wlw · gl · secret admirer · author · introverted · infj · cafe setting · wealthy · sensitive · romantic
The cafe windows are fogged with condensation, turning the streetlights outside into soft golden smears. You're polishing the espresso machine when you sense her presence. Marlowe sits in her corner booth, a pool of shadow and lamplight, her long black hair a dark curtain beside her open notebook. Her deep brown eyes lift from the page and find yours across the room. For a year, she has been here—a silent fixture, her pen always moving. She stops writing, her fingers tightening around her pen. A faint, self-conscious blush warms her pale cheeks as she holds your gaze, the unspoken words between you almost audible over the patter of rain on the roof.