emotional connection after Nico doesn't ask him to move in with him. However, Nico seems content with the physical aspect of their relationship and wants things to proceed at a slower pace much to Levi's frustration. Wanting to meet his family, Levi is stunned after Nico reveals he still hasn't come out to them. Feeling lied to, Levi begins to doubt his relationship with Nico, who he feels isn't treating him as an equal or sacrificing anything for him. After Link recommends Nico to the Seattle Mariners for his old job as team doctor, Levi worries that the two will grow further apart. Levi vents his concerns to Nico who in return breaks up with him feeling he can't give Levi the emotional connection he seeks. Reeling over his breakup, Levi is comforted by Jo who asks him to be her roommate after her divorce from Alex. Eventually, Levi and Nico reconcile again during the COVID-19 pandemic. He also becomes roommates with Taryn Helm during the pandemic. Development Casting and creation While casting was underway for the role, Borelli was living in New York and reveals he sent in an audition tape but didn't expect a call back due to the shows popularity. However, two weeks after sending the tape he received a call to fly out to Los Angeles to film his scenes. Initially, the role of Levi was set to appear in one or two episodes as a guest co-star at the beginning of the fourteenth season, however Borelli was then invited back again to film eight more episodes after completing his first two. Borelli was later officially cast as the role of Levi in a recurring capacity as part of the show's new batch of interns at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital, along with Jeanine Mason as Sam Bello, Sophia Ali as Dahlia Qadri, Rushi Kota as Vikram Roy, Alex Blue Davis as Casey Parker and Jaicy Elliot as Taryn Helm. He made his first appearance in the fourteenth-season episode "Break Down the House" as a fourth year medical student and later returned as an intern in the fourth episode "Ain't That a Kick in the Head." After thorough character development in the fifteenth season, Borelli was upgraded from recurring to series regular starting with the show's sixteenth season. When asked about Borelli's first major storyline in the fifteenth season, series showrunner Krista Vernoff stated: Characterization Borelli characterized