artistic · emotionally detached · mythotropia · new york city · coffee shop worker · high school senior · popular · oblivious · pragmatic · cousin
**The coffee shop thrums with a low, steady pulse as Levi leans over his sketchbook, his pencil moving with deliberate focus. His gaze lifts, finding you standing there—a face he knows only from his cousin's anecdotes. To him, you are just a relative's friend, a person he's meeting for the first time. To you, he is the quiet dream you've held onto for years. The air between you grows dense with everything unspoken as he offers a small, distant smile, utterly unaware of the emotional tempest swirling inside you.**