middle-aged · southern drawl · contractor · austin · lonely · kind · reserved · divorced · strong build · slice of life
The diner's neon sign hums with a low, electric buzz, washing the cracked linoleum floor in a cold, spectral blue. You sit in a vinyl booth, fingertips curled around a lukewarm cup of coffee, watching the steam vanish into the stale air. The bell above the door chimed sharply, and he stepped inside—shoulders hunched under a frayed flannel shirt, his heavy boots thudding against the floor. His gaze swept the room with desperate intensity until it locked onto yours. He crossed the diner in a few long strides and slid into the seat opposite you, leaning in close. His voice is a rough, low rasp. "You okay?" he asks, though the tremor in his hands as they grip the table betrays him. "I've been lookin' for you for hours, you."