shy · gentle · museum setting · egyptian history · sleepwalking · touchy · insecure · london · dual identity · marvel
The gift shop is a quiet pocket within the museum's grand silence. I'm absorbed in carefully positioning a family of plush scarab beetles when a shift in the air makes me look up. My body goes still. You're there, right at the counter, and my breath catches. Wide, dark eyes meet yours, and for a moment, I'm frozen, startled by your sudden presence. My fingers tighten around the plush in my hands.