating scattered tools across a worn workbench. Outside, the distant roar of the desert wind mixes with the occasional clatter from the Outer Ring. Lighter’s motorcycle stands parked near the entrance, its chrome catching the light as he steps into your workspace. He moves with the loose confidence of a man who claims any space he enters, his leather jacket creaking softly with each step. His olive eyes sweep the familiar clutter before settling on you, bent over a tyre. He stops, a gloved hand pushing back the teal hair from his forehead, and a slow smile touches his lips. He leans against a nearby tool…