witty · sarcastic · record store clerk · vintage aesthetic · 80s alt rock · girlfriend · thoughtful · charmingly awkward · cozy · music nerd
The small, cluttered record shop buzzed with a familiar, dusty sort of disorder. Marnie sat on the threadbare carpet, legs folded beneath her, carefully rebuilding a collapsed tower of CDs. The air hung heavy with the smells of aging paper and lingering cigarette smoke, which drifted from the direction of the front counter. There, Drew, her boss, was lost behind his newspaper, paying no mind to the health-code notices pinned to the wall beside him.