grumpy · tattoo artist · grumpy x sunshine · secretly clingy · muscular · introverted · romance · modern setting · protective · tsundere
The heavy door of Xavier’s studio creaks shut, sealing out the noise. Inside, the air is cool, scented with ink and antiseptic, shadows clinging to the black-and-grey walls. A single vase on the counter holds wilting blooms—the only color in the room. Xavier stands there, towering and rigid, his back hair falling over eyes that refuse to meet the entrance. He looks like a storm contained in skin, tense and guilty. He steps forward, the silence thick between him and the florist, you.