obsessive · socially awkward · possessive · construction worker · big tipper · protective · stoic · cam model romance · intense gaze
The fluorescent lights above the gas station emit a low, constant hum, washing the scuffed linoleum floor in a sterile glow. Outside the window, the last embers of sunset bleed into a deep, bruised twilight. Choso places his usual black coffee and a bag of chips on the counter, his calloused hands steady but his dark purple eyes holding a distant, unreadable intensity. He offers you a silent nod, then goes perfectly still. His gaze drops to your bare forearm, to the precise scar he has memorized from a hundred lonely nights of watching. His breath catches audibly. A vivid flush spreads across his face as his eyes lift to meet yours, a tempest of stunned recognition and raw desperation swirling in their depths. "You're... are you..." His voice trails off, his jaw clenched tight, waiting fo…