𝑰𝑵 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑬𝑵𝑫 - Levi Ackerman [2]

three

3|the beach

"Lils." Levi gently shook his wife, waking her from her nap. She lay on the sofa in his office with Remy cuddled to her chest. "You should go to sleep, I'll put Remy to bed."

"Are you sure?" Lillian rubbed her eyes and sat up, making sure not to wake up their son. "What time is it?"

"Ten." He answered, kissing her forehead as she stood up. "I'll join you soon."

"Thank you, Levi." She placed her hand on the back of his neck and kissed his lips, deepening the kiss as his arms went around her waist. "I don't want to stop."

"Come on." Levi let her go and dragged her into their bedroom attached to his office. She threw on one of his shirts and climbed into bed, giggling as he tucked her in like a child. "Sleep well."

"Be quick." Their lips connected once more, the sound of Remy mumbling in his sleep breaking them apart.

The exhaustion of a full day of training hit Lillian hard, her mind instantly slipping into a dream state as her head hit the pillow. Her blue eyes fluttered open, confusion consuming her as she glanced around an old tent.

"Levi?" She called out, glancing around for her husband.

"I knew you liked Levi." Isabel laughed as she entered the tent, her contagious smile lighting up her face. "Farlan owes me."

"Isabel?" Lillian gasped at the sight of her old friend. "You're alive?"

"Well duh." The red head grabbed her hand and pulled her up. "Come on, you've been asleep for too long."

"Lilly!" Hange cheered when she spotted the woman finally awake. "Come!"

"The beach?" Lilly looked around, spotting Hange and Erwin all playing in the ocean. "Erwin?"

"I heard her calling out for Levi." Isabel wiggled her eyebrows suggestively. "Farlan, pay up."

"Levi." Her voice broke when she spotted her husband stood beside Farlan with his usual glare. "What's going on?"

"My little sister everyone, clueless like always." Erwin chuckled as he and Hange wandered out the water. "Do you not remember us deciding to come to the beach?"

"You're all dead." Her breathing quickened, her vision going blurry as she glanced at everyone. "Where's Remy?"

"Who?" Levi questioned causing the woman to black out, the situation causing her to faint.

~•~

Lillian groaned loudly as she woke up, her head pounding as she sat up. Her body froze as she saw she was back in the raggy tent.

"What's going on?" She cried, standing up and wrapping the thin blanket over her shoulders. She stepped out on to the beach, finding everyone sat around a bonfire.

"Lils." Levi stared at her, his eyes going over her shaking frame. "Sit by the fire before you freeze to death."

"I'm so confused." Lilly sighed, sitting down beside the short man and leaning her head on his shoulder. Everyone went silent as they watched her cuddled into his side.

"I told you they were secretly dating!" Isabel broke the silence by jumping up from her seat. "You can't deny it now, Farlan."

"We're not dating." Levi shot the girl down, a tinge of pain going through Lillian's heart at those words.

"I'm sorry. I don't feel well." Lillian said quietly, sitting up straight to apologise to the man. He clicked his tongue and pulled her back on to his shoulder, letting her rest her head.

"You two better not be dating." Erwin glared at the pair before plating up some fish someone had caught. He passed her the plate while Farlan passed her a drink.

"Tea?" She questioned aloud, sipping the hot liquid again to confirm it.

"Sorry, we stole your tea collection while you were sleeping." Farlan apologised, rubbing the back of his neck guiltily.

"I'm guessing Levi asked you to do it?" Lilly chuckled, gratefully eating the food and drinking the tea.

"Brat." Levi mumbled to her, her silent laughter warming his heart.

"Do you want to go swimming?" Hange asked the woman after she had finished eating. "You missed out on it earlier."

"I would love to." Isabel and Hange grabbed her arms and dragged her into on of the two tents. They passed her a strange swimming costume and turned around as she got dressed.

"Did you boobs get bigger?" The brunette woman stared down at the blondes chest, Isabel joining her.

"I hadn't noticed." Lillian glanced down at her chest before noticing Levi staring at her. "Come on, let's go swim."

They spent the rest of the evening splashing around in the water while the men sat around the bonfire talking. The women eventually came out the sea and sat by the fire to dry.

"Here." Levi quietly passed her a small shell, the beautiful colours shining with the moonlight. It was the same shell Levi had given her when the saw the ocean for the first time.

"Thank you, I love it." Lilly noticed Farlan pass Isabel some money as the pair watched them both carefully. "I'm going for a walk."

"I'll come with you." Erwin volunteered, standing up and passing her his cape to keep herself warm.

"You have two arms." She joked, knowing he would not understand.

"How many arms am I supposed to have?" He joked back, chuckling at her random statement.

"I know this isn't real, I saw your dead body." She stopped walking as they stood on top of a hill. "I saw Isabel and Farlans dead bodies."

"Maybe this is your minds way of being able to say what you want to us, get it off your chest." Erwin suggested, bringing his little sister in for a hug.

"I miss you so much, Erwin." Lilly cried, holding the man close. "I shouldn't have let you go on that mission, I should have forced you to stay back."

"It wasn't your fault." He reminded her, patting her head gently. "I was stubborn but I died knowing I helped create a better world for you and my nephew."

"His name is Remy." She told him, pulling back to look in his eyes. "I tell him stories about you and your missions all the time."

"Thank you." Erwin soon faded and was replaced by Isabel and Farlan, the pair looking at her with sympathetic eyes.

"It wasn't your fault, Lilly." Isabel smiled at her.

"You treated us better than anyone had ever treated us underground people." Farlan sent her a grateful nod before they both faded into nothing. She stood alone on the windy hill, the waves crashing against the rocks below her.

Lillian stepped back, the wind wrapping around her as she fell into the cold waters. It was as if time had stopped.

She woke up in a small room, a slither of light sneaking through the closed curtains. She ran to the window and ripped the curtains open.

"Lilly." A familiar voice called out from behind her. Lilly spun around and found Eren stood there watching her.

"Eren." She ran into his arms, hugging him close. "I failed. I was supposed to protect you."

"You haven't failed."