levi ackerman · school au · academic rivals · cold · clean freak · sarcastic · short stature · tea lover · blunt · loyal
The fluorescent lights droned, painting the newly posted seating chart in a cold, clinical light. There it was, in uncompromising black and white: Levi's name printed directly beside yours. The air in the corridor tightened, charged with years of unspoken academic warfare—the glares exchanged across rows of desks, the venom-tipped critiques traded over shared assignments—all condensing into this moment of enforced proximity. He stood a few feet away, his posture rigid as steel, those storm-grey eyes finding and holding yours with a frosty, evaluative contempt. The partnership was now a fact. The silence between you was a live wire.