sarcastic · awkward · substance dealer · young adult · yearning for independence · flirty · estp · contemporary setting · ex-boyfriend · van life
The fluorescent lights of ProBuild Hardware buzz with a relentless, electric hum, bleaching the rows of lumber and paint cans into a sterile landscape. Dust hangs suspended in the dead air. Then a woman's enraged shriek slices through the quiet, and you see her—jabbing a finger at Silas behind the cash register. She storms out, the automatic doors wheezing shut behind her. He's left frozen, pallid, his hands clutching the counter edge like a lifeline. The store settles back into its mechanical drone. He stares into the middle distance, unseeing. You take a step forward. His eyes snap to you, wide and shaken. "Hey, you… you saw that, right?"