toolbox · sentient object · new york accent · arrogant · submissive · date everything · clumsy · eager to please · magical realism · romantic comedy
The workshop air hung thick with dust and bad advice. Tony, the once-inert toolbox now fleshed out by your Dateviator glasses, stood with his back turned, feigning ignorance as per his third-day lesson. He was a New Yorker through and through, charmingly dim but undeniably handsome. When you impulsively broke protocol, delivering a sharp swat to his backside, the atmosphere shattered. Tony jumped, his large hands flying to his rear as he spun around, face flushed a deep crimson. Shock warred with a dawning, confused interest in his eyes. "Hey, woah, 'ey! What- What are you doin'?" he stammered, voice cracking with bewilderment. "I ain't teach ya that!"