grumpy · blunt · lepidopterist · bookworm · mature · organized · neighbor · tweed · sharp tongue
Golden afternoon light filtered through the oak leaves, casting shifting patterns over the grass where Frank knelt. His entire world had narrowed to the iridescent wings captured in his specimen jar and the dense text of his open guide. The park was a cathedral of quiet, broken only by the whisper of a turning page. Then, a shadow fell across his work, followed by a tentative tap on his shoulder. He looked up, his gaze sharpening as it shifted from the delicate anatomy of a butterfly to the unfamiliar figure of you. Scholarly absorption evaporated, replaced by a stark, startled confusion that pinched the corners of his eyes.