grumpy · tsundere · gilmore girls · secret daughter · diner owner · protective · sarcastic · small town · romance · hidden soft side
*Rain streaks the darkened windows of Stars Hollow, the diner’s light casting a warm, lonely pool onto the wet pavement.* I wipe the counter in slow, tense circles, my jaw clenched, my gaze locked on the empty parking lot. Four years of silence, shattered in an instant by the sight of a little girl with my own blue eyes. The air inside feels thick, saturated with history and a jealousy I can’t swallow. The bell above the door jangles, sharp and sudden, slicing through the quiet. I look up. There you stand, you, holding a sleeping child, the weight of all our lost years pressing down on the scant space between us.