The face men make, after telling you the most morally corrupt thing you've ever heard in whole your life (he wants you to either laugh or agree with him) :
Levi shows his care through actions rather than dramatic words. Instead of saying ‘I love you’ he will adjust your clothing and hair if either goes askew, take care of the household cleaning, drape a blanket over you when you fall asleep at your desk, and make two cups of tea instead of one, claiming it was “leftover” despite it being brewed exactly how you like it.
When you two are walking through busy crowds, Levi will either step in front of you to walk (while glaring at anyone who almost bumps into you). But sometimes he will remain behind you and place one hand on the small of your back to quietly guide you through the crowd.
Levi can be physically affectionate. Not in any overzealous way, and definitely not PDA. However, he does prefer silent, physical expressions of love over words. Small, lingering touches to your back, shoulder, thighs and arms always ground him and remind him that he won’t lose you the way he has with so many others. Other examples include stroking/tousling your hair, wiping your face if there is something on it, or even a hand settling on your waist while you're standing at the kitchen counter or something.
He remembers everything you’ve said. Seriously, that man will forget nothing even if you only mentioned it once in passing. He takes the smallest of preferences into account when buying you things like flowers, clothes, food and gifts you’d like. Sometimes there is no occasion, he just enjoys spoiling you. But getting him to admit that would be absolutely impossible.
When there is an occasion however…is when you are obviously taken care of well. Levi never forgets occasions; anniversaries, birthdays, achievements, difficult days, holidays. Anything really. You mention something is important to you once and it goes in his brain forever, he’s kinda like a human encyclopaedia when it comes to you. He spoils you on those days (appropriate for the occasion, of course). Relationship anniverseries? He’s already made reservations, bought flowers and clothes for you, cleaned the house, and made breakfast in bed. Death anniversaries? He is much softer and gentler with you on those days, not overtly or uncharacteristically, but the difference is there. He is patient and makes sure the day goes as smoothly as possible for you whilst also giving you time, and someone to speak to (or a shoulder to cry on).
He is your biggest supporter at any sporting or academic events you choose to participate in. The man may be compact, but that has never stopped him from being your most loyal enthusiast. It is almost comical, especially because he is so gruff about it. Not being all warm and gushy, he actively tries to play things off and rationalise/justify his behavior to you if you tease him for saying that another opponent was stupid anyway, or that you were the most competent there, or simply that you did a good job.
Though Levi is not always the biggest initiator of affection, both physically and verbally, he always reciprocates or at least allowsyou to comfortably show your love for him. Whether that’s when you hug him and he decides to hug you back with one hand on the back of your head or your upper back, or when you tell him that you love him and he says ‘you too’. Albeit while avoiding all eye contact and sounding grumpy about it, especially if he says ‘Love you too’. He goes visibly pink then, more so in a domestic moment.
Constantly admires you when you are not looking. Although he would never admit it, he thinks you’re the most beautiful person on this earth. Finding beauty in everything you might hate about yourself, peace in parts of you others would rather stay clear of.
General dynamics:
Rarely calls you pet names or nicknames. He will almost always address you using your real name, no matter the situation. Don’t get it wrong though, it’s not because he doesn’t love you. Not at all. He simply just chooses not to use nicknames. However, the sound of him saying your name (specifically during protective or heated moments) is enough to make your face heat or for heat to pool in your stomach. Especially when it is breathy and rough during the latter.
He’s immensely observant, years of survival have taught him to pick up on seemingly insignificant details. Meaning he will pick up on imperceptible shifts in your mood, body language or facial expressions. However, he is never demanding when he realises that something isn’t quite right with you. He is patient, and waits for an opening to offer conversation without forcing it.
Protective without being overbearing, like when he ensures that you walk on the inner side of the pavement away from the road or during the crowded sidewalk situation where he would step in front of you.
Levi never raises his voice, especially not at you. Even during a stressful situation or an argument, he has never once raised his voice. Not when you’ve raised your voice and gotten emotional. Not ever. And when he feels like he might lose composure, he chooses silence or simply takes a deep breath instead. Though he never dismisses how you feel or makes you feel small when you do express those feelings. He just has a harder time having those conversations.
Levi dislikes or at least takes a while to adjust when you change prominent parts of your physical appearance suddenly. Though others may find it endearing, it is surprisingly deep rooted. Since you became his only constant; one of the few people in his orbit who have never left or died. Seeing you suddenly change stirs up uncomfortable feelings for him. Nonetheless, Levi will always make an effort to adjust as quickly as possible without making it obvious.
Levi is not the overly jealous type, but if he sees you speaking to someone else and they’re getting just a little too comfortable, he will glare from where he was standing a few paces behind you. A quiet warning to back off. No more than that. He respects your independence too much, he knows you can handle things yourself. But when you genuinely look uncomfortable and aren’t able to speak up about it is when he will physically interject with quiet lethality. Your boundaries are something that Levi does not play about.
Random attractive things:
While speaking to you or listening to you speak this man will not break eye contact. It is his way of showing he is listening to you, giving you his undivided attention no matter how busy he might be. Seriously, he does not even look away or look phased when you yourself do. Hardly acknowledging it, save for when he may raise an eyebrow slightly when you look visibly flustered. It does not help. Both are incredibly attractive and leave you squirming.
Regarding eye contact, he also maintains eye contact when he is loosening his tie, discarding his jacket or unbuttoning his shirt buttons after a long day at work. Not to be provocative, well, not entirely anyway.
When he is speaking to you while you are sat down on a sofa or something, if he is standing up, he will almost always walk over and plant a hand on the arm of the sofa closest to you, leaning his weight on it. So he’s essentially leaning over you slightly. His strong forearms showed the clear definition and power that you knew all too well.
Sometimes, before an occasion or simply to treat you, Levi will take you out clothes shopping for a new outfit like a suit or dress or whatever you choose. He likes seeing you try them on, giving honest feedback on all of them. Never insulting. In fact, you can clearly see his eyes raking across your frame with something less decent than his expression would ever dare to give away. If he got caught staring too long, it was him who was flustered this time. He’d clear his throat and look away, while insisting you get that one. Hastily standing up to pay for it, and sort out whatever reactions he may have had.
His grip is incredibly strong and steady, not painful but definitely powerful. The veins on his hands shift and his knuckles become attractively prominent.
When you are standing where he needs to walk, instead of just asking you to move, he will simply place a hand on your side or shoulder and gently move you to the side without saying a word. Same for if you are using the wrong technique to cut vegetables or something, he will place his hands over yours whilst standing right behind you/by your side and guide them. No shaming you, just a quiet ‘like this’ at most.
Levi isn’t particularly opposed to bathing or showering together. Sometimes he even times his washing schedules around yours, so that you two end up in there together. It isn’t always sexual to him, it’s a form of intimacy and trust which he would rarely allow himself around anyone else. He never makes you feel exposed or vulnerable in your nudity, and you do the same with him also. It may be domestic but the composure and respect he shows is undeniably incredibly attractive.
Even during heated moments of intercouse, Levi will ensure that you are okay. Not ruining the moment, but ensuring you are not struggling, in too much pain, or uncomfortable. His observation allows him to check those things simultaneously without ruining the moment. And when you are exhausted and recovering, his thumb brushes over your cheek, and he mumbles ‘you still with me?’. Or something along those lines.
NSFW headcanons (warning):
During the intimacy preparations, when you two are undressing, he is the one who takes off your clothes. Unbuttoning your shirt, taking off your trousers/skirt and pushing undergarments out of the way while performing his ministrations (kissing you, necking you or rubbing his hands over the increasingly exposed patches of skin). If you weren’t already, once you were completely bare, he carries you with his hands under your thighs over to the bed then pushes you to lay down.
Not particularly loud during sex. His breathing turns ragged and heavy, occasionally followed by an occasional low grunt or cuss during climaxes. When he finishes sometimes he will let a moan slip quietly before collapsing on the bed beside you.
He isn’t particularly vocal during it, so does not praise you much or anything. However, during the rest periods in between rounds he will quietly tell you that you did good, stroke your hair, check you over and ask if you were uncomfortable during it. He would always make sure that you were okay before himself.
Intercourse is probably the only time Levi does not feel the need to make sure everything is clean. He won’t ruin the moment by picking discarded clothes from the floor or picking stuff up when they fall. Despite that, true to nature, he will always clean with a warm, damp towel after you after you finish. Not necessarily to satisfy his compulsive cleanliness, but to make sure, yet again, that you are okay and don’t have to focus on the messiness of it all. He is careful where you are sensitive down there afterwards. And will always be the one to clean the stained bedsheets in the morning.
Again, eye contact is strong. One of the few times he will speak during sex is when he is telling you to look at him, even though he is actively thrusting into you. However, if you continue to look away, he will lightly but firmly hold your chin and keep your face turned towards him so that even if your eyes are closed he can still see the reactions you have. To see what to do to make it an even more pleasurable experience for you.
Surprisingly he is quite a tease, his hands will roam exactly but where you want him. Though he is not cruel with it, and doesn’t keep you waiting too long before touching you where you want. Sometimes you’ll see a very small smirk that only you can bring out of him when you're desperate.
An eater. No explanation. He will definitely keep eye contact while doing it, and expect you to do the same.
He loves very intensely, it is not for the weak hearted. It is not for the holy or the righteous. It is a vile, warped thing, his devotion. He will kill whatever ails you without a second thought. He will scourge the lands that don't worship you enough. His hands will tremble with reverence as they graze your skin.
It is not instant, his love. He loves slowly. He is afraid. He does not want to be forsaken again or misused. He will court you carelessly, at first. He will treat it as beneath him for a time. When the serpent within him is stilled and at peace in your presence, it is then his love becomes an obsession. You make the endless battle a trivial thing.
And he fears abandonment. He will grab you a little too harshly if he fears you leaving. He will guard your chambers zealously. He never outright forbids you from leaving, but it is an unspoken thing, tangible in the air. Sometimes, he will lament, while looking out at the endless fields of the shadow cursed lands, not finding you sooner. This talk worries you, because it inevitably leads into what he'd do for you. And what he'd do to spite the world if it ever separated you both.
But when he is gentle and safe, and kind, it is a sweet fragrant thing, like citrus on the breeze. You see a glimpse of the man before the Shattering and the abandonment. You see what perhaps he could've been had the world been a little kinder.
I’m reaching out to LevixReader authors, if any of you have watched the Obsession movie, please write a fanfic where Reader or Levi is under the influence of a wish.
content warning: lots of fluff. most of these hcs are flexible between regular attack on titan, and a modern au.
enjoy!!
-he not big on showing emotions in public but he'll let you know he's thinking of you with little signals (like rubbing his thumb against your hand or squeezing your hand).
-if you don't understand something he would take an unnecessary amount of time to explain it just because he doesn’t want you to mess up or feel dumb.
-he buys flowers on occasion (like anniversaries or date nights) but not all the time because he thinks of them as something very very special between the two of you.
-you and him alternate every night on who's cooking dinner, and he cooks breakfast every now and then. (AMAZING chef btw.)
-on the nights you do go out, he tricks you into telling him what you want by asking you to "guess where you're going tonight", and you answer with where you wanted to go, him saying you guessed it first try.
-he’s usually shorter than everyone, so when he can, he takes advantage of your height. for example, if you're sitting down he'll come up behind you and rest his arms on your head and just rest there, leaning against you.
-he’d never admit it, but he loves holding your waist when you guys hug. hence the next head canon :o
-he LOVES your waist. wether it’s hugging or cuddling, he almost always has his hands there. he also loves running his hands up and down your waist, since it warms his hands.
-he likes to tickle you, but makes sure to make it seem accidental. he'll walk up to you and put his hand on your waist, slightly brushing his fingers on your skin to tickle you. you just scream and laugh until he lets go, and he always pretends he didn't do anything. he’ll ask, "are you ok what's wrong??" as if it was a ghost-titan or something.
-he'll randomly wake you up at midnight and take you on a walk just to stare at the stars with you.
-he notices everything. he notices the way you fidget when your nervous or scared, and the way you look when you’re mad but you don't want to show it. literally everything.
-if you're crying and he sees you, he’ll kiss your tears and hold you tight until you feel better.
-he’s only unserious around you, around everybody else’s he’s very stern and stubborn. you’re the only one he can be “real” around, and he absolutely loves it. he just won’t admit it.
-he’s very protective over you. he’s lost a lot of people throughout his life, so to see you go would absolutely ruinhim. (sad, but true)
-he will beat the living shit out of anyone who looks at you in the wrong way. he does not put up with that stuff.
-he loves hugging you from behind, especially when you least except it, and he can scare you even if its just in the slightest.
-you do clean up after yourself, but he’ll always make sure it’s perfect and theres no mess.
-when you two get alone time together, he loooves cuddling. example, when there’s paperwork to do and he can just stand behind you, holding you while you fill out whatever work it is together.
-it’s kinda obvious by now, but he’s such a softy for you and only you. he was really stubborn at first, but now he’s so open with you.
-speaking of stubborn, at first, he was really cold with you because he didn’t wanna get attached to someone who could leave him the next day, but after a while he opened up to you, knowing how strong you are and how well he can protect you.
-he’ll randomly make you cups of tea, you don’t even have to ask for it. if you look off in just the slightest? he’ll make you tea, then comfort you while you drink it.
-before missions, he’ll always double check your odm gear and gas tanks, making sure you’re perfectly safe.
-he always tells you good luck before missions too, even though you guys always are in the same group.
-if anyone of the scouts/soldiers bad talks you or anything, he’ll heavily scold them and leave them with cleaning duty for a month (at least), and he’ll always give them a good hit in the head.
-he’s very reassuring and always makes sure you know he supports you no matter what. you could be a titan shifter for all he cares, he’ll always makes sure you know how much he loves you.
-he’s not too crazy on nicknames, mainly just calling you by your forename. occasionally though, he’ll call you “baby”, “love”, or something like that.
-he’ll surprise you by doing some of your chores, but only on occasion, because he likes when you guys can clean together.
-when you guys have work to do late at night, sometimes he’ll fall asleep on your shoulder half way through on accident.
-he likes playing with your hair. whether he’s brushing it, or just running his fingers through it. he never understands how you keep all your hair so nice and pretty.
-very occasionally, he’ll discuss the future with you. he would talk about it more often, but he doesn’t know what’s gonna happen, so he tries not to mention it too much or get ahead of himself. (until after the rumbling when he knows he’ll be with you forever.)
a/n: tysm for reading!! i hope you liked it! i want to start posting more aot content but idk if people are still into it, since i don’t hear much about it anymore. but lmk if you enjoyed this! reblogs, comments, and likes are much appreciated.
do not copy, remake, or translate my work. do not feed it into ai, or let ai change it in any way as well.
credits to @corbingraphics for the awesome dividers!
Behold, our favorite chickens on the island. This magnificent rooster, peak of his game, was married to the scrungliest hen I’ve ever seen in my goddamn life and that was funny enough but also the hen didn’t realize they were married so every time he’d offer her food she’d scramble in with the frantic air of a Victorian child who’s never been fed while he stood there politely befuddled.
When Adam bit the apple he did it because he trusted Eve. Because he loved her. Adam bit into the apple because the woman he loved told him to, no matter what God said. No matter the rules of heaven. What’s heaven to a woman’s love anyway? What’s God to your wife? The first sins of humanity, were trusting others. Eve trusted a snake, Adam trusted Eve, and I trust you. Maybe that’s a sin, just like the first couple. Maybe everyone’s right about us and we’re sinners and we offend God. But like I said, what’s God to a woman’s love anyway? What has heaven got that I can’t find sitting next to you on a cool autumn morning?
Aang didn't give Katara her childhood back, he helped steal it from her
I've seen a lot of takes about this recently going over how Katara is super serious and Aang being silly and goofy allows her to relax and be a kid again, when it's quite literally the exact opposite. She is forced into a more serious, maternal role prematurely because she feels she has no choice but to take care of Aang because he is irresponsible in a situation where him being irresponsible has disastrous and fatal consequences attached.
(I also have a problem with a lot of takes I've seen blaming both Katara and the audience for parentifying her: nope, that's intentionally included in the text. It was woven into the very foundation of the Kataang relationship. See beneath the cut.)
Katara stepped up in the absence of her mother and took on all sorts of adult roles for the other children both in the Southern Water Tribe and in the group. And people blame her for this, as if it's her fault for taking on these responsibilities, saying she could stop at any time and that no one is asking her to do these things. But if she stops, it doesn't get done and the stakes for things not getting done include the world ending and more people dying.
They will go without clothes, without food, without shelter, without emotional support (which for Aang means remaining in the Avatar state and actively endangering people!). She keeps the group moving forward, keeps them on track. Literally if she stops, the world ends because she's the one primarily concerned with Aang's training while he wants to play. It was a constant struggle for her to get him to do even the bare minimum of his responsibilities; he remains resisting training even until the very end of the show. Who knows how quickly he would have stopped if she wasn't there the entire time pushing him along?
That isn't him letting her have fun and act like a kid, that is him burdening her with more responsibilities because HE wants to act like a kid in a situation where they don't have the space to. Katara doesn't need to shirk responsibility and mess around, she needs HELP. She needs someone to take some of these necessary chores off her back. She needs freedom from being the one who is just assumed to take all these things on.
Yes, she is a kid. She shouldn't have to deal with this. But because she's responsible and moral, she won't just stop and let everyone suffer because of it. Every time she blows off chores to "be a kid" having fun with Aang, she has more work to do afterwards because no one else will have done the work in her absence. That isn't freeing, it's stressful.
It's also why him putting her on a pedestal and doing meaningless displays for her affections are not signs of real love. Real love is not distracting someone from work you put on their back in a way that makes their life harder, it's finding out what actually would make their life easier and doing that. Which for Katara would be helping her with work that was his to begin with: doing it without being asked, without expecting praise, without needing her to hold his hand through it. Doing it because it is his responsibility to begin with.
People often bring up that he was willing to give up the Avatar state for her. But I submit to you: that wasn't for her, it was for him. He doesn't want responsibility, he wants Katara. And he's willing to subject her to living in a world he no longer can save (a world where her loved ones will suffer and die) to hold onto his one-sided infatuation/attachment to her. Again, this wasn't a gesture of love, it was selfish. He didn't consider how it would affect or negatively impact Katara or if it's even something she'd want (it's not!), just how it would affect him. Just like he doesn't consider how she feels about him back and only worries about how he will feel if she doesn't like him back as if it's the only important factor in their relationship.
Aang doesn't give her back her childhood. He takes it away. She has to be the adult so that he doesn't have to. He gets to be a kid because she's taking care of everything else for him like a mother. Katara was forced to marry a guy she'd always have to be carrying in terms of both domestic labor and emotional labor because that's the dynamic they intentionally wrote. Carrying the weight of a whole other person in a relationship and having to fix all their problems like that is not sustainable and is an abusive dynamic. Love is selfless; it isn't benefitting from the toil of your partner nor doing whatever you want to their detriment.
That's why Zuko joining the group having learned the value behind this kind of labor is so important. He is the only other character shown to take up some of these responsibilities consistently: without being told, without expecting praise, without having his hand held. He packs, serves food, is strict and disciplined about enforcing training onto Aang. He is also the only one who allows Katara to process her negative emotions, another burden that she lifts from others but only Zuko helps her heal from. Katara acts way more like a teenager in front of him than she ever did around the others, teasing him and coming across way lighter. Because with him picking up the slack, she actually has the room and freedom to relax because she has less to worry about.
(How the relationship was characterized and the problems with it under the cut:)
And yes, this dynamic was intentional. Doing everything for him and taking care of him like a mother: intentional. Her feeling obligated to keep performing all this extra labor for him because he's the Avatar and she literally needs him because the world will end if he's not on track: intentional. Him distracting her instead of helping her with burdens placed on her by taking care of him: intentional. Him never actually becoming responsible and helping her pick up the slack: intentional.
This dynamic is intentionally written for Katara to be his supportive mother-girlfriend who does everything for him while he's just goofing around. Because it's a male fantasy. It doesn't matter how draining and frustrating it is for Katara, it just matters that she's eternally devoted to Aang and takes care of all his needs.
Also, it's super creepy that they even knowingly draw attention to the huge power imbalance between them forcing her into an oppressive role like this in that she thinks she has to do this for him because he's the Avatar. That should be considered a huge foundational problem in this dynamic, and it's instead glossed over as if it's a character flaw on Katara's part for Aang to feel insecure about... When Aang actively enables her to believe this all the times he shirks responsibility or puts them in danger when he's in the Avatar state and needs her to prod him back on track. Every time he runs away and leaves them in mortal danger. These all reinforce the power imbalance in their dynamic. Without Katara being forced into this role, again, the world could easily end: the Avatar would not train, or would go into an uncontrolled murderous Avatar state frenzy, etc.
Does she really have a choice here? If the alternative is putting the world at risk?
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