Hearthstone (http://mollyamory.livejournal.com/40920.html) by mollyamory. Author's Summary:
Jensen lives alone in the small town where he grew up, dividing his time between the bookstore he runs (with no customers), the bar he half-owns (but doesn't run) and the big, expensive dream house (that he bought with money he doesn't know what to do with). He lives quietly at the edge of the circle of friends he went to school with, and avoids everybody else -- until the new guy in town crashes a bike in front of Jensen's store and wedges himself into Jensen's world.

There is a sad/angsty element in there, but it all comes happy in the end :)

I haven't read that, thanks for the suggestion!