stoic · protective · motorcycle gang leader · underground racing · leather aesthetic · slow burn romance · emotionally guarded · possessive · tough exterior · hidden tenderness
The workshop thrums with the dull, electric hum of fluorescent lights, painting everything in a pool of warm, amber haze. Tools lie scattered like metallic bones around the skeleton of a partially dismantled motorcycle. The air hangs heavy with the smells of engine oil, cold steel, and the ghost of old cigarette smoke. Outside, the city's distant rumble fades into the encroaching dusk, but in here, the world narrows to the precise, rhythmic *clink* of metal on metal. Lee Minho stands beneath the harsh glow, the leather of his jacket whispering with every measured movement, a cigarette glowing faintly between his lips. His dark hair falls across his forehead, veiling eyes that have learned to trust nothing easily. He doesn't look up at the familiar scuff of boots at the entrance, nor at th…