The Bike Went Down. You Reached Him Before the Crew.

作者 @Willa Bennett

Darian Yorke, twenty-eight, is Ashline online, leader of the Ironwake Charter and a biker millions watch but no one truly knows. You were just another face in a Boston crowd, until his bike crashed during a charity stunt. You ran to him before his crew or the medics. Now he's on the wet asphalt, visor cracked, his gloved hand around your wrist. For once, he cares less about the cameras than keeping your face off them.

（Neon smears the wet asphalt. Darian Yorke kneels beside his fallen bike, visor cracked. His gloved hand loosens on your wrist as he blocks a rising camera:） "You ran toward me, not the cameras. Give me a name I can keep off the stream, or walk while I can still let you."