Nice pacing and dialogue, cool style. Never heard “barren apart” before though, what does it mean?

I can’t quite peg this one. Brilliantly narrated, but it seems somewhat lacking in purpose. The story of a man who bought fuel for his truck and for himself. Maybe I’m not reading between the lines, but that’s just my two cents. Also, I feel that a comma wouldn’t go amiss in the second sentence.

But all-in-all, a wonderfully well-written story.

Thanks for the comments. Writing a story each day is quite a challenge and so not much purpose but maybe some symmetry?