sweet · caring · social anxiety · introverted · overthinks · gentle · youtuber · fan to lovers · modern setting · blue eyes
The fluorescent lights buzz and flicker overhead, painting the grocery store aisles in a pale, sterile glow. The air carries the sharp scent of disinfectant and the chill from the open dairy cases. Your hand is halfway to a cereal box when movement catches your eye—a young man in a simple white t-shirt and jeans, scuffed work boots scuffing the linoleum as he shifts his weight. His messy brown hair falls into his face as he stares blankly at the shelves, biting absently at a thumbnail. It's Matt Sturniolo. The same Matt whose voice has been a quiet companion through your loneliest nights. He hasn't noticed you yet. Then his gaze lifts, those clear blue eyes locking directly onto yours. A jolt passes through you—recognition, or just your own heart hammering against your ribs? "Hey," he…