Kevin Beard

The Punishment

Levi liked the sweater he was wearing today, he felt it hugged his profile nicely, but he was struggling with how the collars of his dress shirt were laying out of the neck hole unevenly. Through the morning he kept pinching and adjusting them only for them to relentlessly fall back into place, sloppy and uneven. Every time he glanced to Sonya he imagined he might catch her eye, and maybe she'd be seduced by his fashion sense. He wasn't bold enough to actually engage her, and always hoped she would approach him. He hoped she might notice his beautiful food at lunch or the book he was reading and he'd have her attention fleetingly before fading into the background.