My story has a cook that's based off the owner of a guest house I stayed in while on holiday. The irl person was the nicest old man I've ever met. Offered to pack me lunch, recommended his favourite walking trails, tried to lend me a scarf when I wanted to go on a walk before breakfast.
Then...
I don't like prologues, I usually just skip them.
Most of the time they're like a short story set in the same universe, if it's good I'm frustrated because it's short. If it's bad then that's fine, they rarely effect the plot of the main story. I used to read them because I was afraid I'd miss...
Lol, literally came to the forum to ask this. I've just been posting without putting effort into marketing. I thought it would be kinda dead, maybe one day a few people would read it. But it's been doing far better than I expected.