The Shift; Levi Ackerman X

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(A/n... I made my characters on artbreeder if you want to see them.)

Victor rode Nina into town following behind Levi and his horse, a few guards letting them into the town gates. He tried to keep his eyes forward but the amount of people lingering outside the city walls, seemingly in groups family wise, was outrageous. There weren't many stand put up unless they were giving out for free. Things were being stolen with the food shortage, rations not always making it to their destination. Vic sighed. He knew what it felt like but he really didn't want to remember it.
Levi looked back, jumping down from his horse to tie him up. "If you have any valuables on you keep them close. Don't leave them on your horse." Both knotted the ropes to the post, Victor trucking through the crowded street behind Levi. A woman and her young son sat with baskets full of quilts and a massive pot of rabbit stew. Her son looked angry to be there, crossing his arms and frowning at every passerby.
Levi glanced back meeting Vics eyes with agreement, them heading over to the table. The mother's face went wide with a grin as they came up.

"The stew is free if you want any, the blankets are three gold each. How are you guy's doing today?" She grabbed a ladle ready to dumb the stew in bowls.

"I think we'll take, uh, four..?" Victor looked to Levi, him nodding approval. "Four blankets and I 'll have a quick bowl of your stew." Vic turned his head to the son. The kid glared at him with brown eyes, him looking away with a groan. His mother told him to be nice grabbing the blankets. Levi chuckled, taking the quilts from her.

"Oh, don't mind him. He's a handful at this age but he'll get over it sooner r later." She placed a hand on his scruffy undercut. "Isn't that right Jean boy."

'Thank you." Vic smiled eating the stew in rushed spoonfuls. Levi left to the horses, Victor thanking again before making his way back as well. The blankets had been tied down leaving already mounted on his horse. "She was nice. Too bad we never got her name." He climbed onto Nina riding off through the gate once again.
The sun was reaching for the horizon by the time they entered the grounds, only the light beginning of the sunset spreading over the top of the distant wall. The left the horses with the stable caretaker, Levi carrying the quilts to their cabin down the trail. "Ugh, fuck." Victor flopped on the sofa. "My legs are numb."

"Don't flop." Levi threw two of the blankets at him, tossing the other two into his room on his bed. He sighed, leaning against the wall. "Once the sun goes down i want to take you somewhere."

Vic peeked over the couch. "Yeah?" He sat up, pushing the blankets behind him. "Where?"

"Just the sparring field. There might be a few people out there but it's the only place you can see over wall Rose from a distance. During the day you can't really tell what you're looking at but at night you can see the lights of every town to the south." He looked down. "Now that I think of it there might not be any now." He met Victors eyes. The fire place light flickered behind his silver eyes. It was as if he was burning on the other side.

"Hope is a good thing to have... Even if you end up let down it's better to hope it's there and be prepared than to let it wast away in your mind." Vic laid back against the blankets, his face hot. He closed his eyes as tight as he could but the blush in his cheeks wouldn't go away. He could hear Levi push off the wall so he tried to turn onto his side as fast as he could but ended up falling onto the floor. The heat creeped down his neck as he looked up at Levi in embarrassment. "I, uh, I have no idea why I did that."

Levi smirked. "It was cute." Victors face went even warmer with the compliment, him looking at Levi's hand as he held it out. He swallowed, taking his hand and pulled himself to his feet. He stumbled slightly, his braid going loose with the movement.

"Sorry..." Levi held him still by the waist. He let his grip go tight on Victors hip as Vic's hair fell over his face. He inhaled a heated blow of Levi's breath and pulled away to resist the painful tempt of his lips. "I, uhm, I'm going to lay down for a while."

Victor didn't sleep for the next four hours. He rewound the scene in his head over and over just to reminisce. The hands on his sides. He sighed, the thoughts getting deeper into his mind making his whole body tingle. He looked at his door to make sure it was closed for the twentieth time since going to his room.
Vic slid his hands down his sides, pushing under his unbuttoned pants to caress his skin. He had struggled through the dysphoria of his lower half most of his life, time and patience with Leonna the year before had nearly shoved the discomfort to the back burner. He had become more comfortable, touching himself below without a problem most times.

Heat pulsed under his hand, his fingers slick over his clit. Vic breathed heavy trying to keep them quiet, his brain focused solely on Levi's touch. He had his hand down his pants only for a moment before Levi knocked hard on his door, Victor jumping up at the sound. He wiped his hand roughly on one of his dirty shirts to clean it, buttoning this pants as fast as he could. "I'l-i'll be right out! Gimme a minute." He grabbed the tie for his hair, quickly tying it back so he could actually see without getting poked in the eye. He grabbed his boots, sliding them on before opening the door to Levi, a light in hus eyes he hadn't seen before.

"Grab a blanket and your coat. It's cold out."

Levi had Victor follow him to the sparring field, climbing up the side hill to reach the top. The stars were as bright as ever. He hadn't seen the so since they went into to mountains during training. They lay out the blanket over the grass, wrapping themselves in another one.
Victor could see a few lights from the citadel below them but looking out past the wall there was nothing but black. Levi sighed at the sight of nothing but emptiness. "As expected. That's good at least for Erwin's crew. They don't have to go out there to retrieve anyone." He leaned back, falling against the the ground. He stared to the sparkling sky. Vic smiled to himself. He lied down next to him, their arms squished together. Vic flipped his head to the side to take in Levi's face, the other turning to lock eyes.
Levi reached for his hand. Their fingers twined together, Vic trying his best to contain the grin spreading over his face. He laughed, scooching closer to lay his head on Levi's shoulder. "What's to funny?"

Victor peered up to him. "Nothing. I'm just... I'm finally happy."