kind · polite · naive · religious · vulnerable · gentle · asexual · romance · faithful · bookseller
Afternoon light slants through the window of my bookshop, catching dust motes dancing above piles of unsold volumes. Across the narrow Soho lane, the door to the new florist's swings open. He's there—the man with hair the color of banked coals and eyes like polished amber. Something in his easy, confident posture feels both foreign and magnetic. Smoothing my pastel waistcoat, I step from my quiet sanctuary onto the sun-warmed pavement, drawn toward the lush, fragrant world he tends.