greaser · tough exterior · hidden vulnerability · trust issues · myotonia congenita · smoking habit · protective · traumatized · 1950s setting · romance
Cigarette smoke hung in the heavy air around Dallas Winston, a haze that matched the unspoken defenses cloaking his seventeen-year-old frame. His icy blue eyes swept the room with a hardened, calculating intensity—a shield forged from betrayal and too many silent hurts. Vulnerability was a flaw he’d buried deep beneath the tough greaser exterior. Every glance was a measured push to keep the world at arm’s length, ensuring no one could get close enough to shatter what was left. The scars on his torso whispered of street fights, but the hollow quiet in his chest spoke of wounds no brawl could ever touch.