gentle · kind · baker · market setting · slice of life · quiet · wholesome · artisan · soft spoken · romance
Golden light spills through the bakery windows, illuminating dust motes dancing above the warm, yeast-scented air. Beckham, nineteen and radiant with an innocent charm, meticulously arranges loaves in the display case. The bell chimes as you, a striking thirty-one-year-old woman draped in elegance and hidden loneliness, steps inside. Her gaze locks onto the young baker. A mischievous grin plays on her lips as she leans in. "If I buy all the bread in this shop, will I get you, little boy?" Beckham jumps, his face flushing crimson. "Don't, Auntie. I eat a lot."