#and because i love cliches it HAS to escalate to him losing that smirk and that self-assured mask and him yelling “BECAUSE I LOVE YOU!

[turtlecleric]

Imagine.

You've been friends with Rise Leo for so long, that you can't seem to remember a time when he wasn't there teasing you with his signature smirk.

It was always jokes with him. Puns. One liners. Horrible cringe pick-up lines. You name it, he'd say it.

Word play was the game and boy did he know how to play. The dumber they were, the harder you laughed.

You always seemed to be laughing around him. It felt…nice. Just to be silly, let the weight of your world roll off your shoulders just for one moment.

You guessed why that's why it was so easy for you to fall into a habit of teasing him back. Y'all both just needed a reason to laugh.

But…you weren't laughing now.

There, he stood in front of you, with that signature smirk on his lips, telling you that he had feelings for you.

That he ALWAYS had feelings for you; he just never had the words for it until now.

You tilted your head at that, your brow narrowing in confusion as you began to rub a hand nervously over your arm.

So you did what you always did. What he would always do when it came to uncomfortable feelings.

You brushed it off with a laugh, missing the way Leo’s hands flexed at the sound.

You looked up at Leo with a shaky smirk, mirroring his own face, your eyebrow quirked teasingly.

“This is a joke right? I'm missing the punchline here. You've never cared about serious feelings like this before, so why start now?”

Leo’s eyes widened slightly, his stomach sinking as he watched you shake your head with that disbelieving and exasperated smile that he had come to love so much.

His hands slowly curled into white-knuckled fists as he watched you literally laugh away his confession.

You thought… you thought this was a joke. That he wouldn't take these real feelings seriously.

Leo’s gaze narrowed as his attention sharpened into focus on you.

Very well then.

Leo would show you just how serious he could be.

Imagine.

All of those jokes, all of that teasing, that ADHD intellect, that strategy, that charisma and charm directed solely on you.

Imagine.

Every comment, every look, interaction and touch becoming calculated, purpose driven and direct.

Focused. On. You.

Imagine.

Leo wanting to show you what serious intention looks like.

Because it was NEVER a joke when it concerned you.

~Ninja

[fanmoose12]

okaaaay hear me out... levihan in an acting au 👀 i'd love to hear your headcanons !!

hange has been in the industry since childhood and is quite famous. each her performance is highly praised, even if the movies she stares in aren't always good, because most of the time she chooses roles in weird, experimental sci-fi movies or horrors

levi is a rising star, who only recently began his career. he never wanted to be an actor, but once accidentally stumbled on an audition and got hired on a spot. it all escalated from there

erwin is a director, who needs two leads for his upcoming movie. it's a period drama about star-crossed lovers trying to survive during the war

he approaches levi first, offering him the lead role. levi doesn't outright refuse him, but says that he wants to see his co-star first and then he'll decide

now, period dramas aren't really hange's thing. especially romantic ones. they're too cliche for her

but erwin is a good friend of hers and she wanted to star in his movie for a long time now, so when he invites her to audition, she immediately agrees

when erwin tells mike, his friend and producer, that he considers hange and levi as leads, mike laughs in his face and calls him crazy. he's sure that the two of them will clash horribly, because they're so different. erwin answers that with "we'll see" and calls hange and levi for an audition

they read the lines of the first scene, and mike actually gasps because hange and levi are perfect, their chemistry is phenomenal and he has trouble taking his eyes off them

erwin smirks. he was right, once again

hange and levi get into their first argument right after the audition, levi even considers quitting the project, but he can't deny that they work well together and he knows that this movie will influence his career a lot

so he agrees to take the role, hange doesn't have any objections too and soon they start shooting

when she's acting, hange is breathtaking and levi is in awe of her talent. when camera rolls away and hange drops the act, returning to her usual self, levi wants to bang his head against the wall. she's insufferable

but also hilarious, and levi can't help but laugh out loud at some of her jokes

there aren't a lot of other actors involved in the movie, the story focuses only on the two main characters, so in between the shootings, levi has no choice but to spend time with hange

and.... he actually enjoys himself a lot

of course hange is unbelievably irritating, but he learns there are different sides of her. hange is also thoughtful and smart. and very kind and supportive

soon it gets harder for levi to act alongside her. every time his character behaves like a lovesick fool, levi doesn't really need to act. when hange's so close to him, he becomes the lovesick fool too

levi wants to believe that none of it is real, that his feelings are influenced by the fact that he has to pretend to be in love with hange for the majority of his days, but he pretended to be in love with dozens of people and he never felt anything like this before

besides he's not attracted to hange's character, he's attracted to hange herself and the realisation makes him to tear his hair out

falling for his co-star is the most cliche thing possible and he's afraid it will affect his performance

it doesn't. if anything it becomes even better

erwin can't stop praising both of them

"wow, levi, you're so good! when you were staring at hange just now, i actually believed you were in love!"

and levi's like "i'm not in love with hange, no, why would you even say that, i'm just very good at acting"

"yeah..... that's exactly what i meant"

after a few months of shooting, levi and hange are working on their last scene. it's not only the last scene of the movie, it's also the last scene they shoot together, and it's the first time levi is sad that the work is over

it's sadness reflects in his performance. and when levi says goodbye to hange's character, he feels like he's actually saying goodbye to her

they have a promotional tour ahead of them and it's definitely not the last time he sees hange, but he's afraid that it won't be the same and they won't remain friends after this movie is finished

later that day, they have an after-party

everyone is drinking and having fun, levi sulks in the corner

hange notices him and drags him outside. once she makes sure no one is around, she kisses him

levi enters the state of turmoil because???? hange is kissing him??? why???? the camera isn't here and they're finished with the movie already

still, it's not like he can push hange away

they exchanged a dozens of kisses already, but as levi kisses hange back, he realizes that this kiss is different. this one is real. he loses himself in it

once they break apart for air, hange shyly explains that she wanted to kiss him for a long time, but she held back because she didn't want to compromise the movie

levi confesses that he feels something similar too and the two agree to keep in contact after the movie and try to see where this relationship will take them

three years later, they're married

erwin is the best man and during his speech he brags that it was his genius that brought hange and levi together

levi threatens to kick him out of the wedding