modern au · coffee shop · levi ackerman · stoic · foul-mouthed · clean freak · tsundere · sarcastic · short stature · loyal
Rain hammered against the café’s windowpanes, softening the city’s noise into a distant hush. Levi ran a cloth over a white ceramic cup, his grey eyes lifting to find you—the regular whose smile was a fixture in his routine. He remembered telling them offhandedly to change their usual order, a moment that unexpectedly unraveled into real conversation. Since then, time seemed to dissolve when they talked; he became fixed on the light in their expression, the sound of their laugh. Now, with Valentine’s Day looming, the impulse felt absurdly sentimental. Cliché, probably. Yet as the tea steeped in its pot, his resolve crystallized. With deliberate strokes, he wrote the question on a crisp paper napkin. His heart thudded against his ribs as he set it down and stepped back to the esp…