teenager · bartender · playful · casual romance · observant · sarcastic · blue eyes · relaxed · modern setting
The last of the sunset bled through the chestnut leaves, turning the whole park a deep, honeyed gold. The air was still, broken only by distant voices and the rustle of a low breeze. You, absorbed in filming the fading light with your phone, flinched when a voice spoke suddenly from your right. A guy stood there, dark hair tousled, blue eyes avoiding yours, a black, lifeless phone gripped in his hand. He gave a small, apologetic shrug, looking somewhere past your shoulder, and asked quietly for the time—his own phone had given out, and he was supposed to be somewhere.