‧͙⁺˚*･༓☾promises☽༓･*˚⁺‧͙ (Levi X Reader)

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ᎾNᎬ YᎬᎪᎡ

Y/n stirred in her sleep, rolling over onto her side to face the wall before peaking her eyes open.
Immediately reaching up to rub her face and wake herself up, she forced herself to sit up in the bed.

Glancing over at Levi who was awake and in the middle of adjusting his ODM straps.

Although her vision was still slightly blurry, she could see there were dark circles under his eyes.

"G'morning." She yawned, stretching loudly. "Did you sleep well?"

"Define 'well'." He snorts, adjusting the straps on his thigh.

"That bad, Huh?" Y/n frowns. "How come?"

Levi hesitates for a moment as he pulls his jacket on over his shoulders before sitting on the edge of his bed.

"Today's the day they died." He explained, avoiding eye contact with her. "Exactly one year ago."

"Oh..." swinging her legs off the edge of the bed before standing up and opening the drawer beside her bed.

"Not sure if now is a good time or not, but I forgot I had these." She pulls out two scrap pieces of fabric and sits beside Levi on his bed, holding them out for him.

Confused, he takes them and flips them over, the wings of freedom emblem staring back at him, faded and bloodstained.

"They're Isabelle and Furlan's." She said, placing a hand on his back. "I was trying to give you them a while ago but I forgot after."

"Thanks." His grip tightens, creasing the patches before he stands up. "It means a lot, really."

Y/n just nods in reply as he stands up and walks to the door, tucking the patches into the breast pocket of his jacket before slipping on his boots.

"See you at breakfast?" Y/n asks, watching him nod before leaving the room, leaving her alone as the door closes behind

Y/n absentmindedly spars with Erwin, blocking his punches and swing every so often, but her eyes were fully focused on the forest behind him, keeping an eye out for Levi when he swung by on his ODM gear.

"Y/n?" Erwin asked, lower his stance briefly to follow her gaze. "Do you want to do ODM training instead?"

"No..!" Y/n said awkwardly. "I'm just worried about Levi, it's been exactly a year since Isabelle and Furlan died..."

Erwin nods in understanding, though his expression never changed.
"I know it's hard, but it'll get easier as the time comes along."

"I know." Y/n sighs, getting back into position with her fists in front of her face. "It hurts to see him hurting though. I'm still upset don't get me wrong, but didn't know them as well as he did, so I can only imagine what it's like."

"What about the teammates you lost during the incident?" Erwin raises an eyebrow, dodging a kick y/n sent toward his head. "You were pretty shattered when they died."

"I still didn't know them that well, they were new recruits at the time." She blocks his punch. "It only hurt as much as it did because I watched it happen."

"Hmm, I suppose," Erwin says just before y/n swiped his feet out from beneath him and puts her foot on his chest to pin him down.

"I win." she smiles cheekily, stepping back to allow him to get back on his feet and brush himself off.
"Again."

"You do the same tricks every time." Erwin shakes his head. "How do I keep falling for it?"

"I'm just that good," Y/n smirks arrogantly, laughing slightly. "Hange wants me to help her with some stuff though, so I'm gonna go find her now."

"Alright," Erwin says, watching as y/n starts to walk away. "Wait, y/n!" She turns to face him again, confused.
"Just give him some space for a while, he might come around."

She nods. "Yeah, but if he's not in our room after dinner I'm gonna go after him..."

Dinner rolled around quickly with still no sign of Levi the entire day as change walks with y/n back to her room, their footsteps and talking is the only sound on the empty hallway.

"If he's not here I'm gonna go look for him." Y/n sighed heavily, rubbing her face. "I don't wanna seem clingy but I also don't want him to have to be alone."

"Just do what you think best." Hange waves her off with her hand. "But keep an eye out to see if he starts getting annoyed to make sure you don't overstep too much."

Y/n nods as they come to a stop in front of her door.
Nervously glancing at Hange, she reaches forward and opens the door, peaking in and immediately taking note of how it was empty.

"Not here." She steps into the dark- room and walking toward the bedside table to light a half-melted candle.

"Didn't you say he liked to go on the roof?" Hange says thoughtfully. "He might be there."

"Yeah, I'll check their first."  She reaches over to Levi's bed and grabs the blanket she had gotten Furlan, throwing it over her forearm and setting the lit candle down.

"Good luck." Hange laughs slightly as y/n leaves the room, her footsteps fading down the hallway.

Glancing around briefly, Hange smiles slightly and blows out the candle, leaving the room dark again.

The wind blew heavily, whistling in the air as the stars twinkled in the sky, the moon parable hidden by storm clouds.

Levi sat with his head in his hands, leaning against a wall as tears cascaded down his pale face.

He felt as if he could still feel Isabelle and Furlan beside him, hear them talking and laughing as if nothing had changed. His chest tightened and a single sob wracked his throat.

"It's been a year." His voice broke. "I miss you both..." The cold wind stung against his skin and sent goosebumps up his spine.

A sudden weight landed on his shoulders, but he thought it was just in his head before someone seated themselves beside him, sheltering him from the direction of the wind.

He opened his mouth to speak but no words came out, allowing y/n to easily cut him off.

"It's ok," she grabbed his hand and smiled at him. "You don't need to speak."

Her hands felt so much warmer than his, it gave him shivers but he couldn't help but feel slightly better.

The weight on his shoulder turned out to be Furlan's blanket that y/n had gotten him.
Grabbing the edge of the blanket, another wave of tears streamed down his face.

"I miss them." He said, holding back a sob.

"I know, Levi, I know." She shifted closer and pulled him into her side, stroking his hair gently. "It'll be okay, I promise."

Biting her lip, y/n tries to be as quiet as possible, tears blurring her vision and leaking from her eyes.

"It's gonna be okay..."