Different Sides of the Sea - Levi Ackerman x Reader

chapter 38

*TW Violence & Gore. Descriptions of the rumbling aftermath*

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Around the campfire that night, was the last night that you and some of your newfound friends, would ever have a moment together. One where everyone was alive and breathing under the same sky.

The next days of the continued horror of the rumbling, was filled with chaos and death. You stayed behind as Levi commanded. Sitting with two women, Yelena and Ms. Azumabito. You stayed on the boat together for what felt like months, but the time matched up to only a day.

After watching the cruel fight at the port, the death of Hange, and the scared looks on everyone's faces as they left to find the Founding Titan, it was enough to leave all you speechless. Silence was eating at you from the inside out.

Not knowing if Levi is alive or dead. Not knowing the mass destruction of the world. Not knowing who made it out alive through this war and who died.

How's Porco? Is he doing alright? His family is probably dead right now considering Marley has been completely attacked. Your favorite cafe on Marley doesn't exist anymore. The old man who worked there and snuck you an extra pastry for free, is probably smashed into a sidewalk.

Watching people getting slaughtered over and over again, was something that replayed in your mind and kept you awake at night. You've seen war, it was nothing new. A dead body or four, was something Marley had trained you to be numb towards.

But this sight, the smell of ash and burnt flesh, made you sick to your stomach. Four long days of the rumbling, it felt like an eternity.

You didn't feel complete until Levi had picked you up off of the lifeboat. His face was unrecognizable. A new type of demoralization.

The rumbling had ended.

The pain and suffering of Eren Yeager, had come to an end.