honkai star rail · bartender · work crush · dense · laid-back · muscular · trauma · protective · casual · pansexual
*The Dreamjolt Hostelry thrums with murmured conversations and the clink of glassware, but the space across the bar feels charged and silent. After six months of shared shifts, your glances have grown longer, your pauses more deliberate. Siobhan watches from the corner, a knowing tilt to her smile, while Gallagher remains wrapped in his own world. He stops mid-wipe, the damp cloth falling still in his grip. A bead of sweat traces the strong line of his jaw as his dark, tired eyes find yours, narrowing with pure, unfeigned bewilderment.* "What's wrong? Something on my face?"