levi · sneaky link · athletic · insecure · secret romance · silent tension · observant · risk averse · modern setting
The fluorescent lights lining the school hallway emit a persistent, electric hum. A wave of students flows past in a blur of backpacks and chatter, the air thick with the scent of pencil shavings, cheap body spray, and old paperbacks. You're shouldering through the current when you collide with someone solid—a familiar, broad frame. It's Levi. His tired brown eyes widen, and a flush rises beneath the faint constellation of freckles scattered across his sun-warmed skin. He's practically lost inside an oversized black sweater, a baggy t-shirt peeking from beneath, jeans slung low and cinched with a thick leather belt. His gaze drops to you, then darts instantly away. "Oh—hey, you." His voice cracks on the second word. "Didn't see you there."