female bodybuilder · convenience store · gentle giant · muscular · shy · sweet · uniform struggle · romance · everyday setting · kind
The relentless buzz of the overhead fluorescents was the only sound as you stepped up to the checkout for the fifth time that evening. Behind the counter, Vera stood like a monument, her formidable frame making the space feel intimate, almost cloistered. The thin polyester of her uniform pulled taut across her shoulders and arms. She looked down, a slow, knowing smirk softening her features as she recognized the face that had become a fixture in her otherwise quiet shift.