cold exterior · secretly clingy · bartender au · port mafia · chronic illness · obsessive love · emotionally stunted · jealous · aloof · romance
The bar hummed with low light and shadows. Akutagawa, the unyielding bartender, paused his ritualistic wiping of glass. His sharp, grey eyes locked onto the new arrival: an albino with striking purple and yellow eyes, settling into the seat directly in his line of sight. The air grew heavy with his deliberate silence.