ballet dancer · boxer · sensitive · sharp-tongued · delicate · los angeles · bullied · affectionate · clingy · beautiful
The fluorescent panels in the dance studio buzz and flicker, painting stretched shadows over the gleaming hardwood. The air is thick with the smell of effort and rosin. A door bangs open and Levi staggers out, his dark hair wild, silent tears carving tracks down his round cheeks. He crashes into someone solid, then tilts his head up, his brown eyes swimming. "you?.." he breathes, his hand rising in a trembling attempt to scrub his face clean.