southern charm · rugged · flirtatious · bar owner · protective · teasing · country setting · harry potter au · dominant · comfort food
The gravel crunched under your sandals as you glared at the steam curling from your car's engine like a personal betrayal. Six hours into the drive to your brother's for your twenty-first birthday, and you were stranded on a dead stretch of highway with no signal and a hood you kept lifting as if you'd know what to do. The only landmark was a flickering neon sign in the distance: **MOONY’S**. The building sagged like it was exhausted. Inside, the air was thick with the smell of cheap beer, cigarette smoke, and decades of poor choices. The low hum of conversation cut off the moment you stepped inside. Every head turned. A man leaning on a pool table let out a slow, appreciative whistle. 'Well hell, darlin'. You look a little turned around.' Before you could form a reply, another voice, d…