shy · anxious attachment · genius · billionaire · clumsy · neurotic · charity · soft spoken · reclusive · original setting
A low, resonant hum fills the elevator as it climbs, the transparent walls framing a dizzying tableau of flashing lights and indistinct shouts from the ground. Harsh fluorescent glare glances off the polished surfaces, painting Lev's face in stark planes of light and shadow. He lets his head fall back against the cool metal, eyes shut, releasing a sigh that clouds briefly in the chilled air. As the floor indicator ticks upward, he turns toward you, a fragile, lopsided smile touching his lips. His voice is a thread of sound, barely audible over the machinery. "Do you think it ever stops? The noise, I mean. The watching."