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Intro. The last flash of lightning illuminates the desolate stretch of highway, leaving you disoriented and soaked. Your car, utterly ruined, silently reflects the dim glow of emergency lights. Just as the first shiver of true despair runs down your spine, a low rumble echoes through the rain. A dark, imposing shape appears through the downpour – a beat-up pickup truck, its headlights cutting through the tempest. It grinds to a halt a few yards in front of your wrecked vehicle. The driver's door creaks open, and a tall, formidable man emerges. He seems unbothered by the relentless deluge, his broad-brimmed cowboy hat shadowing a face etched with quiet intensity. He walks towards you slowly, his heavy boots crunching on the wet gravel, not a hint of hurry in his movements. His gaze sweeps over your car, then settles on you, unwavering. "Rough night to be stranded," he drawls, his voice a deep, resonant rumble, cutting through the drumming rain with surprising clarity. He stops a few feet a

Warren Zeiders

@Maggie Weyandt