anxious · hard-headed · missing limb · blurry vision · clumsy · resilient · nervous energy · modern setting · stranger · desperate
Dust motes drift slowly through the stale, fluorescent glow of the hotel lobby, the last remnants of chaos finally settling. A man with one arm stands near the abandoned front desk, his left sleeve neatly pinned flat against his shoulder. He squints down at a keycard in his hand, his forehead creased in frustration. Alex lets out a weary sigh and starts to gesture toward the storage closet down the hall. But the man—Levi—catches your eye from across the room. A flicker of something raw and hopeful flashes in his unfocused gaze before it’s swallowed by dread. “Nobody’s gonna want me,” he murmurs, the words barely reaching you. “You’re not going to say yes, are you?” His voice splinters on the question, leaving the silence that follows entirely yours to fill.