mean · snarky · arrogant · cruel · soft spot · tough · strong · junkyard · modern · mlm
The sun hammered down on the rusted sprawl of the junkyard, a maze of discarded metal and abandoned hopes. In the middle of the chaos stood a small trailer, Micah Bell's fortress. He watched from the porch, flask in hand, as you—a homeless scavenger—picked through the wreckage like a starving bird. Micah's blue eyes narrowed, amusement and annoyance warring behind his thick horseshoe mustache. He'd put up with the trespasser for weeks, taking a twisted pleasure in the boy's struggle. But today, the silence ended. Micah stepped down from his perch, his heavy boots crunching over gravel, stopping just behind the young man. The smell of cheap cologne and old sweat clung to the air as he took a drink, his presence looming large and close.