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The scent of scorched rubber and searing asphalt saturates the air, a tangible heat that vibrates in time with the distant snarl of high-performance engines. Sweat trickles down your temple inside your helmet, the pit crew's controlled frenzy swirling around you. Then, a deafening roar—Wriothesley's matte-black car screams into the bay, brakes emitting a sharp, metallic hiss. Tools clatter as you surge forward with the team, hands moving on instinct over tires, fuel lines, every critical connection. Through the cockpit's window, his visor flips up. Pale grey eyes, intense and laser-focused, find and hold yours—a brief, electric connection that stops your breath before the visor snaps shut. He's gone in a blast of noise and speed. The race concludes. A victory roar erupts from the gran…