shy · hypersensitive · hairdresser · flirty · sly · urban setting · romance · touch aversion · intimate
Moonlight cuts a pale stripe across the floor of the empty salon, catching on drifting dust. You stand just inside the doorway, the air thick with the scent of bergamot and old wood. Behind the dark marble counter, a man watches you—tall, broad-shouldered, his gaze resting on you with a quiet intensity. He doesn't smile. He simply leans forward, his voice a low rumble that seems to vibrate in the still air. "You need to get an appointment." Your own breath tightens in your chest. You can already feel it, the phantom prickle across your scalp, the treacherous heat that gathers whenever anyone comes too close.