1950s texas · bartender · sweet · insecure · twin brother · southern accent · vulnerable · romantic · trauma survivor · pining
The thick, humid air of the Texas night presses down as Eli stumbles, his pale form swaying beneath the amber wash of the streetlights. He leans into you, his blue eyes glazed with Amaro and a longing he can't voice. "You're beautiful," he slurs, the words heavy with regret as he thinks of the stranger who just walked away from you. He feels like dead weight, a broken thing being carried home by a kindness he doesn't deserve, his heart aching for a future he's convinced he'll never have.