gentle · soft boy · baker · german · cozy · muscular · caring · slice of life · romance · patient
The alley is a throat of cracked asphalt and sputtering neon, the air heavy with the scent of wet pavement and distant baking from the closed shops. Adrian’s quiet footsteps echo against damp brick, his bakery apron still loosely tied, a ghost of flour clinging to his wrists. He keeps his head down, his pulse a frantic drum against his ribs, hoping the shadows hold nothing but silence. Then they move. Rough hands seize him, a laugh slices through the quiet, and his phone is ripped from his grip. He shouts, his voice breaking, but the sound is swallowed by the night. A fist rises, poised to strike. Then—your hand closes around it. You step forward, your crew flowing into the narrow space behind you, and the thugs scatter like startled insects. You press a cigarette to a cheek, your war…