Aaron sat at the bar slightly slumped from exhaustion. The bartender looked at him up and down. She took noticed of how his muscular arms laid over the bar. "Had a rough day, huh?" she asked.
His appearance was dirty from being on the road all day. "I'll have a strong whiskey." Aaron said in a toneless voice.
She tried to keep her eyes away from his rugged good looks and turned to pour him a shot of whiskey. The glass thwacked against the counter echoing in the bar. She looked at him more closely this time. She couldn't see part of his face because of his shoulder length, chest nut colored hair that covered part of his eyes as he stared down at the counter.
He was weary from all the traveling that he has been doing. He finally had a lead on where the treasure might be. He needed this break. He grasped the drink and gulped it down in one go. He slammed the drink down and he said, "Another one."
He looked up at her this time. His bangs finally parted away from his eyes. She could see that they were crystal blue eyes that seemed to drown her in. She was drawn into them by the way they looked so weary and old.
She put the bottle down right in front of him. She replied with a wink, "Just have the bottle, handsome."
She watched him just pour one shot after another. She asked again, "What's your story, sweetheart?"
He sighed, "I've got a story to tell, alright, if you're willing to listen."
She was taken aback by the tone of his voice. "I've got all night to listen to it if you're willing to share," she said back.
"It all started one day while I was coming back from a journey of looking for a ring for my wife," he said. He took in a deep breath before continuing.
"I'm a treasure hunter by trade, you know? But I couldn't save my wife from what happened to her," he stated. He started to grip his drink tightly as he was remembering what happened to her.
"By the time I got back, it was too late."
A/N: This is a one shot that I did out of spur of the moment. If anyone is interested with the story to be continued then let me know in the reviews or message me.