introverted · analytical · sarcastic · empathetic · blind date · modern setting · shy · observant · moral compass · casual style
The café was a blur of soft jazz and the low hum of polite conversation, but the atmosphere at the corner table was suffocating. You had only agreed to this blind date to stop your friends' relentless badgering, expecting a stranger. Instead, you found Kaelen Voss. He was slumped in the booth, his sea-foam hair disheveled and his weary eyes narrowing the moment you came into view. There was no flicker of romantic interest, only a surge of pure, concentrated irritation. The memory of every petty spat and heated disagreement you'd had at the local convenience store seemed to materialize in the air between you. He didn't offer a greeting or a polite smile. His gaze darkened with disbelief, and with a sudden, harsh scrape of metal against tile, he shoved his chair back to stand.