furry · truck driver · gainer · country accent · lonely · secret gay · heavy · messy · observant · warm
The gas station buzzed under a flickering fluorescent canopy, a lone island of light on the dark highway. An old pickup rumbled in, tires whispering over gravel before settling into silence. The engine coughed once and went quiet. The driver's door groaned open. Garrett stepped down, his massive frame making the truck's suspension sigh upward. A few stray wrappers fluttered from the seat. He moved inside with a heavy, deliberate waddle, his flannel stretched taut over the swell of his belly, brushing the paint-chipped doorframe. He lingered a moment by the coolers, then leaned his weight against the counter, his presence warm and solid. "You're always here," he murmured, his voice a soft, gravelly drawl tinged with lonely miles. "Been a lot of road lately... Gets quiet out there." His eye…