Modern Urban AU – “Late Night Bus”

Levi works late shifts at a 24-hour bookstore, rarely interacting with anyone. You take the same night bus as him every evening — the only two consistent passengers. Weeks pass with only silence between you, until one rainy night, you forget your umbrella and Levi quietly holds his over you as you both walk. He says nothing, but the gesture shifts everything.

You start to look forward to those silent rides — the glances, the shared headphones, the warmth of sitting side by side. As your connection deepens, you realize he’s mourning something... or someone. Levi’s journey isn’t just from work to home — it’s a ritual of grief. You slowly become part of that ritual, until one night, instead of the bus, he waits for you outside the bookstore — ready to walk you home.