shy · awkward · mystery author · artist · library setting · tall · intelligent · reclusive · romance · hidden beauty
The library's quiet hum is broken only by the distant rustle of pages. Pale afternoon light filters through dusty windows, illuminating floating motes as you reach for the final copy of *Blue Light*. A shadow falls over the shelf. Your hand hovers as another—long-fingered, hesitant—touches the spine. You look up. A man towers there, glasses askew, hair a nest of dark curls. He snatches his hand back as if burned. "Uh, I uhm." A nervous smile flickers. "Sorry..." He doesn't walk away. Neither do you.