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Chapters: 51/? Fandom: Shingeki no Kyojin | Attack on Titan Rating: Mature Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Rape/Non-Con, Major Character Death Relationships: Levi (Shingeki no Kyojin)/Reader, Levi/Reader, Levi (Shingeki no Kyojin) & Reader, Levi & Reader, Erwin Smith & Reader, Erwin Smith/Reader, Levi Ackerman/Erwin Smith/Reader Characters: Levi (Shingeki no Kyojin), Hange Zoë, Erwin Smith, Levi, Original Characters, Levi Ackerman, Reader, Mike Zacharias Additional Tags: Reader-Insert, Slow Burn, POV Second Person, Fluff and Angst, Political Alliances, Arranged Marriage, Attempted Sexual Assault, Abuse, Emotional/Psychological Abuse, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Manipulation, Love Triangles, Who will Reader Choose?, Angst, Politics, Political Marriage, Threats of Violence, Threats of Rape/Non-Con, Violence, Choices, Internal Conflict, Falling In Love, Canon Compliant, Female Reader, Assassination, The Royal Government, Conspiracy, Government Conspiracy, Sex, Smut, Eventual Smut, Wedding Night, First Time, Intimacy, Fluff and Smut Summary:
With the nation struggling to keep humanity on its last legs, you sneak away to join the military in hopes of bettering its chances of success in the war against the Titans. Your father, however, is displeased with your decision, and he flexes his political power as an esteemed lord and nobleman in an attempt to bring you back home.
You want nothing to do with him, of course, but your freedom from familial ties also depends on how keen command is on keeping you in the Scout Regiment.
You start by building bonds with Levi -- initially, he seems to loathe the fact that you're a member of the aristocracy. When things take turn for the worse with your abusive father, however, he proves reliable, while Erwin proposes a strategy, insane as it is, that you can't refuse.
[Reader x Levi] is the ultimate pairing, but there will be a significant [Reader x Erwin] detour, a love triangle of sorts. Your heart bleeds for both Erwin and Levi, as they discover themselves, brothers in arms, falling for the same woman.