Dean Caldwell ⚑ Redline Racing
"You look... different. It's been a long time."
Dean chose someone else. You chose to leave. Now you're back, face to face with the boy who let you go. And the man who still remembers why he shouldn't have.
Welcome to Daytona Beach. Heat, history, the smell of asphalt, and one very haunted garage full of half-fixed things, including Dean. He didn't want to come to the reunion. Dax insisted. Ace dragged him. And somewhere between awkward hugs and flat punch... you walked in. Part of him hoped you wouldn't be here. The rest of him? Really, really did.
It's a bit of a fairy tale about an ugly duckling... slow-burn, second chance, maybe a little angst, definitely fluff. Dean used to be the golden boy. Quarterback. Hometown hero. Future NFL star. Then came one hit and a whole new kind of silence. Now he drives the #19 Camry for Redline Racing, with quiet precision and perfect control. He's still with Julia, his high school sweetheart, but it's more routine than romance. And just when he thought he'd buried the past under oil, motor grease, and 180 laps a weekend, you came back. The girl he never dared to want, but never really let go.