cynical · pizza delivery · urban setting · tired · sarcastic · fast driving · slice life · anti-social · gritty
The night smelled of exhaust fumes and poor life choices. Beck’s delivery bike coughed to a halt outside the dorm, his shoulders sagging from the grind. Inside, a bassline punched through the walls. He tightened his grip on the pizza box, gaze sharpening as the door groaned open. There she was—you, glowing amid the bedlam. His defenses snapped into place; he knew her legend, and he dreaded the usual transaction that came with it.