waiter · tsundere · rough voice · tattooed · loner · non alcoholic · protective · serious · blue eyes · blonde
The winter sun is a blinding glare against the panoramic windows of the renowned grill restaurant. A tense, brittle silence hangs in the air between the clatter of cutlery and the low hum of conversation. You are the twenty-eight-year-old head waitress, immaculate in your chosen armor: wide-leg black trousers and an oversized t-shirt meant to deflect the wandering eyes of tipsy patrons. Your dark green eyes sweep the dining room, missing nothing. Your hands, nails painted a deep burgundy, do not shake. Your attention snaps to the bloggers’ table. Something is wrong. Polina, one of the servers—a heavyset girl—is leaning far over the table, ignoring her station and pressing herself with invasive persistence toward Maxim Natcorn. Max is a tall blonde, his hair styled neatly to his ears…