In Another Life || Levi x Reader/OC

Intoxication

It felt like a whole year had passed by, but in reality, it had only merely been a month. In that month, you took the role of a learner, teacher, and observer.

Being under Mike's command was not as arduous as you had originally thought. He was strict and stoic, but an exceptional leader, nonetheless. He also had an unusual talent that allowed him to use his olfactory senses to sniff out titans.

Although, his sniffing habits were a bit creepy sometimes...

Seeing as you were the youngest and least experienced in Mike's squad, you often felt like the odd one out; however, in a month's time, you had proven to surpass quite a few of them. You were a quick learner, and you adapted to things quickly.

The one thing you hadn't completely picked up on was your roles in the group. You preferred to work spontaneously and decided how things should be done the moment they happened. After all, wasn't that what battle was all about? You never knew what could happen out in the field.

That wasn't something tolerated in the Survey Corps. You had to follow the Squad Leader's every command. There was no way else to go about it, even if you were against his order.

That wasn't really the issue, though. You had no problem listening to Mike. The problem was when an issue would present itself, and your team members would not react the way you had expected them to - that was when you'd branch off from his orders.

Mike called you out on it multiple times, but he was nowhere near as harsh about it as Captain Levi. It was a bad habit of yours to think on your own, but you trusted your gut more than others most of the time.

Mike made sure you all understood your formation and place for when the expedition ensued in the future. His squad was set to be to the right of the center in command, right by Erwin. Although it took a bit of time to get used to working with this formation, you adapted to the change successfully.

On a completely different note, Eren's titan experimentation had not gone particularly well at all during the past month. He had many failed attempts to transform - far too many.

Hange was disappointed, but considerate about it. Levi was evidently impatient and frustrated.

"You're telling me the bite wounds on your hand show no sign of healing?" Levi asked Eren during lunch one day. You had been chatting with Petra when you both suddenly decided to eavesdrop on their conversation.

Eren rubbed his hands covered in medical tape nervously. "None, sir," he replied hesitantly.

"No offense, but you're not much good to us in this form," Levi continued. "If you can't change, our plans for Wall Maria go up in smoke. Pull it together, and yes, that is an order."

"Yes, sir."

"I'm gonna go speak with him," Petra whispered to you before going up to the captain, who was seemingly agitated and bitter.

Although Levi was not exactly the nicest towards you, he was the hardest on Eren. Eren was his main focus, after all.

You honestly felt a little bad for the kid because of how things were turning out, but a part of you hoped he didn't learn how exactly his power manifested. He held a copious amount of power, and he had no idea of it yet.

Eren dropped his spoon; he bent down and struggled to grab it with his injured hands. You sighed before approaching him.

"Here, I got it," you said while arching down to grab it.

"No, it's okay. I-"

Within just a few seconds, there was a blast, then you were knocked back several feet. When you opened your eyes, you were surrounded by clouds of steam and could barely make out anything in front of you.