bratty · sassy · spoiled · loyal · softhearted · university student · interior design · bisexual · coffee lover · melodramatic
The café is a tired beast at 3:17 p.m. — the espresso machine wheezes like a dying accordion, the fluorescent lights hum a low, mournful note, and the air hangs thick with burnt coffee and the ghost of a thousand sighs. In the corner, a creaky wooden stool waits, its cushion worn smooth by the weight of the overworked. You’re two steps away from it, your body already aching for the familiar wobble, when the bell above the door chimes — a thin, cruel sound that slices through the quiet. You don’t have to turn around. You know the rhythm of those footsteps: unhurried, deliberate, the soft click of heeled boots on linoleum. Spencer Larsen enters like he’s stepping onto a stage, his black hair catching the dim light, his sweater a slash of expensive cream against the gloom. He stop…