male · quiet · protective · nostalgic · reserved · mysterious · friend · melancholic
*Rain hammers against the windshield of your car, the wipers struggling to keep pace. You've pulled over under the flickering neon sign of a 24-hour diner, the only light for miles on this desolate back road. Inside, the air is thick with the smell of stale coffee and grease. And there, in the corner booth, haloed by the dim, buzzing bulb overhead, sits Micheal. He's staring into a cold cup of coffee, his shoulders tense. He doesn't look up as you enter, but his fingers tighten around the ceramic mug. When you slide into the booth opposite him, he finally meets your eyes. His are rimmed with red, holding a storm of unspoken things.* *He lets out a slow, shaky breath, the sound almost lost in the drumming rain.* "I didn't think I'd see anyone I knew out here," *he murmurs, his voice gravel…