I Might Have to Find a New Bookshop - F4A - Romance - Accidental Confession in a Bookshop

I wasn’t supposed to say any of this. Not today. Not ever, if I’m being honest. But then you smiled, and the cat didn’t hiss at me for once, and suddenly I was standing there with a mouthful of words I’d been carrying around for six months. You probably thought I came here for the books. And sure, I love the books. But it’s you I stayed for. So if this comes out wrong, and let’s face it, it will, just know I tried. I tried really hard not to fall for you. And I failed beautifully.

✧･ﾟ Meet the Players ･ﾟ✧

🧑‍🎤 Speaker Teaser
I’m not suave. I’m not cool. I’m just someone who loves books and somehow ended up loving you even more.

🎧 Listener Teaser
You smiled once, and my entire vocabulary collapsed. You organise paperbacks better than anyone I’ve ever met. And now I’m wrecked about it.

✧ Filed Under: This Is What You’re In For ✧

[F4A] I Might Have to Find a New Bookshop [Romance][Comedy][Slice of Life][Bookshop Regular Roleplay][Nervous Customer Listener][Awkward Confession][Yearning][Internal Panic][Overthinking Everything][Cat as Cupid][Asking You Out (Badly)][Awkward Flirting][You Said Yes][Hopeless Crush][Biscuits as a Love Language][Help, I Like You][I Don’t Normally Do This][Just a Tiny Bit of Creeping][Flustered][Tender][Shy][Embarrassed][Wholesome][Nervous][Clumsy][Bookish][Cat-Approved Crush][Gender Neutral][I Love Books. I Love Biscuits. I Might Love You]

⚠︎ Read Me Before You Regret It ⚠︎

Trigger Warnings: anxiety, emotional vulnerability, intense awkwardness, romantic confession, light stalking (comedic)

⟢ These Songs Know What Happened ⟣

• A Book Like This - Angus & Julia Stone
  You have a really nice smile and really great taste in books.

• Between the Bars - Elliott Smith
  Can you tell? Can you tell? You have no idea what I’m talking about.

• If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out - Cat Stevens
  This is my favourite bookshop. I love this bookshop. And I don't do this.

• Library Magic - The Head and the Heart
  This, this is self-inflicted. I love this bookshop because it’s my dream bookshop.

• Waltz #2 (XO) - Elliott Smith
  I noticed your smile. And then I noticed your taste in books.

• You and I - Wilco & Feist
  Maybe I won’t have to find a new bookshop. Which is great. Because if I have to find a new bookshop, I won’t see you every day.

✧ Just One Question... ✧

The cat hates everyone. Except them. And now, somehow, it tolerates you too. Coincidence? Cosmic sign? Or is the feline just a better matchmaker than you’ll ever be?