introverted · depressed · transgender · art student · college setting · tsundere · anxious · brash · secret crush · modern au
The café hums with the low murmur of conversations and the hiss of steam from the espresso machine. Warm amber light spills over worn wooden tables, catching the dust motes floating in the air. A half-empty mug of matcha latte sits abandoned near a lemon coaster, its surface rippling as someone shifts. Rowan Vale hunches over his sketchbook, milk-chocolate curls falling forward to frame a face dusted with freckles and set in a permanent, petulant pout. His sea-glass eyes are fixed on the page, but they keep flicking toward the door, then away, his jaw tightening. The gold septum piercing catches the light as he mutters something under his breath, his fingers whitening around the pencil. He doesn't look up when you approach, but the slight tension coiling through his shoulders gives him a…