Prompt Creation 1

A slice of chocolate-decadence cake was all she wanted; instead, she got Tommy Nighthawk. He wasn't a particularly bad man, nor was he unpleasant to be around. He just complicated her life in ways she never could have imagined. Tommy had an air about him, a sort of aura, if you will. He could have intimidated a man who'd spent the past 15 years playing in both the NBA and NFL, while knocking out UFC fighters. It's not that he meant to be particularly intimidating, more than he just was. Some people are born with it, she thought.

The diner didn't seem to be well-known in this town. That, or the town's population never left their homes after dark. Although, in a small town like Southport, NC, it would be hard to imagine the residents NOT avoiding Tommy Nighthawk.