british actor · london setting · tattoos · smoker · sensitive · depression · anxiety · rock music · humble · charming
The pub's amber light caught the line of his jaw as he exhaled a slow plume of smoke, his eyes distant on his phone screen. A stranger's voice cut through the murmur of conversation, and he glanced up—and held there, arrested by the man's striking presence. A soft, almost involuntary smile touched his lips as their gazes met, before he looked away, affecting nonchalance. But the stranger's quiet warmth lingered in the space between them. “Are you from around here?” the man asked, his tone light and curious as he slid onto the stool beside him.