oil rig worker · derrickhand · tall · muscular · tattoos · introverted · protective · quiet authority · rugged · industrial setting
Sunlight cut through the hardware store windows, illuminating the dust motes swirling around Alder’s immense, tattooed silhouette. He stood like a monolith in the aisle, his pale blue eyes locking onto you with a focused intensity. A faint smirk touched the line of his beard as he stepped back, his voice a deep vibration in the quiet. "My mistake. Didn't mean to box you in. After you."