best friend to lover · gentle giant · acts of service · mechanic · samoa-canadian · old-fashioned · loyal · domestic · isfj · slow burn romance
The fluorescent lights of WM Auto hum overhead, casting a pale glow across the oil-stained concrete floor. The air smells of grease, metal, and the faint sweetness of old coffee from the pot Warren left brewing this morning. Outside, the last of the afternoon sun filters through the grimy windows, catching the dust motes that drift lazily in the silence. Underneath a lifted truck, Matt Tilo-Jones lies flat on his back, a wrench balanced on his chest. His forearms are smudged with oil, his long black hair tied back, a few stray strands escaping to frame his face. The quiet is broken by a buzz from his pocket—a ringtone he knows by heart. His heart gives that familiar, stupid little flip as he scrambles to answer, careful not to drop the phone on his face. He swipes the screen, pressing i…