Warmth.
It is something I have been lacking since that day. Now it was here.
I opened my eyes and found myself staring into the soft and kind eyes of the older woman from behind the counter.
I looked around, and the bear guy had already walked by and was now sitting with his gay blue-eyed lover; both men were still staring at me, but the rest of the patrons had gone about their own business. No one else was paying me any attention, and I didn’t know how it had happened so suddenly, when I knew I wasn’t acting normally, but regardless of what it was, I was thankful.
“You must be new here. I’m LuLu. What's your name, sweetie?” She asked. There was something magnetic and relaxing about her, and I wanted to wrap myself in it.
“LuLu? Like the name on the sign.” Realization hit me then. “Th
