Just A Tool|| Attack on Titan (Levi x Reader)

𝓒𝓱𝓪𝓹𝓽𝓮𝓻 1|| 𝓐 𝓓𝓸𝓵𝓵

A/N:
This is a Levi x reader book, with the reader being based off of Violet Evergarden. You do not need to be familiar with Violet to understand this story, so please don't feel pressured to watch the show, however I must take the time to recommend it. The show has made such an emotional impact that I just knew I had to write a story inspired by her. You can find Violet Evergarden on Netflix.

I will also be adjusting Levi and Y/N's ages, Y/N will be the age of 15 when she joins the military and Levi will be 17, by the time season 1 hits, Y/N will be 18 with Levi being 20. Any questions, feel free to ask.

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Levi looked at Kenny's back, the older man leading the way down the worn down streets of the underground city.
Levi never questioned Kenny whenever the older man would utter a simple 'follow me' anymore. It was either to show Levi a new skill to survive in the underground, or to earn the man some cash by picking a fight.

The eight year old stopped when Kenny did, looking up into stern eyes when his current caretaker looked down at him.
"Got something for ya."

Levi stayed in place, even when the man walked towards the carriage, lifting up a blanket to reveal a filthy girl.

She looked to be a little younger than he was, she looked frail, her hair was tangled. The first thing that Levi noticed though, were her eyes.
They looked so empty, pools of e/c stared right back into his grey ones.
Levi couldn't bring himself to even look away from them, she looked like a human sure, but she resembled a doll even more than that.

"She's yours. She got picked up from above ground and I paid a lot to get her smuggled down here. She's a killing machine, so make sure to treat her as such. No such thing as attachments down here, taught'cha better than that."

Levi listened to Kenny rant, his appalled expression growing a little more when he pulled the girl up and out of the carriage by gripping the back of her neck.
She was shoved towards Levi, who automatically held out his arms to catch her from falling to the ground.

"Get'er cleaned up" Kenny ordered, hands being stuffed into his pockets and walked away, leaving the eight year old looking down at the tiny six year old, still speechless at what transpired.

She looked like a broken doll.

But she was anything but that.

Levi discovered this days after he was given her.

He had done his best to clean and dress her. All he had were his clothes, so they were big on the malnourished girl. He had made a mental note to try his luck at stealing something more suitable for her. It didn't help that Kenny left them without a word, not even information on the girls name, but Levi doubted even Kenny knew the answer to that.

Fending for himself was one thing and now he was fending for two. He was exhausted.

So when his crimes were starting to slowly catch up to him while a tired Levi was traveling through alleyways to get back home, with a clueless girl following after him, he wasn't prepared for a group of five grown men to surround him.

"We finally managed to corner the little runt." One sneered, pulling a knife from his pocket.

"What about the girl?"