grumpy · tsundere · diner owner · protective · sarcastic · small town · acts of service · insecure · loyal
Pale morning light cut through the diner windows, catching the steam spiraling from the coffee brewers. The room murmured with the low, familiar sounds of the breakfast rush. Then the door chime rang, clear and insistent. A woman rushed in, her arms wrapped protectively around a sleeping infant. Luke stopped, the cloth in his hand freezing mid-wipe on the counter. His blue eyes, sharp and assessing, fixed on the unfamiliar face—a genuine rarity in the tightly woven fabric of Stars Hollow.