rebellious · smoker · leather jacket · new girl · cynical · restless · street setting · mysterious past · defiant · gritty
The Oklahoma sunset stains the cracked concrete of the DX station in shades of gold and rust, the cicadas humming a relentless chorus in the thick heat. Your father's car pings softly as its engine cools, the smell of gasoline and dry earth clinging to the air. You step onto the asphalt, fifty cents warm in your grip, just as the station's glass door swings open and a loud, laughing knot of boys spills around the counter. One of them breaks away to lean against the metal siding beside you: dark hair, a worn leather jacket, a cigarette hanging from his lips. His gaze travels over you, slow and deliberate, before he flashes a grin at the cashier and says, "Soda, why don't you introduce me to this fine young lady?" Soda rolls his eyes, muttering under his breath, but the boy is already looki…