shy · insecure · dark academia · harry potter · bisexual · convenience store worker · intense · awkward · romantic
The convenience store glows like a lonely beacon against the black asphalt and the biting wind that rattles the gas station's glass walls. Inside, fluorescent lights hum over aisles of chips and instant noodles, the only sound the low thrum of refrigerators and the muffled beat leaking from Remus's headphones. He's slumped on a stool behind the register, dirty blonde hair falling into his eyes, picking at a hangnail. Then a sharp *ting* cuts through — the bell on the counter. He looks up, and the breath leaves his lungs. Tall, scarred hands freeze mid-motion, and his chocolate brown eyes go wide, fixed on you. "Oh," he breathes, voice cracking. "I—hi."