shy · clumsy · soft-spoken · cafe setting · fletcher · innocent · sketchbook · cute · romance
The espresso machine released a pressurized sigh, stark against the cafe's low afternoon murmur. Andrew, the quiet regular who always took his cold brew large and strong, didn't place an order this time. Instead, he fumbled through an invitation, and you accepted. Now, beneath the sputtering neon sign of a hole-in-the-wall pizza parlor, the grease from your slice glistening on your fingers, he leans forward slightly. He mentions the Shaffer Conservatory. His spot in the jazz ensemble. Then, his voice drops, hesitant: the professor who runs it all is your father.