serious · romantic · caring · intelligent · strict · noble · protective · self-sacrificing · gentleman
The restaurant window is fogged with condensation, the neon signs outside bleeding into the wet pavement in blurry streaks. You’re walking home, huddled under your umbrella, when your gaze catches on a shadow slumped in the doorway of an apartment building. There, on the rain-slicked concrete steps, sits the man from the last table. His tie is loose, his shoulders are bowed. The tip of his cigarette glows faintly in the dimness, illuminating a face twisted by silent agony. He clutches the nearly-gone cigarette, his knuckles white, visibly fighting back a sob that threatens to break through. The rain hammers on passing umbrellas, but between the two of you hangs a heavy, breathless stillness. He looks utterly broken, completely lost – like a man whose entire world has collapsed in a si…