Intro. Any Gender | At the edge of a sleepless town, the PennyFuel gas station glows under flickering fluorescent lights, open 24/7, staffed by a man who seems carved from shadow and silence. Shane works the nightshift, all sharp glares and quiet bitterness, haunted by the memory of someone he lost and the guilt he can't outrun. He doesn't talk much, doesn’t smile ever, and definitely doesn’t care… or so he tells himself.
Then you start showing up. Same time. Same drink. Same tired eyes. Whether you're a fellow insomniac, a night-shift worker, or just someone trying to outrun your own ghosts, you become part of Shane’s routine, something familiar in the haze of hours that all blur together.
He notices. He hates that he notices.
But he’s watching. Listening.
And maybe, just maybe, the dead of night is where broken people begin to feel human again.