The walls of the barracks were quiet, the only sounds the distant clanging of blades and the soft whispers of soldiers preparing for another day. You leaned against the cool stone, watching the light shift through the narrow windows, contemplating your place in this relentless world.
Levi Ackerman had always been an enigma. His presence commanded respect, yet he often kept others at arm’s length. You admired his strength and resilience but struggled to decipher the layers beneath his stoic exterior. You’d had your eyes on him for a while, sure he was a bit mean and had a resting bitch face, but he was tidy and he was handsome. His cold eyes and smooth skin… his soft hair, the way his muscles showed through his uniform when he moved even just a little bit
One evening, as the sun dipped below the horizon, casting long shadows across the training yard, you found yourself alone with him. He was cleaning his blades, each movement deliberate and precise. You hesitated before approaching, the air thick with unspoken words.
“Why do you linger?” he asked, not looking up from his task. You stood up straight, hoping he hadn’t noticed the way that you had been staring at him while you pretended to be busy cleaning your boots.
“I was just—” You fumbled, heart racing. “I wanted to see if you needed help.”
He finally glanced at you, his piercing gaze locking onto yours. “Help? I can handle my own equipment.” You gnawed at the inside of your lip, worried this was a bad idea.
You nodded, swallowing hard. “I know. I just thought… maybe we could talk?”
He sighed, placing his blade down. “Talk about what?” He looked at you, his heart thumping a little bit faster than usual. He knew you well, you were in his squad and had spoken many times, he really liked talking with you, though he didn’t plan on admitting that of course.
You hesitated again, then took a step closer. “About everything. The fights, the losses… and us.”
A flicker of surprise crossed his face, quickly masked by indifference. “There is no ‘us.’ There’s the mission and the people we protect. Focus on that.” He had already lost so much, he knew he wouldn’t be able to deal with the pain of losing someone so close to him, so he made sure to keep you at a distance all these years, constantly reminding himself not to grow any attachments.
His words stung, but you refused to back down. “You think I can’t care about both? You’re not just a soldier to me, Levi.”
For a moment, the air was thick with tension. Levi’s expression softened, just slightly. “I don’t do well with attachments. They only lead to pain.”
“I get that,” you said softly, “but isolating yourself won’t protect you from it.” You shifted your weight from leg to leg as you stood anxiously in front of him, trying your best to keep up a confident facade
He studied you, as if searching for something. “You don’t understand the weight of this world.” He was right, you’d been on his squad for only 2 years and somehow you’d always been sent with a group that rarely attracted the attention of any titans. ‘Lucky’ you had called yourself, though hearing that someone you were close too wasn’t coming home was enough to make you want to die every time.
“Maybe I don’t, but I want to share that weight with you. You don’t have to carry it alone.” You didn’t know everything your captain had gone through, but you knew he’d seen stuff that was enough to drive an ordinary man completely insane.
He stood, the space between you suddenly feeling charged with unspoken emotions. “You think you can change my mind?”
“I think you deserve to feel something other than pain. Just let me in.” Levi shuddered slightly at your words, his gaze softening ever so slightly.
A long pause stretched between you, the silence echoing your heart’s desperate plea. Finally, he stepped closer, the distance shrinking. “You’re persistent.”
“Is that a bad thing?”
Levi’s lips curled into a rare, almost imperceptible smile. “It’s annoying.”
You chuckled softly, relief washing over you. “Maybe I can live with that.”
He held your gaze for a heartbeat longer before stepping back, the barrier still there but slightly more permeable. “Just remember: I’m not easy to love.”
You met his eyes with determination. “I’m not afraid of a challenge.”
With a slight nod, Levi turned back to his blades, but the tension in the air had shifted. You knew it wouldn’t be easy, but for the first time, you felt the possibility of something more—a connection forged in the fires of battle and tempered by understanding.
And as the last light of day faded, you stood by his side, ready to face whatever came next together.
paring(s) -> levi, eren (1) , armin, jean, connie (2) x f!reader
an -> levi is the only one with the normal verse, sorry!
warnings -> pet names?, cursing, jealousy obv, tell me if i missed any lol
this is part 2, jean, armin and connie. here is part one.
JEAN KIRSCHTEIN: modern AU
jean doesnt like when another guy makes you laugh, he thinks its his job to put a smile on your face.
it was a saturday early afternoon, around 1pm. you and jean planned a park date, only little issue is that you were called in to your part time at a coffee shop very early in the morning. luckily, it was only a 6 hour shift, from 7am-1pm. jean was driving his car to pick you up.
he parked carefully in front of the shop, got out locking his car. hands in his black sweats, wearing a comfy pair of NewBalance sneakers. he opened the door gently and got in, scanning the place for you.
he didnt quite see you, but your laughter triggered his ears, he turned towards the sound, you were standing behind a little wall, wiping a table. you werent alone, along another co-worker, he was wiping the floor.
"no fucking way" you said laughing so hard tears began forming your eyes, the guy was adding on the joke, making you laugh harder, at one point you had to take a seat. as you sat continuing to laugh, jean walked up from behind, almost surprising you.
"hi baby" you said, getting up to hug him tightly, "hey, is your shift over?" he asked as he held your shoulder, "yep, ill just finish wiping, change and ill be out"
he hummed, but it got a little quiet. so you introduced your co-worker to jean, "oh jean this is one of my work buddies, his name is kai, hes around our age, and loves pottery."
"alright, y/n" kai said chuckling a little bit, "no need to tell my entire life story" he said, it was pretty quiet as jean didnt say much, "nice to meet you, man. y/n has told me a little about you," the situation was tense, kai looked at you to try ease the situation, "oh yeah, baby i forgot to mention, hes also very gay." jean visibly relaxed at that, even though he tried to play cool.
kai stretched his hand to greet jean, jean took his hand and introduced himself. "my name is jean, nice to meet you too."
"alright ill go inside" you said leaving the two guys standing alone, you hoped they will at least exchange a couple sentences and initiate some small talk. you changed from your uniform into a black skirt, and knee-high boots, you grabbed your shoulder bag and exited.
you walked towards jean, kai was standing by the cashing machine. "im done" you said looking up at him rubbing his back gently, he took your hand in his and walked towards the door, you both walked towards the car, he opened the passenger seat for you as you got in.
"did you get all the stuff?" you asked as he got in the driver seat, "yep i did" he said, closing his door, grabbing your thigh, "are you okay?" you asked him, while stroking his cheek with your index finger, he grabbed your hand and kissing it, "im perfectly fine, baby" he said, smiling at you, you returned the smile as he bagan driving.
-------
ARMIN ARLERT: modern AU
what gets on armins nerves is when someone tries to teach you something that he is perfectly capable of doing so himself, especially academically.
you were sitting in class next to reiner, as the professor levi was explaining todays lecture on the smart board. your best friend sasha was sitting a couple seats away with her friend connie. while your boyfriend armin was a few seats ahead with eren.
after professor levi had finished explaning he gave the students a 10 minute break. you were pretty confused about something he had explained. you turned to your sitting mate, reiner.
"hey reiner, do you know how to do task 5B, it says to find the shortest distance between a point and a line in 3D space. " you asked as his attention shifted to you, "oh yeah, they kinda work in a special way, you have to position the point, lets call it P, as (x1, y1, z1) because its a 3D space, the formula is this-"
"hey, whats going on here?" a voice interrupted reiner, "yo armin, just explaining something y/n didnt get during the lecture"
"what does y/n not understand?" he had the sickening sweet voice that he uses when he tries hard to fake something, you looked at him, and said "well this task," he snatched the pencil from reiner and the paper from your desk, he began explaining it to you instead, completely forgetting about reiner, you looked at reiner yourself with an awkward smile.
luckily he fully understood you and his attention shifted when annie called his name from behind.
while you were distracted, armin was explaining the task to you, "so baby, do you get it now?" he asked as he looked up at you, "huh? oh, armin, thank you, baby" you said grabbing the pencil from him.
"is everything okay?" you said lowering your voice so only he could hear it. "yes why wouldnt everything be?" he said trying to cover up for himself. "armin, dont even try to play with me right now." he looked at you defeated, "look i know i shouldnt look to deep into it, but its oddly uncomfortable when someone else other than me, helps you with school and stuff like that...." he said also lowering his voice, "sorry y/n. what i did was very passive aggressive, and very rude to reiner."
"armin, its okay. reiner understands, and you can relax your shoulders, reiner isnt interested in me and im not either, he was simply helping me and you shouldnt look to deep into it." you said smiling at him fixing his messy hair.
"alright then, come to my dorm later and i can explain vectors properly to you." he suggested as he leaned in and kissed your cheek, "sure thing, baby" he said grabbing your hand, guiding your to eren and mikasa to spend the remaining of the break with you.
-------
CONNIE SPRINGER: modern AU
connie doesnt like when you play video games alone with other guys. he would want to play with him, or with you and your other friends.
you and him were on a date today, he dropped you at your apartment and drove to his. when he came back, showered, and ate an energy bar as a snack, he wanted to get on the game with his friends.
he opened his discord to see that both you and jean were online, he texted jean a: "wanna hop on?" message. jean responded almost immediately. "me and your girl happened to be playing at the same time, ill add you to the VC"
once connie was added he heard your sweet voice greet him, "hey fine man" you said and him returning it.
"do you guys wanna play COD?" connie asked, both you and jean agreeing.
after a couple hours of gaming and having fun jean had to excuse himself. "ait, ill catch ya later costantine constance connie" jean said clearly poking fun at his friend, "yo drop that shit, man. ima pull up and we gon fight" connie responded sarcastically. "shiver me timbers. bye y/n" jean said leaving the call.
"connieeee" you said as the call got quiet. "whats up baby?" he responded, "come over, i miss you"
"we were just together the entire day," he said chuckling, leaving the game. "not enough, take me to pound town tonight pretty please." you said pleaing him, knowing that you dont have to ask twice before he shows up at your apartment.
"bet, only if you play games with me more often"
"BET, now come over fine man, lemme eat you up."
💌 love my content? keep it here, dont steal, copy, claim as yours, or republish on any other platform than tumblr. @kooocho
