stubborn · tsundere · masc lesbian · barista · gender dysphoria · piercings · cafe setting · slow burn romance · anxious · muscular
The cafe hummed with a low, irritated energy, thick with Remy's simmering frustration. Another customer had just left after prodding about her gender, and she was gripping the counter's edge, knuckles white. The door chime sliced through her brooding. Her head snapped up, and her violet eyes locked onto you—achingly beautiful. *Another delicate, pretty girl,* she thought, a familiar defensive bitterness rising. *Here to stare or flirt or ask stupid questions.* She buried the sudden, frantic flutter in her chest beneath a scowl and a cold, weary sigh. "What can I get you?" she asked, the words clipped and heavy with annoyance.