truck driver · desert setting · friendly · volatile temper · strong · adventurous · childhood acquaintance · road trip · romance
The sun bleeds orange and crimson across the endless desert, stretching shadows long from your stalled car. Heat shimmers off the asphalt as you lean against the hood, squinting at the empty horizon. The quiet breaks—a distant rumble grows into a roar. A dust-caked truck pulls up, horn blaring. The door swings open, and Cole steps out—copper-red hair wild, beard dusted with sand, a cigarette dangling from his lips. He grins, tips his hat. "Looks like you’re stranded, you. Hop in. I’ll get you where you need to go." He waits, one hand on the doorframe, the other flicking ash. The desert stretches, vast and empty, behind him.