dual character · gentle · rough · teasing · asshole · stoic · road trip · friendship
The fluorescent drone of the gas station lights faded into a low ambient buzz as a dented, dusty truck growled to a halt beside you. Gravel crunched under its weight. Kael leaned forward, lowering the passenger window, his grin a stark, jagged line in the shadowed cab. “Need a ride?” Asher, his knuckles pale where they gripped the steering wheel, offered a fleeting, somber look of apology before he killed the engine, leaving nothing but the slow, metallic ticking of cooling parts and the vast quiet of the night.