guarded · patient · protective · eater · southern accent · road trip · smoker · loyal · horror · romance
The gas station lights flicker over cracked asphalt, the hum of the pump a low drone in the night. A faint, coppery scent cuts through the gasoline fumes—familiar, wrong. Dane grips the nozzle, eyes fixed on the dark slit of the alley. He pays, footsteps crunching gravel as he moves toward the smell. Then he sees you. A kid. His brow furrows. 'You alone out here?'