Crocodile Tears (Moon Knight fanfiction)

Chapter 3: Levii with two I's.

At the nearest library looking around aisles with shelves towering with books. Lost and confused. Turning as she hears the squeal of metal she sees a man with a cart restocking the shelves with books.

"Excuse me!" she calls.

"Do you by chance have an Egyptian section?" she winces hearing how she sounded like a moron out loud.

"Oh, ummm..." the man jolts from being startled. "It's just over there." he points behind her. She turns her head in the direction of the many sections that were 'over there'. "Maybe it'd be best if I properly show you." he mutters awkwardly shimming between her and his cart in the narrow aisles.

Following just behind as he skimmed the spines. "Bingo." extends his arms indicating the books related to the topic. "We have Archaeology, the tombs, pyramids, conspiracy theories," he rolls his eyes. "No offense if you're into that." he shrugs.

"You don't believe the pyramids were built by aliens." She raises a brow. Before he could stumble his way through an apology she snorts covering her mouth realizing how loud she was in a library. "I'm just messin'." she explains.

"What in Egypt were you researching?" He asks.

"Gods mostly."

His eyes danced about the titles plucking a book piling them into her waiting arms. Taking their pile of research to a table he sits with her even going over some of the corrections and mistakes the books have.

"Why are they depicted as animals, but in our form?" She asks.

"Very good question." he praises with a lopsided smile. "Animals are sacred..." he begins. "Perhaps it is a simple way for us to understand a higher power."

"We could be facing a second coming of gods today." she says drawing his eye. "Spiderman, Antman, Falcon, Hawkeye. Black widow." she references.

"That's a unique way of thinking." he chuckles. "Maybe you're right."

At the check out desk. "Thank you..." she trails off realizing she didn't get his name. Glancing at his nametag. "..Steven." she smiles, catching his eyes. "You make Egyptian lore very..." she trails off for the right word.

"Boring. I'm sorry I must have talked your ear off." He apologizes, continuing to scan her books.

"Entertaining." She chirps. "I was going to say entertaining." taking the receipt, "I hope to learn more in the future if you don't mind." She flutters her lashes collecting her bags.

"Y-Yeah. Of course." He stutters.

"See you 'round, Steven with a V."

"Bye, Levii." Returning with a stiff wave handing back her library card. "With two I's." he watches her leave, staring at the doors a few moments more.

"Quit it." Steven grumbles.

"Quit what?" Marc asks his reflection shrugs with a cocked brow in the computer monitor's screen.

"I can feel your eyes. Judging me." Steven grumbles.

"Levii with two I's." He repeats.

Steven grumbles, rolling his eyes Checking his phone to see a new message.

Rice bowl or salad?

He replies clocking out for his break.

Salad.

Thanks.

"Is Steven upset?" Layla asks as Marc stuffs his face with lettuce and tomato. "He usually fronts to say hi." She smiles with eyes picking him apart knowing him too well.

"Hasn't been the same since signing the papers." he answers after swallowing his bite. "Told him that people just grow apart and to move on."

"He wears his emotions on his sleeve and that's one of the many things I love about him."

"Ouch." he grumbles. Striking his fork through his paper bowl nicking his palm on the other side.

"I know divorce is such an ugly word, but that doesn't mean our lives stop. It would make me very happy for you to have someone who makes you happy as you did me." She smiles.

"I think I found her." Steven finally speaks.

"Really." She smiles scooting closer. "What's her name?"

"Levii with two I's."

"I like her already." She crosses her leg taking a bite of her rice bowl. "Marc says she's out of my league."

"I did not." Marc had to say.

"He's just Jealous." she scolds.

"She was just looking for a book and being nice, likely never see her again."