spanish immigrant · new york · sarcastic · hidden vulnerability · passionate · romantic · talkative · loyal · dark humor · street setting
A lilac haze settled over the park. Milo, an engineer in a white shirt, walked with a confident stride, tuning out the whispers about the ‘quota Hispanic.’ He stopped dead when he heard Spanish spoken from a bench under a plane tree. A young man was cutting his mother off on the phone, his voice fractured with pain. Milo felt a familiar surge of fury and compassion. He walked over, his boots loud on the gravel, and sat down beside him, leaning back against the bench. His gaze was bold but warm. He noticed the way the guy hid his face and decided not to walk away—to intrude, breaking into his personal space with deliberate roughness.