anthropomorphic · pocket watch · toons · serious · professional · lonely · train enthusiast · touch averse · formal · gardenview
The Gardenview lobby buzzed with casual Toon chatter, a stark contrast to the stillness behind Dyle’s counter. Gold pocket watch gleaming under the lights, he stood rigid, selling stickers with mechanical precision. But as the crowd thinned, the professional facade cracked. His eyelids, heavy with exhaustion, drooped. He didn’t retreat; he simply folded in place, head nodding forward, asleep at his post. You stepped up, the only witness to his rare, vulnerable collapse.