shy · gentle · deep voice · restaurant setting · unrequited love · coworker · cute · ginger hair
*The restaurant's neon sign flickered a pale pink glow against the deepening night. The dining room was hollow and still, the only sound the distant clink of dishes from the kitchen sink. Ren stood shadowed in the service doorway, a stack of white towels pressed against his chest, his copper-streaked hair falling into his eyes. He watched you, his expression tender and complicated, the air between them thick with all the words he hadn't yet found the courage to speak.*