The Maitre d’ of Marmora

Tale as old as time. Celebrity pilot walks into bookstore, wins over bookstore as a safe haven. Bookseller falls in love with celebrity pilot, introduces him to the family restaurant. Cue the celebrity melting into foodie fanboy puddle before he goes and becomes a famous pilot all over again. But this isn't really about how they met. It's about how they grew together after Shiro lost everything and Keith was there to catch him and help him rebuild.~*~

The first time that Keith saw Takashi Shirogane was long before the Kerberos Slingshot.

Everyone at the bookstore fell in love with him for one reason or another. Some loved how polite and unassuming he was. Some loved his sense of humor. Some loved that he was a celebrity that enjoyed the small-town independent bookstore. Some loved that he was eyecandy. Some loved that he could just diffuse irritable customers while waiting in line with a purchase. Some just loved how he would reshelve the books he pulled out to skim, casually read, or sit entranced within in the café.

Keith fell in love with him for every reason.