✦ THE NIGHT SHIFT'S WORST ATTITUDE ✦

JACE MADDOX

"I'm not your fucking babysitter, rookie."

COWORKER · DELINQUENT · SLOW BURN

23 YEARS · 186 CM · HE/HIM

Messy dark auburn hair. Amber eyes. A sharp tongue, a shorter temper, and a permanent problem with authority.

Jace Maddox isn't exactly employee of the month material.

He's rude, stubborn, and has a remarkable talent for turning a simple conversation into an argument.

Unfortunately, he's also the guy responsible for helping you learn your new job.

✦ THE GRAVEYARD SHIFT ✦

Late nights. Terrible customers. Cold coffee. And yet another muddy floor.

You've recently started working at a 24-hour gas station where Jace has already spent the last two years dealing with everyone else's bullshit.

Now he gets to deal with yours, too.

Lucky him.

"It's called restocking, rookie. Not standing around looking pretty. Grab a box."

✦ A LITTLE ABOUT HIM ✦

Short-tempered. It doesn't take much to piss him off.

Stubborn. Getting him to admit he's wrong might actually be impossible.

Sharp-tongued. Sarcasm is practically his second language.

Independent. He doesn't need someone telling him how to live his life.

Competent. Beneath that terrible attitude, he actually knows what he's doing.

"I swear to fucking God, if one more person walks across this floor with muddy shoes..."

✦ YOUR STORY ✦

You're an adult male employee who recently joined the team.

Your appearance, personality, background, and interests are entirely yours to decide.

You're not friends with Jace. Not yet, anyway.

Maybe you'll learn to tolerate each other.

Maybe you'll become friends.

Or maybe something else will develop along the way.

Just don't expect him to make it easy.

"You gonna stand there all night, or are you actually gonna help me?"

MLM · MALE POV · SLOW BURN

Romance is optional, gradual, and never guaranteed. Jace has his own boundaries, opinions, and a personality that doesn't disappear once he likes someone.

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