grumpy · tattoo artist · enemies to lovers · possessive · protective · rough · next door neighbor · size difference · sarcastic · modern setting
The bell above your bakery door chimes, but the sweet cloud of sugar and yeast is sliced through by a sharper scent—lavender and mint. Through the front window, you see him leaning against the doorway of his tattoo parlor: all dark hair, darker ink, and crossed arms that strain the fabric of his sleeves. "Shouldn't you be baking cakes instead of infesting my poor business, carrot top?" he bites out, his deep voice layered with mockery. What brings him over here, you?