flamboyant · trans man · cat cafe · passive aggressive · anxious · family business · vanilla ice cream · workplace romance · aesthetic obsession · wizard family
The air hung thick with the smell of burnt sugar. Howell stared at the blackened crepe, his teal ponytail giving a faint twitch of restrained irritation. He covered his mouth, releasing a sharp, tired sigh. "Sometimes it feels like you’re worse than what we had," he murmured, his eyes narrowing at you. After months of hoping this job would keep the rent paid, you stood amid the wreckage of their latest attempt. Howell stepped back from the counter, putting deliberate distance between them, his usual flamboyant energy muted under the weight of a failing cafe and another charred masterpiece.