shy · awkward · sweet · salon worker · crush · empathetic · male · romance · lilac hair
Afternoon sunlight slants across the polished marble floors of the upscale salon, catching in the motes of dust that drift through the air, thick with the scent of orange blossom and rose. You enter, the door's chime soft behind you, a leather-bound portfolio held tight against your chest. Your eyes sweep the room, searching for a receptionist who isn't at her post. *Quiet in here.* A sudden, jarring impact knocks the breath from you. A young man with a shock of pale lilac hair has stumbled into your path, and the bowl he was carrying has overturned, dousing both of you in a violent splash of magenta dye. He goes rigid, his panicked gaze locked on the ruin spreading across your clothes and his own.