INSTANT CRUSH: AOT One-shots

Levi » Hands Off!

modern!au ; fem!reader ; explicit

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"Your back and forth with Levi about who is more affected by the other ends with a challenge: the first to give in to their urges and lay a finger on the other, loses."

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Of course, of all mornings, Levi had to choose this one to parade half-naked around the kitchen.

Barely minutes ago he'd left the shower with nothing but a towel around his waist after having finished one of the most intense ab workouts you'd ever witnessed. A session he'd miraculously decided to do out here in the living area instead of the basement as usual. Right in front of you. As you had sat behind the counter and eaten your breakfast—or at least attempted to.

Swallowing your mouthfuls as you shadowed the beads of sweat rolling down his back had proved to be an incredibly difficult task, and detaching your gaze from his flexing muscles every time he'd glanced your way had been almost impossible. He'd caught you staring, more than once, his face aglow with the triumph of having made a flustered mess out of you.

The sound of footsteps brought your attention back to his form, and you watched as he strolled to the sink, grabbed a glass, and filled it with water. Spinning around, he leaned against the countertop and downed it in one go, your heart thrashing at the sight of his bobbing Adam's apple.

"Thirsty?" he asked, snapping you out of your daze.

Looking down at the laptop in shame, you sucked on your bottom lip as flames ravaged your face. The sensation of his eyes on you was intimidating, and you didn't even need to glance up to know he was smirking.

If it weren't for your ongoing dare, which was why he was excessively flaunting and spritzing his charm around, you would've pounced on him and made sure not to leave an inch of his body unbitten. But your pride wouldn't allow it. Just like him, you weren't one to back down from a challenge, and if this one meant you had to tame your desires for the time being, then so be it.

"How did it come down to this?" one may ask. Well, it was stupid, really.

It all started a day before when you had been on a work call, and things had gone terribly wrong.

With the pandemic, you'd been working remotely for over six months now, and Levi had taken into the habit of prodding and teasing you while you did. It had never bothered you much before. After he was forced to temporarily close his tea shop due to the lockdown, you knew that spending twenty-four-seven around each other would bore even someone like him, and distractions were needed from time to time.

So, you let him have it his way, indulging him in his sporadic sprees of childishness. You thought that as long as it was harmless, helped keep his mind busy, and alleviated some of his tedium then it was alright. And to say that you did not enjoy the open displays of affection and banter would be a blatant lie. After all, this kind of intimate domesticity was something you'd been trying to coax out of him since you'd moved in with him, a couple of years ago.

But this time around, he had gone too far. The meeting had been with the crème de la crème of the corporation—the perfect opportunity for you to shine and show what a competent project lead you'd been despite this year's unforeseen challenges. You had even dressed up for the occasion and primly sat behind your desk, only for you to end up interrupting your boss' spiel with a breathy moan because Mister Clingy had decided to sneak in behind you and blow on the sensitive spot below your ear without checking if your mic was turned off first.