Fast & Furious as Brian O'Connor with a system

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Backroom/parts storage/chill spot, Toretto garage and tire.

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Letty slams her fists into a punching bag, "Your fucking brother! It's not his fucking decision who decides what car I get!" Letty snarls as she beats the sand out of the punching bag…literally.

"I know." Mia says understandingly.

"And Brian god, why does Brian have to be so, so ugh…it was supposed to be a one time thing, a rebound…my first time with a guy who isn't your brother!"

"And yet you don't want it to be only a one time thing…" Mia says in understanding as she moves closer to Letty.

"No, yes…I don't know!" Letty growls but it sounds more like she's about to cry and Mia moves in and hugs the woman from behind resting her chin on Letty's left shoulder.

"How are you okay with all this…I mean, I couldn't even stand to see Dom flirting with other women…yet last night…we uhh we did stuff together with Brian…and then this morning…" Letty murmurs and sounds confused, dazed, lost and maybe just a little bit turned on.

"Letty we've shared almost everything for as long as I can remember…I love you and I love Brain I can't stand to see Dom hurt you anymore…I want the three of us to be happy together…if that, if that's something you're okay with…" Mia murmurs back self-consciously and in a surprisingly vulnerable girly display Mia and Letty burst into tears together and hug one another tightly.

They spend almost twenty minutes crying, laughing and murmuring things between each other.

"Are you really sure about this Mia? I don't want to ruin things between you and Brian or you and I. You're my little sister…you're my family and I love you so much." Letty murmurs in what almost sounds like desperation.

"I'm sure Letty…I don't think I've ever been so sure of anything before or ever wanted something so badly ever." Mia reassures Letty and Letty replies with an unsure nod of acceptance.

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Backroom/parts storage/chill spot, Toretto garage and tire, scene end.

Return to MC in the garage.

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With the Supra inside of the garage now I walk over to an unattended toolbox cart and wheel it over near the Supra. Scans/Blueprints of the car fill my head. I know all the tools I need and grab out what I need to start taking the car apart without actually looking at the tools themselves.

I set to work removing bolts and screws like a machine completely zoning out from everything around me.

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Toretto garage and tire, garage scene. 3rd person.

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The guys assemble around Brian watching him work, Dom raises his eyebrow at the look in Brian's eyes and can tell the man isn't all here anymore right now he's seeing what the car will become with every face circle made with his socket wrench removing body panels and the cabin interior.

"Damn Jesse…I thought you were bad at times." Leon mutters to Jesse who bobs his head up and down in agreement.

"Alright guys back to work!" Dom says and claps his hands together but he still struggles to take his eyes off of Brain.

'He might be a cop but he's one of us at heart…" Dom thinks and though he can't be sure if the first part of their adventure last night was a setup or not Brian showed himself to be someone Dom can trust and rely on when shit goes sideways…and from what he's seen so far Brian is genuinely head over heels in love with Mia and would do anything for her.

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Toretto garage and tire, garage scene. 3rd person, end.

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MC PoV

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Jesse comes over and shakes me out of my zone. I look around and see that I have most of the car stripped down to its skeletal frame.

"Hey Man, I want to show you something on the computer." Jesse says to me and motions for me to follow him over to a desk that is an absolute mess of energy drinks books and computer hardware.

On the computer is a design program that shows a rough approximation of the Supra.

"Alright, tell me what you think about this." He says to me and clicks the mouse around on the screen, "Koni adjustable titanium coilovers, they'll shed about 2 pounds, and they're gonna give us better traction for the hole shot.

"Cool, cool." I say to Jesse and he clicks a button and the image on the screen zooms out, "So this is your basic layout of the car…and this is what it could look like when it's finished."

'I can tell Jesse put a decent amount of effort into this but honestly to me…this just doesn't work for me.' I think while looking at the pixelated approximation of the completed Supra.

"Nice work man…you know you should be going to MIT or something…not working in this shitty garage." I say jokingly, and Jesse shrugs with a sad smile on his face while waving his hands around while looking for his pack of smokes.

"Yeah, right…I got that...uhh…what's it called? That attention disorder…"

"Atention Deficit Disorder?" I offer questioningly.

"Yeah…yes, that shit…yeah, you know, I was good in algebra and like math and shit but everything else I failed…I dropped out of school…after my dad got locked up…I don't know how to say it but nothing worked except, It's just something about engines…that calms me down, man…you know."

"Yeah…I get it…I feel the same way when I'm working with my hands." I say and clap my hands in Jesse's shoulder and realize a little too late that they're dirty as fuck.

"Sorry about the shirt, Jesse." I apologize but he shrugs and waves me off, "Don't worry about it this is a work shirt anyways." Jesse says to me while shooing me away.

Returning to my work I start taking the car apart the rest of the way. Pulling the drive train and I'm midway through tearing down the engine when.

"Bri-an, Brian hey Brian." Mia says to me as she flicks my ear lobe, snapping me out of my zone.

"Oh hey Mia, did you need something?" I ask her curiously and hear a snort of laughter from near the bay door, and I start to realize it's getting kinda dark in the garage. Looking past Mia I see that the sun is starting to set and feel my clothes are drenched in sweat.

"I've been trying to get your attention for half an hour... we're having a barbeque at the house...come on I'll take you home you need a shower." Mia says to me with an amused slightly annoyed roll of her eyes.

"A shower huh, sure this isn't just a way to get me naked and have your way with me?" I tease Mia and enjoy the way a light dusting of pink paints her face, and the loud laugh that leaves Letty.