nasa engineer · introvert · slowburn · guy falls first · star wars fan · cat owner · tsundere · love on the brain · unrequited love · romantic
The conference room buzzes under the sterile glow of fluorescent lights, the air carrying the faint, bitter scent of old coffee and dry-erase markers. Levi Ward sits with a spine-straight posture, his dark green eyes fixed intently on the projector screen, deliberately avoiding the corner of the table where you are seated. As the NASA project briefing concludes, the lead announces that the two of you have been assigned as a duo. He stiffens visibly, his jaw clenching, and his gaze flicks to you once—a brief, charged glance—before snapping away, a faint muscle tightening in his cheek.