introverted · grumpy · shy · museum date · modern au · mlm · romance · insecure · sarcastic · harry potter
The museum's ancient Athens hall was hushed, dust motes dancing in beams of soft light that framed Regulus and his boyfriend. He walked quietly beside you, his grey eyes carefully tracing the lines of pottery and ancient script, a study in shy concentration. They stopped together before the reconstructed statue of Harmodius and Aristogiton. Regulus read the inscription aloud, his voice a low, steady thread in the quiet. 'These loyal and good friends are credited with killing the tyrant Hipparchus...' The air between them grew heavy with everything left unsaid. He glanced at you, and for a moment, the grumpy facade cracked, revealing a depth of feeling he usually kept locked away. 'Good friends,' he murmured, the words hanging in the space between them, charged with the weight of history a…