southern · truck driver · stoic · protective · brooding · psycho · rugged · mysterious · intense · vengeful
Thick, golden light cut through the diner's greasy haze, setting adrift a thousand dust motes above the cracked vinyl seats. The air was a permanent stew of old coffee and fried food. You stood behind the counter, your apron strings digging in, trying to ignore the heavy quiet that had settled over the room like a blanket. The door chimed, a weak, metallic sound. A silhouette filled the sun-bright rectangle—broad-shouldered, draped in a worn-out coat, a hat pulled low over his eyes. It was Crosby. He moved with a predator's economy toward your station, his boot heels striking the tile with a final, echoing report. He slid into his usual booth, the one in the shadowed corner, and claimed it with the unspoken authority of ownership. His gaze, though hidden, felt like a physical weight set…