the drabble challenge, “you can’t just hug me and think everything is okay.”
Rating: T
I woke up this morning and had an AOT dream that made me want to write. Spring always evokes Rivetra nostalgia since that’s when I wrote staring at the sun. This isn’t me coming back but wanting to share something that I wanted to get out of my head. Hope everyone is doing well ❤️
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Levi never savored battle. His comrades knew this while civilians lauded him in the streets, whispering and marveling at how one man was worth fifty soldiers. Erwin played it up, using him to appeal to donors and those that believed in the cause, calling him the hope for humanity. In reality, he was a glorified street rat with a penchant for living.
Blood trickled down his body as the hot shower massaged his scalp. It wove its way down his legs, through his toes and down the drain, his mind numb. It wasn’t his blood, it rarely was. He scrubbed the stench of Titan out using a new floral soap he picked up from the market.
This was the routine, the adrenaline coursing from his body into the water and into the air. Breathe in and out, and live to fight another day.
The door slammed.
“HA! I told you he was here already!”
Internally, Levi groaned. While Special Ops got their own barrack, they still had a community bathroom among the five of them. There were two showers, separated by a wooden wall and it filtered into a single drain at the center of the two. Levi found the mechanism filthy and opted to take showers before the squad woke up. However, on expedition days, it was a race to who got the hot water and unoccupied showers first.
“Move aside, Eld. I called dibs after I saved your ass.”
Levi straightened by a hair as Petra’s voice floated into the steam.
Eld scoffed. “Yeah, sure, after Cap tripped two Titans that were about to devour you.”
Levi could practically hear Petra’s indignant pout. “Can we agree it was a group effort? Also,” she raised her voice a little louder so that it wasn’t a question Levi couldn’t hear hear, “Boots off. You know Captain Levi’s rule.”
Grumbling, Eld muttered under his breath that there was no rest, even on expedition days, and the blond could be heard knocking the dirt from his shoes.
Petra slipped into Levi’s shower stall with a somber gaze upon her face. Normally, he would be delighted at the fact she was naked, and even the crossing of her arms highlighting her cleavage did nothing to untie the knot in his stomach.
She faced the running water, taking the bar of soap in her hands to lather, and didn’t say a word to him. Levi sighed and in one swift motion, pulled her into a hug from behind, his chin balancing on her shoulder.
“I’m not sorry,” he whispered.
She tried to add bite to her next words, but it came out as a resigned sigh. *“You can’t just hug me and think everything’s okay.”*
He tightened his grip, but she slipped through his fingers from the water. “I would have done the same for any other soldier.”
Finally, she faced him with a sad smile. “I know.”
tbh people don't give zuko enough credit like wtf are you supposed to say when someone hits you with "my girlfriend turned into the moon" like. damn. that is in fact rough buddy
This is a small request of mine if you have the time-When Levi first realizes he has feelings for Petra. (Basically, what was the moment that made him fall for her?)
So I was thinking about it and I think in my AU he would have realized it at a similar time as he did in canon (When Petra's dad showed him the letter). I kind of went off on a tangent with this skit though and I apologize. I will probably make your request separately and tag you.
What I ended up with was not so much the moment Levi realized he had feelings for Petra, but more the moment when he realized that he absolutely adored her.
This takes place the morning after their daughter was conceived (this skit). it was in the cabin that the 104th hides out in during the first half of season 3.
(I did reuse a couple panels from his nightmare sequence)
