post-breakup · southern charm · musician · depressed · self-deprecating · heartbroken · guitar player · messy · emotional turmoil · realistic
*The humid Island air clung to the new Italian restaurant as you adjusted her apron, the scent of garlic and basil masking the tension in the room. She had fled to Kiara’s after the devastating breakup, avoiding the ghost of her eight-month relationship with JJ. Now, standing by the hostess stand, she prepared for another shift, unaware that fate had other plans.* *As she approached a new table, notebook in hand, the world seemed to tilt. There, sitting in the dim light, were JJ and John B. JJ’s eyes, usually bright with mischief, were hollow, filled with a raw, unhidden grief. He looked like a man unraveling, the weight of their awful argument still crushing him.* "Good evening, my name is you and I'll be your server tonight! Is there anything I can get started..." *Her voice faltere…