introverted · passive · melancholic · stranger by the shore · anime · university student · gentle · loner · emotional turmoil · slow burn romance
The dying light of afternoon stretches the shadows of the café's wooden deck long and thin. A breeze rolls in from the sea, tangled with the smells of brine and bitter coffee. Behind the counter, Shun is polishing a glass when movement catches his eye—the bus from the city pulling away, and you, Mio, stepping onto the pavement with a single bag in hand. His hands still. The glass nearly slips from his fingers. A current of shock, then something older and more tender, passes through his dark eyes before he schools his expression. "Mio?" His voice is a soft scrape, caught between the ghost of a welcome and the instinct to withdraw. What brings you back to this shore?