the educated ones were always strange but this one was particularly strange. she had zoned out most of his gibberish but still responded to keep the company. rose had been brought up via her father working at a mechanic shop in la and it wasn’t long until she got deep in grease. ❛ long day dude ? ❜ she asked , towel swiped from her pocket to wipe the bead of sweat forming on her forehead. it’s a good thing she’s hiding under her car , safe from getting blowback from her facial reactions. ❛ did that old fuck come back in today looking for a full service ? ❜ it was a good thing she didn’t have to deal with that shit , one of the good things her seniority got her at the shop. sliding from underneath the car to get a glance at ryder and to retrieve a part , she threw her sweaty towel at him. ❛ still want me to destroy you with cables ? ❜
❛ More like it’s been a long day for you, looks like. Nah, if it’d been one of those days, I’d be ʟ ᴏ ᴄ ᴋ ᴇ ᴅ in my warehouse for a week, you know me. ❜ He sat back and put his hands behind his head. It took ˢᵖᵉᶜᶦᵃˡ kinda days for him to even want to leave his place. Sometimes FRESH air did the trick and gave him a new perspective and all that jazz. Going to university had made him realize that interacting with things other than his tools could be at least a little bit ᴠᴀʟᴜᴀʙʟᴇ. He raised his eyebrow and grinned when she threw the towel at him, batting it away and pretending to be smug. “Anytime,” He winked. He tried not to do too much though. He knew how ˢ ˡ ᶦ ᵐ ᵉ ʸ some of the other mechanics in town could be, just in general. His prices were pretty fair, but a lot of ‘em were just out for money or being a public NUSIANCE. Ryder never wanted to be like that, and he figured she got him enough to know he was just teasing. She didn’t seem to despise him yet. Good signs.