Clean Hands, Empty Heart || Levi Ackerman x Reader

In the shadows beneath The Walls, Elena Smith has spent her entire life fighting for one thing: her father's approval.

Raised by the legendary Commander Erwin Smith, Elena dreams of proving herself worthy of the Survey Corps, yet Erwin continues to keep her far from battlefield-shielded, restrained, overlooked.

Everything changes the day Erwin recruits a ruthless underground criminal, Levi.

To Elena, Levi is arrogant, violent and undeserving of the trust she has spent years trying to earn. To Levi, she is nothing more than the sheltered daughter of a commander who has never truly seen the ugliness of survival. While Levi fights for survival, Elena fights to be seen.

Bitterness sparks into rivalry. Rivalry slowly twists into something far more complicated.

In the cruel world beyond the Walls, rivalry, loyalty and grief begin to blur together-and both of them learn that devotion to humanity often leaves clean hands and empty hearts.