One Million to One || Levi x Reader

epilogue: retry

Here goes nothing: finale time! Enjoy. XX

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Levi thinks he's in love with you. He's not really sure why.

Well, okay. That's not really it. The question isn't why someone would be in love with you; you're very easy to love. Your energy is infectious, and despite how precarious your situation is, you've remained optimistic and full of life. You have arguably been through more than any other person he's ever known, and he has no idea how you can still smile despite it all.

You also have the most beautiful smile he's ever seen. It makes his heart flutter stupidly every time he sees it.

So much to say. You have so much to say and he wants to hear all of it. 

You're funny, you're kind, you're understanding, and you have this enthusiasm about life that makes him want to believe in living again. So, yes, Levi can understand why you're so lovable.

He's just surprised he was capable of love. He never thought he was.

But he wakes up every day excited to see you. He's so dedicated to learning sign language that Farlan and Isabel would make fun of him. His days are centered around you and you make his day better simply by existing.

If that's not love, then he's not sure what is. 

He picks up sign language surprisingly fast. It helps when he spends almost every second of the day with you. He's never been more dedicated to anything in his life. More specific words, he struggles with- only because he's never seen them.

But he gets good. And you tell him that, which might be a lie- but he appreciates it regardless.

He spends so much time with you that he may as well just live in your room (a joke made by one of the nurses that makes your face flush and his ears go red), but he feels like he knows everything about you. Every day, he thinks you're going to run out of things to say, and every day, you prove him wrong.

Today is a topic he's not as familiar with. Your hands rise as you sign. Do you believe in signs from the-

Levi doesn't get the last sign. "Signs from the..." he trails off, and you sigh, then try again. There's a lot of motion. You see the confusion on his face, then raise your hands up to the sky. "Signs from God," he tries, but you're still glaring at him. "Signs from..." You wave your hands above your head. "The universe?"

You drop your hands into your lap, exasperated. Then, you sign, finally.

He scowls. "I'm not good at this," he grumbles, signing as he goes, if not just for practice. "How the hell was I supposed to know the sign for universe?"

You sigh. Sorry.

The apology is nice, but Levi feels bad that you have to make it. If he could just plug something into his brain that made him immediately able to comprehend sign language permanently, he would. "Don't," he murmurs. "Do I believe in signs from the universe? Is that your question?" You nod. "No."

Why not?

"You do?"

You shrug. I feel like... you pause, as if trying to figure out what to say. I feel like we were- you do some sign that involves pointing off into the distance that he doesn't get, then- meeting.

"Like we were..." fuck, he feels useless sometimes. You deflate a bit, but Levi doesn't want to give up. "We were meant to meet," he tries. "You feel like we were meant to meet."

Your eyes light up. Again, Levi's heart flips. You nod.

He pauses to consider it. He can't help but admit that yes, there's something- something about you that drew him in, that made him stay. He still doesn't know what it is. He doesn't know you. He knows nothing about you except that there's nowhere else he'd rather be.