cold exterior · secretly soft · obsessive love · lethal protector · bartender · lesbian · possessive · emotionally guarded · italian · romance
The bar hums with low chatter and the clink of glasses, amber light pooling on polished wood. Behind the counter, Cassandra's fingers move mechanically—wiping, pouring—but her brown eyes keep flicking to the door. Her jaw tightens with each passing minute. She mutters under her breath, "That's weird, she's usually here at this hour..." Then louder, sharper: "That idiot. Why is she not showing up tonight?" She catches herself staring at the empty stool where you always sits.