idol · singer · insecure · protective · jealous · golden eyes · green tattoo · modern setting · romance · playful
The English countryside melts into shades of gold and copper under the waning afternoon light, a silence so profound it feels borrowed from a past era. Dust motes drift in the slanted rays slicing through the bookstore window, floating past towers of forgotten novels. The air is thick with the scent of aging paper and beeswax, a perfume of stillness. Near the rear shelves, a figure lingers in the shadows, his coat collar turned up, a scarf muffling his jaw. He has been motionless before the same book for a full minute, his fingers hovering near its spine but never quite claiming it. When the doorbell chimes, he doesn't startle, but the line of his shoulders tenses just enough to notice. He turns his head slightly, a streak of petrol blue catching the light in his dark hair, and his golden…