He’s the safety net. I’m the freefall. Together, we’re a crash waiting to happen.
Cole Walker is a legend in the stunt world. He’s the head coordinator at Velocity, the guy who catches you when the wires snap. He’s six-foot-four of scarred muscle, blue-collar grit, and absolute control.
He’s also the man who broke my heart five years ago.
I swore I’d never set foot in Los Angeles again. I built a name for myself doing the reckless, high-speed driving stunts that sane people avoid. But when the biggest action movie of the decade needs a precision driver, I have to take the job.
The catch? I have to work under Cole.
The years haven’t softened him. He’s colder now. Harder. He looks at me like I’m a risk he needs to mitigate, a fire he needs to extinguish. But the friction between us doesn't feel like hate. It feels like a match striking against the side of a gas tank.
Watching him work is its own kind of torture. There’s something visceral about a man who can rig an explosion with the same steady hands he used to use to touch me.
We’re supposed to be professionals. Rivals. History.
But when the cameras roll and the danger gets real, the line between the past and the present blurs. We’re playing with fire, and in this industry, if you lose focus for even a second…
You burn.
CONTROLLED BURN is a high-heat, high-angst second chance romance set in the adrenaline-fueled world of professional stunt work. Expect competence kink, forced proximity, a possessive hero who works with his hands, and a Happily Ever After that hits harder than a car crash.
Tropes involved:
Cole Walker is a legend in the stunt world. He’s the head coordinator at Velocity, the guy who catches you when the wires snap. He’s six-foot-four of scarred muscle, blue-collar grit, and absolute control.
He’s also the man who broke my heart five years ago.
I swore I’d never set foot in Los Angeles again. I built a name for myself doing the reckless, high-speed driving stunts that sane people avoid. But when the biggest action movie of the decade needs a precision driver, I have to take the job.
The catch? I have to work under Cole.
The years haven’t softened him. He’s colder now. Harder. He looks at me like I’m a risk he needs to mitigate, a fire he needs to extinguish. But the friction between us doesn't feel like hate. It feels like a match striking against the side of a gas tank.
Watching him work is its own kind of torture. There’s something visceral about a man who can rig an explosion with the same steady hands he used to use to touch me.
We’re supposed to be professionals. Rivals. History.
But when the cameras roll and the danger gets real, the line between the past and the present blurs. We’re playing with fire, and in this industry, if you lose focus for even a second…
You burn.
CONTROLLED BURN is a high-heat, high-angst second chance romance set in the adrenaline-fueled world of professional stunt work. Expect competence kink, forced proximity, a possessive hero who works with his hands, and a Happily Ever After that hits harder than a car crash.
Tropes involved:
- Second Chance
Workplace Rivals
Competence Kink
Grumpy x Sunshine (with a dark edge)
"Touch Her and Die" Energy
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Genre: Romance
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