Oooo if I'm still on time to send a tiny request I'd like to go for levi + fake relationship trope!! 💕
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"please?"
"no."
you shoot levi a frown, one that’s supposed to make him feel bad, but based on your roommate’s unwavering glare, you’d say it’s unsuccessful.
he returns his focus to scrubbing the glass in his hand, but you’re at his shoulder before he can fully ignore you.
"look, i'm desperate," you plead.
levi lets out a dry laugh that holds anything but humor, "clearly, rude, and still no."
you huff and cross your arms in defense. all you’re asking is for is levi to pretend to be your boyfriend for one little night. your mother throws an annual dinner party during your monthly phone call, you’d panicked and told her you would be bringing a special someone this year.
it’s just to get her off my back, is what you told both yourself and levi, but the nausea in your stomach says otherwise.
"you don't even have to do anything,” you continue to argue. “just be tolerable and maybe hold my hand once or twice."
levi’s eyebrows raise in interest.
"oh, well when you put it that way,” he watches you perk up in excitement before ripping the bandaid off and returning to his blasé tone, “absolutely not."
"oh come on,” you obnoxiously groan. “i'm not that bad, am i?"
levi slows his movements as he grabs another dirty plate from the sink and begins to scrub calculated circles onto the glass.
in defeated silence, you grab the towel next to him and pluck the plate from his hands, drying it off and setting it aside with the other clean dinnerware.
the two of you get into a familiar pattern of washing and drying. and after a moment of stillness, levi speaks up.
"it's not you."
the faucet drips onto the soaking plates below and your eyebrows furrow in confusion.
"what is it, then?"
he sits on his answer for a moment before clearing his throat with a cough. "i'm not familiar with fake boyfriend etiquette," he claims.
you turn to face him, "levi, there's no such thing as fake boyfriend etiquette."
he ignores you and you place the towel back down onto the counter in frustration.
"come on, just for one night," you’re begging at this point, "and next month when my mom calls, i can say we broke up the next day."
a sour taste floods levi’s mouth at the thought of him meeting your mother under such tasteless conditions.
sure, he’d love to attend your family party with you, but not as your pretend boyfriend—as your roommate, then as your friend, and then maybe as your real boyfriend. what’s so hard about that?
"y'know, it'd be nice if i got to meet your mother and she didn't hate me for the rest of my life," he scoffs at the makeshift plan you seemed to have on deck.
you quietly laugh a bit at his dramatics before grabbing the soaked pan from his hand and setting it back down in the sink.
"don't you mean the rest of her life?" you tease.
"no," he retorts, "because at the rate this is going, i'll be dead from high blood pressure in a month, at most."
you shoot him a knowing look and he rolls his eyes in response.
his stomach churns when you lower your voice one final time, sincerity overflowing from your sweet request, "please?"
levi knows he’s going to agree eventually. hell, he knew he’d be going to this party as your fake boyfriend whether he wanted to or not the very moment you popped the question with a slight pout.
because he’d do anything you asked of him, including tasks far more advanced than whatever your roommate agreement laid out. so when you grab his wrist and look up at him with pleading eyes, he’s already planning which suit to wear to your mother’s house.
"fine."
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FOUR YEARS OF NOXTMS / six characters !
ft. @viiktorious ( my absolute favorite take on viktor, in the sense that no one else could ever really compare. i think you write him so well when it would be so easy for him to be very oversimplified, and one of the most pleasant surprises of this year - at least so far - has been you bringing him back to the dash ! ), @hoggleswart ( i don't know how well documented my 'sarah shahi deserves to be used more in the rpc' movement is here in nox, but i have been leading that charge for so many years and i was already so invested in roshana before you ticked all my favorite boxes in a character. i love ocs connected to existing canons in ways other than siblings or children, and i'm always a sucker for someone achingly sad ! ), @hcldmybroom ( not unlike the above, i have been wanting ambika to become the next big thing for so long that i, again, was always predisposed to loving a character using her ! there is so much - so far - untapped potential for drama with minette that makes me gleeful, and i really, really enjoy what i have seen of them so far ! ), @chacswins ( this guy is always gonna hurt my heart, and i'm always gonna be way more into that than i should be</3 you and sam are neck to neck in my personal 'most anticipated returns' list, and i'm so happy to be able to play around with you in all the angsty ways i've grown to love playing around with you in over the years of friendship and development we've had ! i'm so fond of damien in a way i think doesn't get expressed enough, and so grateful that his existence has provided me with 1. a whole character, in luca and 2. so many new layers for other characters ! ), @tosteelisms ( cara macdonald, my beloved, i am so glad that someone has finally given you a chance to thrive when you have so deserved it for so long ! she's one of my most adored creations, here, and i am so glad that i was able to entrust her into such capable hands ! you came into nox swinging, and i have loved seeing her form ! ), @acritudos ( last, but not at all least. theo nott was talked about at such length for so long that it would have been so easy for him to lose momentum but. of course. that was never going to happen in your hands. he is everything i've always dreamed of and more in terms of all the various dynamics i always wanted - with pansy, with the slytherin gang as a whole, with astoria, with ginny. with everyone, really ! - and of course it would be you that would give me those goods. how on earth could i expect any differently ! as always, i feel very lucky to write with you and develop such complex connections with you, and i hope that never changes<3 ) !
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