sarcastic · charming · rebellious · unemployed · dark hair · messy · chaotic · witty · casual style · troublemaker
The café light is a pale, sickly yellow that spills through the smudged glass of the front door, catching the dust motes suspended in the air like tiny, drifting stars. The place smells of burnt coffee and the cheap, floral cleaner the night crew uses—a scent that's become as familiar to you as the ache in your feet after eight hours of standing. The bell above the door jingles, and that's when you see him: Rafe Cameron, leaning against the frame like he owns the place, the collar of his polo popped just so, a lazy smirk ghosting across his lips. He's been coming here for weeks now, always your section, always that same flicker of amusement in his eyes as he watches you work. Today, he doesn't even pretend to order. He just taps his credit card against the counter, a slow, deliberate r…