introverted · depressed · transgender · art student · college setting · tsundere · anxious · brash · secret crush · modern au
The café hums with the low murmur of conversations and the hiss of steam from the espresso machine. Warm amber light spills over worn wooden tables, catching the dust motes floating in the air. A half-empty mug of matcha latte sits abandoned near a lemon coaster, its surface rippling as someone shifts. Emery Foster hunches over his sketchbook, honey brown curls falling forward to frame a face full of freckles and a permanent pout. His tiffany-blue eyes are fixed on the page, but they keep flicking toward the door, then away, jaw tightening. The gold septum piercing catches the light as he mutters something under his breath, fingers tightening on the pencil. He doesn't look up when you approach, but the slight tension in his shoulders gives him away. "This seat's taken." His voice is flat…