ñïgh†mårê§ þ†2 (Levi x Reader)
Type: fluff? angst? idk
The reader will be referred to with they/them pronouns! and this is a continuation of the previous Levi x reader titled nightmares
"Levi."
The sound of your voice was taunting him. Day in and day out. All he could hear was your voice calling out to him. He wanted so badly to reach out to your nonexistent hand, pull you closer to him and wrap you tightly and securely in his arms.
He wanted nothing more than to see your smile, how badass you looked when taking down titans, how you fought bravely against Sasha to get the last piece of bread.
He wanted to see you fearless face and hear your carefree laugh as you accompanied Hange with one of their crazy experiments on Eren, accidentally resulting in you spraining your ankle.
You and Hange instructed Eren to transform into his titan form and to try working on keeping it under control. You three were stationed in a forest and due to your stupidity of forgetting to recheck your ODM gear, you had gotten swatted off of your tree branch by Eren and ended up falling, landing on your ankle weirdly and spraining it. It wasn't a far drop and you didn't see anything wrong with it considering how you and Hange found out just how much longer Eren could control his titan form!
Levi didn't take it as lightly.
"You heard me brat. You hurt them due to your stupidity, now clean this entire place. Make sure it's spotless! Then I want you to run 50 laps."
No matter how much you tried reassuring Levi that you were fine, he wouldn't budge. Something you two have in common. Thankfully, he lowered it to 45 laps which was better than nothing.
"Levi!"
There it goes again.
Levi felt as though he was cursed for having to constantly be reminded of his failure to protect you.
He felt so guilty.
"LEVI!"
He slammed his head against his desk trying to rid you from his thoughts. He needs to get over you.
"LEVI FUCKING ACKERMAN! I SWEAR TO THE GODS IF YOU DON'T WAKE UP I'M GOING TO GIVE ALL OF YOUR TEA TO THE REST OF THE SQUAD!"
Levi quickly shot up out of the bed and looked around, landed on the cold hardwood floor with a soft thud. He groaned lowly before sitting up quickly and peering up at the bed. He watched as you laughed at his misery, his look of confusion just fueling to your laughter.
"OH MY GO THAT WAS PRICELESS!" You shouted while clutching at your stomach, tears brimming your eyes as you were being just a lil bit over dramatic.
"Y-Y/n..?" he mumbled out causing you to cease your roars of laughter.
He never stuttered.
"Huh, that's my name, yeah." you confirmed in confusion. In a sloppy motion, the usually neat and well kept man scrambled onto the bed and rested both of his rough, calloused hands on your cheeks, poking and tugging at the softly.
"oW- quit that!" you whined while trying to swat his hands away. Reluctantly he let go and just started at you.
You shifted sightly, unsure what to do while slightly massaging your slightly red cheeks. His unsettling gaze was scaring you. "What's up with you?" you mumbled, although your words were slightly jumbled due to you massaging them still.
In a second, he dove at you, almost taking the two of you off of your shared bed as he stuffed his face into the crook of your neck. His arms were tightly wrapped around your midsection, his hands gripping onto the back of your shirt.
You could feel his warm, unsteady breath tickle against your slightly exposed neck from your oversized T-shirt. Carefully, and tenderly, you snaked your arms around him, using your fingers to rub soothing circles into his back.
Your chin slightly rested on his cool, slightly disheaved black hair while softly hushing him. Never in your entire time of knowing Levi have you ever seen him like this. It honestly scared you.
You had no clue since nothing seemed to work. He was like a little kid after a bad nightmare, clinging onto the nearest person, trying to seek some sort of comfort. He reminded you of your little sibling.
"Hey, hey. It's all going to be okay (s/n) [sibling name]. Nothing is going to hurt you." you whispered while running your hands through your sibling's soft, (h/c) hair.
(S/n) sat in your lap, clutching onto your shirt for dear life as harsh, and loud sobs racked their small body.
You then calmly started humming a tune your other father had before he had passed away from unknown reasons. He was titled 'M.I.A' but you knew the titans had gotten the best of him.
You hummed along to the familiar song, the low rumbling in your chest brought (s/n) out of their slight fear struck trance, instead paying more attention to the rumbling sensation in your chest versus their nightmare.
You began humming the tune you haven't even thought about sense (s/n)'s funeral.
Softly, and quietly, you started to sing some of the lyrics.
"There will come a soldier," you began quietly as Levi still clung to you, tears still slowing dripping from the captain's eyes onto your s/c (skin colour) skin.
"Who carries a mighty sword.
He will tear your city down, oh lei-oh lai-oh
Lord
Oh lei, oh lai, oh lei, oh Lord
He will tear your city down, oh lei-oh lai-oh Lord"
Levi's soft, quiet crying started to slow down, becoming more into tiny sniffles. He still refused to let go of you, afraid that if he did he would wake up again and it would just be a dream.
"There will come a poet,
Whose weapon is His word
He will slay you with His tongue, oh lei-oh lai-oh Lord
Oh lei, oh lai, oh lei, oh Lord
He will slay you with His tongue, oh lei-oh lai-oh Lord
There will come a ruler
Whose brow is laid in thorn
Smeared with oil like David's boy, oh lei-oh lai-oh Lord
Oh lei, oh lai, oh lei, oh Lord
Smeared with oil like David's boy, oh lei-oh lai-oh Lord
Oh lei, oh lai, oh lei, oh Lord
He will tear your city down, oh lei-oh lai... oh
Oh lei, oh lai, oh lei, oh lai, oh
Oh lei, oh lai, oh lei, oh lai, oh
Oh lei, oh lai, oh lei, oh lai, oh lei, oh lai, oh lei, oh lai, oh"
When you had finished the song, you looked down at the man child and ran a hand through his hair.
"You feeling any better, bubs?" you murmured in his ear softly. When you go no response, you carefully and slowly pulled his head away from your neck to see him sleeping, his breathing even as tear stains and a few stray tears were visible.
You wiped his final tears away and kissed his forehead.
You carefully detached him from you and laid him down gently under the plain (f/c) covers.
You silently left the room and went to the kitchen to grab a glass of water, knowing whenever he woke up, he'd be thirsty as hell from all that crying he did. Probably hasn't cried in years.
When you slipped back into the shared bedroom, you sat the glass on Levi's bedside table and slipped under the covers yourself. Almost instantly, the man child, the one almost the entire Survey Corps feared, latched into you like a koala. His strong arms wrapped around your midsection and waist, pulling you closer to him.
You sneaked a final small kiss on the top of his head, near his crown (hopefully you know what i'm talking about) and closed your eyes. You mumbled a soft, "Love you shawty" and slipped into unconsciousness, missing the barely audible "love you too brat".
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word count: 1346 :))))
