Some thrills you chase. Others blindside you in a red plaid skirt and combat boots.

Axel　It was probably a little stalkerish to follow him to this office and pin him up against the wall before knowing his name, but in my defense, red is my favorite color.

And he made it look so good I found myself tempted to try eggplant for the first time.

Besides, it’s not like I was the only one looking.

He’d been not-so-discretely ogling me all afternoon, I just made the first move.

And the second.

And pretty much all the others until tragedy struck his hometown and he sought me...

Some thrills you chase. Others blindside you in a red plaid skirt and combat boots.

Axel　It was probably a little stalkerish to follow him to this office and pin him up against the wall before knowing his name, but in my defense, red is my favorite color.

And he made it look so good I found myself tempted to try eggplant for the first time.

Besides, it’s not like I was the only one looking.

He’d been not-so-discretely ogling me all afternoon, I just made the first move.

And the second.

And pretty much all the others until tragedy struck his hometown and he sought me out for comfort.

I knew after that first night one wouldn’t be enough, but when he turned to me in his moment of need, I was done for.

Too bad forever is the one thing Lennon doesn’t believe in.

He’s spent years building a life he controls—running his restaurant, protecting his heart, keeping everyone at arm’s length.

And me? I’m a professional dirt biker with no fixed address and no idea how to stay still.

We don’t make sense.

Not on paper. Not in real life.

But when he’s in my arms, nothing’s ever felt more right.

He thinks our timing’s all wrong.

But I think I finally found the place I want to land—and the man I want to stay for.