Eren X Levi One Shots ❃ Ereri

Technicolour Beat

Lay down your slow

Come settle down, settle down

The light was dim as Levi entered the almost abandoned club. They were closing for the last time, the next day they would never open again. 

Levi owned the club and to say he was anything less than devastated was an understatement. This was his pride and his joy. This was his nightclub. Yet, money got in the way, again and he had been forced to close down. Now, with the few people left leaving, it was time for to leave too.

But, in the corner of the room, where a faint glow still flickered, a boy stood. He was the last one, even the staff had left by now. He smiled, his bright eyes catching the light. Levi sucked in a breath and approached the boy, a smile not yet gracing his lips.

Let loose your glow
Come settle down, settle down

A song still played in the background. It was peaceful, calm, serene. Levi began to sway in the middle of the dance floor, locking eyes with the boy in the corner. He had no shame anymore. He wanted to experience the calm of a night's end at his club one last time. Even if there was someone watching.

And I feel life for the very first time
Love in my arms and the sun in my eyes

He raised his arms above his head and felt the music, felt it pounding through his veins. The bass was heavy, lulling him to an almost sleep-like state. The boy, who was watching from the corner, approached him. His smile diminished by the grim atmosphere but it was nonetheless beautiful- almost as much as his eyes.

The boy, with hope in his eyes, wrapped his arms around Levi's waist. Levi didn't care as he continued to sway, wrapping his arms around the taller boy's neck. 'My name's Eren.' The boy whispered, quiet enough not to break the peace. 

'Levi.' It was so hushed that Eren almost didn't hear it. But, that wasn't possible when his attention was on the man in front of him and that man alone. The man was beautiful- his raven hair glistening under the flickering lights.

I feel safe in the 5am light
You carry my fears as the heavens set fire

Levi continued to dance, his eyes matching Eren's the entire time. He felt safe. They had just met yet they were already one. That was what intoxication did to a man. Levi felt a burden was lifted off his shoulders. He felt free if only just for a few moments. This was what he had craved his whole life. This is what dancing was supposed to give him. 

It had never given him this.

Jump into the heat
Spinning on our feet
In a technicolour beat
You and me
Caught up in a dream
In a technicolour beat

Levi was stuck in a fantasy, a dream. The alcohol had his mind blurred, his vision not doing much better. He was trusting a stranger with his darkest secrets in just a few sways of his hips. They knew each other's names, no more and no less. They were judging by appearance and what they saw only entranced both of them more.

Levi leaned up, burying his head in the crook of Eren's neck, sighing peacefully, still swaying to the hallucinogenic music.

Beat
Beat
Beat

The beat of his heart. That was what that noise was. That energy that kept him moving: the beat of his heart, the beat of Eren's heart. It was like the last piece that completed the music. It made the scene all the more real, too. This wasn't a fantasy, this was real. He could hear that it was real.

Warm unalone

Levi was no longer in this world. He felt as if he was gaining the family he never had, the friends he had never made. The lover he had never wanted. He felt...warm. He felt complete.

Come settle down, settle down
Swing me your bones
Come settle down, settle down

The song continued, the eternity dragging out for even longer. They were stuck in a single moment yet the music kept on playing. It just kept going. Like their lives. It was early morning by now, the sun may have even risen but they kept dancing. Kept dancing to that same song.

And I feel life for the very first time
Love in my arms and the sun in my eyes

Levi had never felt this before. This was love at first sight. This drunken experience was love, safety, fondness, caring. It was everything. He held love in his arms. He had finally grasped it and he never wanted to let it go. Yet, something told him, that by midday, it would be lost forever.

I feel safe in the 5am light
You carry my fears as the heavens set fire

Everything was starting to fade. Levi felt as if he couldn't feel anymore. This was what love felt like. It felt like...nothing. Levi felt nothing. He was lost. He was lost in Eren's eyes. The eyes that he would soon not see again.

Jump into the heat

They continued to dance, their feet burning. That song kept repeating. They kept on going- as if in a trance. They were both lost souls, connecting to become one for just one night.

Spinning on our feet

Levi began to move, finally, from their spot. Sending them both in a circle. Circling each other like predators to their prey. Maybe they were. Maybe they just wanted to stay like this. Maybe they only had a few options to resort to if that were to come true.

In a technicolour beat

The lights felt as if they were blasted on. Maybe they were, they were too caught up to tell. Hues of pink and blue danced around them, joining them in their eternal movement. They didn't want to stop. They weren't going to stop.

You and me
Caught up in a dream

Caught up in a dream. Was this all just a dream? Levi couldn't tell anymore.

In a technicolour beat

Beat

Another beat of his heart going by. 

Give me one drop

He shed a tear, Levi knew he was never going to see this man again.

I can feel you

His hand rested over Eren's heart. He never moved it.

Make me lose control

He had lost control. After all the power he held, he lost it. Wait? This didn't fit anymore...Levi wasn't in this world. The lights were fading...everything was fading.

We be walking

He was walking away now, Levi was following him. His hand was still placed on Eren's heart. He was leading him somewhere. Or, maybe he wasn't leading- he was leaving.

On the water
We're moving in a technicolour beat
Moving in a technicolour beat

They continued to dance. Even as they walked, their legs moved like flowers in the sun- delicately, gently, slowly.

Jump into the heat
(Falling off the ceiling)
Spinning on our feet
We're moving in a technicolour beat
You and me
(Found another feeling)
Caught up in a dream
We're moving in a technicolour beat

It was all moving too fast. He was leaving too soon. His hand was being pried from Eren's chest. No, he wouldn't let go. Not again.

Jump into the heat
Spinning on our feet
In a technicolour beat
You and me
Caught up in a dream
In a technicolour beat

Beat
Beat

Then the beats stopped. Eren's heart had...stopped.

-

He woke up, his hand resting over his heart. 'Eren, please come back.' A stray tear rolled down his cheek. Pitiful. 

word count: 1471

published: 05.04.17

edit 1 - 18.04.17 - new word count - 1656

edit 2 - 14.09.17 - new word count- 1274