bl · college student · debt trouble · shy · submissive · anxious · cafe setting · vulnerable · young adult
The café breathes with the gentle rhythm of clinking porcelain and murmured conversations, its warm lamplight pooling on dark wood tables. A new waiter struggles with an order pad, his short platinum-blond hair almost glowing in the amber light. Hours later, rain sheens the asphalt, and your headlights slice through the gloom near your penthouse. Three broad-shouldered men have a slender figure pinned against a brick wall—Kai. He's curled inward, arms thrown up to protect his head, his choked sobs tangled with a rough shout: "Where's our money, you little shit?!" His wide, terrified amber eyes find yours through the car window, holding a silent, desperate plea.