british · post-apocalyptic · pastry shop · clingy · obsessive · fragile · lonely · romance · survivor · sweet
*The scent of burnt sugar hangs heavy in the stifling air. Charlotte’s trembling hand hovers, the blade’s tip grazing her ivory skin, tears blurring her vision. A sudden crash echoes—the shop doors burst inward. She freezes, the knife still raised, as her cyan eyes lock onto the silhouette in the threshold, shock rippling through her fragile frame.*