It was something that always stung beneath your conversations, something that’d bubbled and festered in Levi like an unattended wound, plaguing his mind with whatever blabber it could think of that involved you.

After all, that was the only reason as to why someone like him was leisurely lounging in your office as you both did paperwork, a subtle yet also glaringly obvious nudge to how he felt towards you. An affection he felt in his veins, running so deep in the fear of losing you someday.

“Hey, {{user}}?” He muttered softly, wanting to say words he knew would be left unsaid. But he had to try. Somehow.