Ymir's Necklace: The Secret You Hold | Levi x Reader

Vessel

YOUR POV

It feels as if time stands still for what feels like an eternity. And when you open your eyes, you know exactly where you are. Your lips are dry; your mouth slightly tasting of blood. You swallow hard and take a good look at your surroundings.

The sky above you isa deep, dark blue. That familiar constellation you have seen a couple of times now is still laced across it.  You think it's truly a beautiful sight: it almost looks like a painting.

You suddenly become overly aware of your body feeling cold. Very cold. And that's when you realize that, somehow, all of your clothes are gone.

As you stand completely bare, you can feel the sand settle between your toes. It's an oddly comfortable sensation.

The chilling breeze gives you goosebumps. Yet, your ease is quickly challenged once you detect some familiar faces in the distance.

Eren. Ymir.

It makes sense, you think. That they had brought you here. In an instant, several flashbacks flash before your eyes; you Hugo grabbing you from behind. The feeling of cold steel against your neck. Levi.

God, Levi.

You had shifted, you were sure of it. And uou could only hope Levi would be okay. That him and your friends would survive the battle. The battle you could not help but feel was your fucking fault.

And suddenly, it hits you: being inside The Coordinate will last for only an instant. Any second now, you will be controlling your titan. You will be fighting. Killing people.

Fuck, you don't think you're ready. How could anyone ever be ready for that?

Before you know it, Ymir and Eren approach you and stand facing you. It's odd - you don't feel embarrassed standing in front of them completely bare.

It's feels peculiarly natural to you, as if you were simply standing there, just as you came into this world. With no pretexts or intentions. No upper hand.

Vulnerable. Open. Essential.

And in true, you quickly realizd you had come there to stand in your most basic, elemental form. A certain word continued to ring inside your head, uncontrollably: vessel.

Both of them look at you intentely, their eyes navigating your body. Eren smiles softly, his lips curving ever so slightly as he extends his hand to hold yours.

Your cold hand finds his almost like a magnet, his fingers intertwining with yours like second nature. You realize you don't have to think about your movements at all. In that moment, nothing is truly deliberate: all your body does is as automatic as breathing.

Without you even realizing, Ymir's hand laces with your opposite palm. Both of them are standing to your sides. In complete sync, the three of you begin walking toward the explosion of lights.

That tree-shaped, explosive fountain of lights. It is so beautiful, you think to yourself. And so you quietly realize had missed it. You had missed been in presence of it. It's eerie to even think about: the amount of reasons  behind your peculiar gravitation towards it.

But your quiet rumination is abruptly interrupted by a sudden, stern voice.

'Thank you', you suddenly look to your right, turning your head to the source of the sound.

Eren is looking forward, yet you know he is talking to you.

A pause. You gather your thoughts and resume looking at the symphony of lights.