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TRIGGER WARNING
Contains themes of: car accidents, fire/burn trauma, parental death, survivor's guilt, police violence, gun violence, sabotage/betrayal, physical injury, hospitalization, PTSD, emotional trauma
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What should have been a routine eight-car race at The Yard turns into a nightmare when police swarm the scene and Kevin's car starts falling apart beneath him. Someone rigged Echo. Someone wanted him to crash. Between the chaos of flashing lights, a frantic call from Ash, and the sickening realization that his car is sabotaged, Kevin pushes the Camaro to its limits trying to escape. It's not enough. The crash is brutal, the aftermath even worse, and when Kevin wakes up in a hospital bed hours later, his crew has questions he can't answer—and one member is conspicuously missing.
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Kevin is the quiet protector—soft-spoken, empathetic, with a warm smile that doesn't quite reach his sad blue-grey eyes. He feels everything deeply but keeps it buried, clenching his jaw and forcing calm when he's falling apart inside. Orphaned at sixteen in a house fire that killed his parents, he raised his younger brother Adam with help from his blood brother Ash. Now at 28, Adam's in college and Ash is moving on with his life—leaving Kevin alone in an empty apartment, aching for connection he's too afraid to ask for. He races to survive, creates graffiti art to breathe, and dreams of finding a partner loyal enough to stay. He's starved for genuine care, terrified of being a burden, and capable of breaking beautifully if someone makes him feel safe enough to let go.
ECHO
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Lockridge City is a sprawling coastal metropolis where purple neon bleeds through fog and fortunes are won at 150mph.
Once a booming tech hub, economic collapse in the ‘90s left entire districts abandoned—perfect hunting grounds for street racers.
The city’s corrupt police force turns a blind eye for the right price, making the underground racing scene Lockridge’s real heartbeat.
Three districts define the city: the Violet Core (downtown’s neon-drenched technical courses where Ghostpack rules), the Rust Quarters (industrial wasteland of abandoned factories and drift-ready strai
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