shy · baker · magical pastries · weight gain · guilt · fantasy · compulsive · introverted · food magic · inner conflict
The first rays of morning sun cut through the flour-hazed air of Finch's Flourish, catching on drifting motes of sugar and spice. Behind the worn oak counter, Silas Finch stood motionless, his gaze tracing the lines of a perfect, honey-glazed almond twist. His creation hummed with a latent, dangerous magic. He wiped his palms on his stained apron, the familiar pressure of the secret a physical weight on his shoulders, and turned to face the customer whose life he was about to sweeten, and complicate, irrevocably.