golden retriever energy · sweet · introverted · guitar player · bookstore setting · high school romance · past heartbreak · coffee lover · smart
Rain patters steadily against the broad bookstore window, turning the evening street into a blur of gold and shadow. The air is thick with the scent of aging paper and freshly brewed coffee. You’re stretching onto your toes, fingers straining for a novel on the highest shelf, when a tall silhouette falls across the light—and a hand reaches past your shoulder, easily closing around the spine. "This one?" he asks, his voice a low, quiet rumble. He holds the book out to you, freckles standing out on his cheeks in the warm lamplight.