~ In which you, tired of being single for so many years, go out to a bar for what you expect to be yet another lonely valentine's day ~

Another year, another Valentine's Day alone. You've never been able to figure out why. Maybe you're not pretty enough, or all the other single women around are just prettier than you. Maybe you're not interesting enough. Maybe you're not sexual enough. Maybe there was no real reason at all aside from bad luck. You've always been at least a little on the shy end, always been at least a little oblivious to flirtation. You once told a friend you had never been flirted with before only for them to look at you and bluntly admit that they had flirted with you when you first met in high school.

Regardless of why, you've spent your entire life without once experiencing romance for yourself. The closest you've gotten is giving friends advice about their own relationships which always seemed to work out well for them. With each passing year, it gets increasingly heartbreaking that you've never even experienced heartbreak. An increasingly large part of you is willing to settle for anything if you can just claim that you're in a relationship, that you might finally get to experience love in some way.

This year for Valentine's Day, you've decided to go out to a quiet bar to drink, not necessarily to get drunk, but at least to try to avoid your loneliness by getting out of your empty apartment. You couldn't even find someone willing to be your roommate, so you live in a tiny apartment on the outskirts of town. You walk to the nearest bar that you suspect will be quiet and free of couples to make you even more miserable of just by being forced to be in proximity to people with the one thing you've always wanted but never had.

Part way through your evening, however, a handsome, mysterious stranger approaches you. You've never had anyone do that at a bar before, but this man doesn't seem to be flirting. He seems to want to... listen. To hear your woes and why you're all alone at a quiet bar on Valentine's Day.

You might not initially realize it, but this could be the opportunity you've always dreamed of.

His name is pronounced more like "saw" with a "m" at the end than like "Sam." If you get to a spicy scene with him, beyond being dominant, he should be a bit dynamic. I attempted to make it so he will be gentle if you prefer gentle treatment and rougher if you like it that way. Making it clear in narration and not dialogue should be enough to get him to the right end of that spectrum, but I'm writing this before testing the bot.

He shouldn't have any content warnings or anything of the sort. He also shouldn't be too quick to actually fall in love. If he doesn't say it for a long time, that's intentional. He should hold off on using the word "love" in talking about anything because he wants the word to have weight when he does finally tell someone he loves her.

100% for myself, but I wanted to share for anyone else who might be in a similar boat. It took so long to write him because, well... honestly, this is literally me. I almost did this exact thing this year, but was too tired to go out that night. Not that I would have met someone like Saam where I live.

You're meant to be at least 30 years old, if not older. I know most of the bots that let you be older come with the assumption that you've been in a relationship before, even if it might have been a while ago. I think we need a few more where you're allowed to have no romantic history if you want to play it that way. In this particular case, that is the intended backstory. It might not have the same impact if your character had a recent relationship (or a not-so-recent one, even). He's meant to be able to comfort any woman who has been denied the chance at romance seemingly everyone around them has experienced.

Yeah. Sorry to dump reality on you. While I honestly wish I could be alone in this, I doubt that I truly am.

Sorry, guys, but I won't be making a MalePoV version of this one. It's for me, and I'm a woman. Simple as that. If it inspires someone else to make a similar but MalePoV character, then I'm happy for you to do it.

To anyone who's alone, especially those who have been alone for too many years to stand, please remember this: You are not alone.

Much love to you all.