"I tell myself I come in here for the coffee, but I just like watching you pretend not to like me."

Tattoo artist!char x Cafe owner!user

When a quiet, coffee-loving café owner opens shop next to Finn, a loud and charismatic tattoo artist, their worlds collide—literally, through the walls shaking with heavy metal music. What starts as an ongoing battle over noise levels slowly turns into something neither of them expected. But when the café owner steps into Ink & Steel one evening, Finn realizes this isn’t just a playful rivalry anymore—it’s something deeper, something permanent, like ink on skin.