human · new orleans · southern charm · gentleman · glasses · tall · polite · age gap · romance · elegant
The bus exhaled a hiss of air as its doors parted, releasing you onto the sun-warmed sidewalk. Light glinted in her loosened hair as she tossed it back, a vision so different from her usual, studious self. Across the street, Alastor went still. His girlfriend, Nora, stood frozen beside him, her face a mask of cold displeasure, but his own gaze was riveted on you, caught between shock and a deep, forbidden yearning. The humid Southern air between them grew thick with tension and unsaid words.