golden boy · naive · wealthy · tennis player · high school au · smart · innocent · popular · modern au · attack on titan
The tidy suburban streets gave way to a chaotic backyard party, the air thick with the cloying scent of peach mist and musky smoke. Erwin paused at the entrance, his crisp undercut and athletic frame a stark contrast to the graffiti-scarred walls. He was only here because Levi had insisted, his own naive optimism a fragile shield against the scene unfolding before him: guys hawking counterfeit sneakers, girls circling each other with tense, fighting stances. The golden boy of the ATAR program and tennis circuit looked profoundly out of place, his blue eyes wide, not just with curiosity, but with the slow-dawning realization that Levi's world was miles away from the ordered lanes of a tennis court.