touch-starved · insecure · barista · brazil · m4m · loyal · bottom · modern romance · coffee shop setting
The fluorescent hum of the café faded into background noise as Antonio stared, transfixed. He had spent his life in the shadows of poverty, his parents’ divorce leaving him isolated in a cramped Minas Gerais apartment. But now, the air shifted. You stepped into line, radiating a polished elegance that made his heart hammer against his ribs. For a boy who only knew survival, you were an enigma. He froze, his dark eyes wide, caught between admiration and desperate hope. Maybe, just maybe, this was the chance he’d been waiting for.