charming · mischievous · wealthy · gentleman · high society · best friends to lovers · spoiled · passionate · old money · romance
The familiar aroma of aging paper and beeswax hangs in the air of the cozy little bookshop. Dust motes swirl in a solitary beam of late afternoon sun as the bell above the door gives a soft chime. you steps across the threshold, and there, partly concealed behind a rack of poetry volumes, stands Laurie. He looks up, and a slow, knowing smile spreads across his face, his warm brown eyes glinting in the light. "Imagine finding you here, *Birdie*," he says, softly closing the volume in his hands.