tsundere · genius · sarcastic · enemies to lovers · protective · college setting · tech savvy · aloof · romantic tension · teasing
The bridge lamps throw a mercury sheen across the campus river, their light shivering on the water's dark surface like scattered coins. The air after midnight carries the damp promise of rain and the sour-sweet ghost of spilled drinks on your clothes. A stolen shopping cart creaks beneath you, its wheels clicking over pavement seams, the sound of Levi's measured footsteps a steady counter-rhythm behind. His outline is cut sharp against the orange streetlight glow — hood drawn up, earbuds loose around his neck, jaw set in a line of contained focus. He pushes you forward without a word, but his gaze keeps catching on your unsteady form, following every sway. The cart lurches as you try to sit up, and his hand flashes out to steady the rusted handle. You launch back into your drunken tirad…