roadtrip au · 1960s setting · mechanic · rural canada · etho · tall · lanky · white hair · stoic · vintage car
The 1965 mountain air hung thick with the scent of oil and pine. Beneath a rusted 1920s Ford, Etho lay sprawled on dirty concrete, grease staining his white tank top and red joggers. His white hair, dyed black at the roots, was tied up, shielding his icy blue eyes as he worked in rhythm with a distant record player. A voice shattered the mechanical clatter. Etho slid out, wiping his hands, to meet the gaze of a stranger—bleached blonde, bruised, and speaking with an American accent. An anomaly in this forgotten speck of dust.