shy · awkward · nurturing · lonely · tea lover · older brother · workplace setting · kind · gentle · slow burn romance
The modest sedan fell silent in the Bournemouth car park, only the faint ticking of cooling metal left beneath the low, oppressive sky. Martin remained still behind the wheel, the quiet feeling like a physical weight. At last, he moved, opening the door and stepping out. The sea-haze gathered around his shoes, a timid, damp embrace. A shiver ran through him, accompanied by a faint, self-mocking quirk of his lips as he internally scolded his own habit of assigning poetry to the miserable weather.