(f/n)'s POV:
"The Cornered City." He gave a little laugh. "It's a fucking joke, it is."
We sat beneath the shade of an eastern white, watching the sunlight glimmer upon the walls of the city across the valley. Our legs were intertwined as the wind rustled the surrounding ferns, the overhanging leaves, his dusky hair.
"It's not so bad," I whispered. "Isn't it admirable, the lengths they went to?"
He turned to me with his amber gaze. "Look around you, (f/n). Look at the hills we sit, the mountains behind, the world surrounding, unhindered by fence or stone."
He laid back, twirling the wheat stem with his tongue as he watched the passing clouds. "There's nothing admirable in hiding from the world. If it's a risk to be out here, it's a risk worth taking."
I laid down beside him, my hand over his breast. Something stirred in me as I watched the world pass us by to the rhythm of his heartbeat. He cupped my chin and pressed his forehead against mine, his golden eyes caressing my own. "Don't you forget this."
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I called for him as he rode into the mountains. He took the passage that led to the place only legends foretold of in warning. I called, and yet he continued unbridled. I wondered if he heard my cries, and if they kept him up at night in the days that followed.
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I awoke suddenly to the sound of breaking wood and sat up in alarm. Levi stood at the foot of my bed, his breathing hard and fast, sweat shimmering on his skin where the moonlight reflected off of it. He looked around the room wildly, his eyes glowing with aggression.
"What the fuck happened?" he growled.
"What are you on about? Get the hell out of my room!"
He looked at me in confusion. "You were screaming in here! What happened?"
"You idiot, I had a nightmare! Get out!"
The hostility in Levi's expression suddenly disappeared, and he looked slightly embarrassed. I saw a flash of red rush into his cheeks and noticed shamefully that the blanket left my legs exposed. I quickly covered myself and shot him a glare.
"I-I'm sorry," he stumbled awkwardly. He straightened himself and went to examine the door he had just busted. The wood had cracked along the middle, and the edges near the lock were splintered.
"Tch, fantastic. The lock snapped. I'll go get a new one. Won't take me too long to replace it." Levi turned to leave, avoiding eye-contact with me entirely.
"No, wait, Levi."
He stopped and cast a look over his shoulder. "What?"
"Listen, forget the lock. It's fine. I'm sorry I yelled at you, you just caught me off guard, is all."
"Tch. Next time don't be so dramatic in your sleep, brat. Woke me up in the middle of the night for no reason."
He closed the door as best he could before I heard his rescinding footsteps heading back to his desk. I laid back down with a huff, thinking back on my dreams. I saw flashes of the hills, golden eyes, and a sweat-covered Levi. My cheeks started to heat up.
"I'm being stupid," I mumbled to myself.
"Shut up and go to sleep!" Levi called from the other room.
Well, that definitely helps.
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Levi x Reader: The Girl Beyond the Walls
Fanfiction(f/n) (l/n) is the first ever found individual living outside the walls. She is discovered by the Scout Regiment during one of their trips beyond the walls of Shiganshina with her village destroyed and her being the lone survivor. She's taken in by...
