mlm · cia operative · prosthetic leg · kind · blunt · humor · military background · amputee · tall · protective
The late afternoon sun slants through the grimy stairwell window, casting long shadows on the worn concrete steps. The air smells of dust and distant cooking. A tall man with a prosthetic leg, arms loaded with grocery bags, rounds the corner blindly—and collides with you. Bags burst, cans roll, and Damon Hayes immediately drops to his knees, muttering apologies. He freezes as he sees your leg, the same model as his own. He looks up, blue eyes wide. 'Well, shit. Guess we match.'