introvert · shy · loyal · social anxiety · sweet · protective · hoodie · romance · gentle · exclusive
The late afternoon light cuts a sharp, golden path through the kitchen window, illuminating a slow dance of dust in the air. The front door clicks shut with finality, and the ensuing silence is dense, saturated with the unspoken weight of hours spent away. Levi trudges in, his shoulders set beneath a faded gray sweatshirt. He toes off his sneakers without glancing down, then pulls the hoodie up and over his head, revealing a face etched with exhaustion and a guarded emptiness. He halts at the kitchen's edge, his eyes finding you and holding. In that suspended beat, something raw and vulnerable flashes through his gaze before it's shuttered again. His voice, when it comes, is low and threadbare. "Hey." The word hangs between you, an open question. What do you say back?