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Levi x Petra | Forced Marriage/Cult AU | ongoing | chapter 3 is up

[herembers]

Honey in her Veins

Levi x Petra | Forced Marriage/Cult AU | ongoing

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

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wildest dreams (rivetra pwp)

Levi Ackerman was a light sleeper.

Although he has been getting better sleep and resting well ever since he started sharing his bed with one Petra Ral, there were still nights when sleep would not come easy and any slight noise he hears would rouse him from his slumber.

And tonight was one of those nights.

It started with Petra accidentally kicking him on the shin in her sleep.

Levi's eyes fluttered open, turning on his side to look at her under the low lamplight in his room.

Petra was wearing nothing but her underwear and one of his old thin shirts that were nearly translucent due to its age, she was also on her side facing him but her eyes were closed and soft deep breaths came from her parted lips, signifying her deep slumber. Half her body was covered with his sheets, which she started pulling away from him in her sleep with a twist of her leg, bunching up the fabric around and in between them.

Curious, Levi kept his eyes trained on her face. She was still fast asleep. And dreaming. The movement of her eyes beneath her lids was proof enough.

The corner of his lips quirks to a smile, wondering what on earth she was dreaming about. Perhaps she's dreaming of killing titans.

Levi inched closer, brushing stray strands of her hair away from her face and moving to plant a kiss on her forehead but pauses when he hears it.

A whimper.

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Hey there, I see youre asking for prompts and I had this idea a few nights ago: the survey corps soldiers are in a mandatory ball or smth like that for the military, and Levi sees the guys that hires him to kill Erwin all those years ago and he gets super pissed (because if he hadnt entered the corps he probably would have been sentenced to death for all his crimes, and then this rich guy plots to kill a high ranking military and a few years later he is free and partying like nothing ever happened.) Everybody sees he is in a sour mood, and Petra aproaches him to ask why and comfort him, whether he tells her what happened or not.

Anon, I'm so sorry it took me months. 🥺👉🏼👈🏼

I hope you like it!

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Levi Ackerman hated going to Mitras for precisely two reasons.

One, he hates the rich, snobby people of the upper class.

And two, he hates parties.

And just socializing in general.

Talking to people makes his head hurt. And one of the main reasons that the Scouting Legion even goes to Mitras is, well, for number 2. And if number 2 is the reason why they’re being summoned to the capital then most likely number 1 is involved as well.

And well, you could say that Levi Ackerman will be having the worst time of his life. Thinking about schmoozing up to the rich - and expecting to dance with them with his two left feet - is making him wish he’d be eaten alive by a titan instead.

Levi sulks at the edges of the ballroom, arms crossed over his chest and a scowl on his face. He fishes out his pocketwatch from his coat pocket and curses under his breath, he’s only been here for literally 30 minutes and yet he feels as if he's been stuck in this cursed place for all of eternity.

Erwin has left him to go talk with Zachary and the other commanders, Hange is talking the ears off of some noble about titan research and hoping to get much-needed funds for the next expedition, while Mike and Nanaba are having the time of their lives - drinking and dancing.

And his whole squad is missing. He hasn't caught sight of them since the moment they stepped through the threshold of the palace.

"I'll go and fetch us some drinks, Captain."

Eld had said 30 minutes ago. He hasn't returned since.

"And I will get us some snacks."

Oluo had said right after but knowing him, he's probably trapped some new recruit in a corner and started flirting with them.

Levi wonders where Gunther and Petra are. They went off to dance around the same time Eld and Oluo excused themselves. He stands on his tiptoes and cranes his neck in search of them, quickly spotting Gunther on the other side of the ballroom, headed towards who he thinks is Eld.

Petra, on the other hand, is still missing.

Levi sighs and lowers himself back on his heels, slipping his pocketwatch back in his coat.

He decides to hunt down his squad - just so he can bid them good night. He's not needed here, anyway. And his headache is killing him.

Levi opts to find Petra first since he already knows where the boys are. He makes his way around the perimeter of the ballroom, looking this way and that for the familiar flash of sunset-colored hair.

He thought it would be easy to spot her from across the room with her hair but that has proven itself difficult with the number of tall people around and it pisses him off. He has gotten elbowed too many times in one night for his liking and Levi clenches his jaw tight.

Fuck tall people.

He decides to get some fresh air before trying to look for Petra again. He is nearing the balcony when he hears a familiar giggle behind his back and whirls around only to collide with yet another tall person who can't even be bothered to look at where they're going.

The collision caused a vein to pulse in his temple, making his headache even worse than it already is.

"Pardon me. I didn't see -"

The man stops mid-sentence upon seeing Levi's face and Levi has never wanted to kill a person so hard in his life than this very instant.

“I see you’re still alive, Levi,” Nicholas Lovof smirks, looking down his long nose at him.

Fuck this tall bastard most of all.

Levi’s blood begins to boil, “I see that you're out of prison you crusty old piece of shit."

Lovof laughs and Levi felt his hands twitch by his side, itching to punch the older man in the face.

“There’s nothing money can’t buy, Levi.”

Levi balls his fists and grits his teeth, doing everything he can not to slip the dagger out of his waistband and slit the bastard’s throat open right then and there. Levi hates how money makes the world go round. If he did not join the Scouting Legion he would've been thrown in jail for all the crimes he's committed and for all the people he's killed.

He would probably even be dead by now.

Lovof sneers, “What? Nothing to say to that, street rat?”

“Get out of my sight,” Levi seethes, each syllable laced with hatred and disdain. His hand subconsciously moving to the dagger at his waist.

Lovof's eyes dart to the movement of Levi's hand and his face breaks into another shit-eating grin, “You can’t kill me. You can’t even kill Erwin.”

A growl rises at the back of Levi’s throat just as a delicate hand wraps around his elbow, stilling his movement.

“Captain! There you are!”

His eyes fly to the hand curled around his elbow and he instantly knows who it belongs to. Levi watches as the hand slides down his forearm to cover his right hand and take it away from the dagger’s hilt.

He lifts his gaze from it and locks eyes with Petra as she squeezes his right hand with hers, “Dance with me."

She then turns to Lovof with a smile plastered on her face, "Excuse us, sir. I believe my captain owes me a dance."

Lovof smirks and raises his wine glass at him in a mock salute.

Levi nearly lunges at the old man but Petra squeezes his hand tighter to restrain him before leading him away from Lovof and into the throng of people in the middle of the ballroom waiting for the string quartet to resume playing music. The quartet begins playing a soft melodic piece that Levi thinks is more aptly played at a wedding.

“You know I don’t dance, Petra,” Levi nearly growls, still angered from his run-in with Lovof.

“Indulge me,’ Petra says as she transfers his right hand to her left and places it on her waist. She does the same with his other hand and leads him to sway alongside the couples beside them. She loops her arms around his neck and feels how tense his shoulders are. She gives him a small smile, one that he doesn’t notice as he is still adamant in glaring daggers at Lovof’s back.

Petra sighs as she leads him along in the dance. She knows that her captain hates social events but she has never seen him so close to stabbing a person in front of hundreds of people.

“Captain. Talk to me,” she whispers as she caresses his nape with her thumb, the gesture surprisingly tender and intimate and it catches Levi’s attention - his gaze finally drifting back to hers.

Levi relaxes a fraction as she continues to knead at his neck.

“That bastard should be rotting in prison,” He grumbles, hands tightening around her waist.

Petra nods, encouraging him.

”He’s -” Levi swallows, tries to contain the anger rising up within him, “He’s the reason why Isabel and Furlan are dead.”

Oh.

Petra knows about them - about Isabel and Furlan. They were Levi’s family before joining the Scouting Legion. She knew that they died in their first expedition outside the walls but that was it - that was all her captain has told her.

Levi sighs and proceeds to tell her the rest of the story, of how Lovof tracked them down and gave them a job to kill Erwin all in exchange for health care for their friend Yan and citizenship above ground.

“The Scouting Legion was coming for us whether we accepted the offer or not.”

Levi takes a deep breath and stops their slow dancing while the couples around them continued on, “Citizenship on the surface was all we ever wanted, Petra.”

He opens his mouth to continue but closes it again, realizing that they look like fools - standing in the middle of the ballroom while couples around them danced.

Levi takes Petra’s hand then and leads her away from the merriment and out into the balcony. He lets go of her and leans against the balustrade, tipping his head back to stare at the star-studded sky.

"They told me to trust them and that they will make it out of that expedition alive, that we will finish doing the job together and live the rest of our lives above ground.”

Out here under the starlight, he is more open, more vulnerable.

Petra remains silent and lets her captain tell his story uninterrupted. She is content listening and just being there for him - whenever and wherever he needs her.

She tips her head back as well, admiring the way the stars glittered against the pitch-black sky as Levi continued.

“I trusted them.” Levi swallows, "But they died, anyway. I -"

There's a tremble in his voice and Petra sneaks a glance at him and the look on his face shatters her heart.

Levi bows his head and whispers, “I couldn’t save them, Petra. I couldn’t give them the life they wanted.”

A moment passes in silence before a laugh escapes Levi's lips - mirthless and hollow.

Levi turns to face her then, "But no regrets, remember?"

She searches his eyes and wonders how he truly feels. He says these things but his eyes say otherwise.

Petra gives him a small, sad smile, and nods.

"Yes, captain. No regrets."

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Rivetra Hades x Persephone AU for @shirofukuro ✨✨✨

Special thanks to @capitainelevi for this amazing mood board! 🥰💖 Rating: Explicit

The letter arrives with a strong gust of wind that had him feeling giddy and lonely at the same time. He briefly wonders how such a thing could be as he accepts the letter from the messenger of the gods. 

"Can't wait for the season to end?" They ask him as they adjust the goggles over their eyes. 

"Yes," he admits, a small smile forming at his lips.

The other god grimaces, "It's weird seeing you smile." 

He doesn't smile much but the thought of his wife always brings him inexplicable joy. He would have clapped back at them but he knows his wife would not approve of him insulting the younger god. 

"Did she say anything?" 

"Only that she misses you," they wink at him before taking flight and disappearing with the wind. 

He says his thanks to the wind and before long Cerberus is beside him, barking and jumping in excitement - its tail wagging from side to side and almost knocking over the tall vase his wife loves putting flowers in. 

He shushes the hound and pets its three heads as he walks to his throne room. Once seated on his throne of skulls and bones, he presses the letter to his nose and inhales.

The parchment smells faintly of her and he is once again reminded of how lonely he is without her. 

With trembling fingers, he opens the letter.

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Rivetra prompt: yes I do the cooking, yes I do the cleaning 😂

no exuse, just crack. Househusband!Levi Read on AO3

"Stay safe. Do your best at work today."

Levi says as he wraps an arm around his wife's waist and kisses her cheek, all the while bouncing their little girl on his hip.

"I'll be home before dad and the boys come over," Petra says as she bends to adjust the fit of her heels, and Levi can't help but smack her ass, earning a yelp from his wife and a giggle from his daughter.

"Mama's butt!"

"Wanna touch mama's butt?"

"Levi -" Petra warns but before she can even finish her threat, her daughter's little hand had already smacked her bum, it was a cute light tap that had Petra laughing.

"I like mama's butt," their daughter says. "It's soft!"

"Mhmm. I like it, too," Levi kisses her temple.

Petra straightens and reaches out to tuck a lock of hair behind her daughter's ear, "Ok, enough talk of mama's butt. Can I kiss you?"

"Yes, mama!" She says before puckering lips and pressing it to her mother's own puckered ones.

After she leaves, Levi sits their daughter down on the counter and gathers her hair before tying it in a ponytail.

"Ok, squirt. Wanna help papa do the cleaning?"

She hums mhmm and sways side to side.

"Stay still," Levi steadies her before tying the white bandana over her head. "There. Now we're ready."

He picks her up from the counter and sets her down the floor, before taking her hand in his and leading her to the cabinet where he puts all the best cleaning supplies. He opens the cabinet door in a flourish and his daughter claps her hands.

"Yay cleaning!"

He smiles down at her and his heart swells with pride. She truly was his daughter.

Levi had just finished vacuuming the living room when the doorbell rang. Pepper runs past him to answer the door, a tiny broom in her hand.

"Captain, we're here!" Eld announces as he picks Pepper up and holds open the door for Oruo and Gunther.

"We brought cake," Oruo says as he taps his cheek with a finger and Pepper kisses him there.

"You're too early for dinner and too late for cleaning," Levi deadpans as he accepts the cake from Gunther.

"You guys can just help me prepare dinner. It's time for Pepper's afternoon nap anyway."

The boys ignore him.

Gunther pinches Pepper's cheeks, "You get cuter every time we come over. How old are you today?"

Pepper giggles and lets go of the tiny broom in her hand to hold up 4 fingers, "Five!"

“That’s not five! That’s four!” Eld says with a laugh while Gunther pries her thumb away from her palm so that all five of her fingers are splayed out.

“Now, that’s five!”

The sight is adorable enough to rot his teeth but Oruo just had to ruin the moment by going straight for the couch and turning on the TV without leaving his shoes by the entryway and changing into house slippers.

Levi would've said all kinds of profanity right about now but he bit his tongue instead. He'd rather get skinned alive than curse in front of his daughter.

He clicked his tongue in annoyance and kicked the front door shut before shooing Eld and Gunther, who now has Pepper seated on his shoulders and playing with his hair, to the living room where Oruo was on a quest of finding a nice show to watch but now has his dirty shoes propped up on the coffee table that Levi had just wiped clean.

Levi's eyes flashed with something akin to murder at the sight and, with unparalleled speed and dexterity, rolled up today's newspaper and hit Oruo upside the head with it.

"Get your disgusting feet off my table, Bossard, and leave your shoes by the door. How many times do I have to remind you?”

Oruo flinched and promptly removed his feet on top of the table all the while mumbling his apologies as he made his way back to the entryway.

Pepper giggled at that as Gunther sets her back down on the floor before flopping down the couch and grabbing the discarded remote control off the table.

Levi crouched down to her eye level, “It’s nap time now, kiddo. Do you want me to read you a story for nap time or do you want -”

His eyes drifted to the 3 idiots in his house, “one of your uncles to do it?”

She bounced on her feet and made a hmmm sound as she thought about her poor options before going over to Gunther and wrapping her tiny hands around his much larger one and tugging at him.

“Nap time!”

Levi sighs in relief - her daughter makes good choices. Gunther was the least foolish, and the most reliable, out of the 3 men.

"Can I take a nap too?" Eld asks as he makes a move to follow Pepper and Gunther.

Levi blocks his path, "No. You and Bossard are helping me cook."

Oruo, with indoor slippers on his feet, appears beside them, "I didn't know you cook, Captain!"

"You don't know shit about me."

A chill runs down Oruo's spine just as Eld says, "I've known you for almost 10 years now. I bet I know all about you."

"No, you don't. Now shut your mouth and put on these aprons," Levi throws them Petra's and Pepper's little apron.

"I want the cute pink one," Eld snatches Pepper's apron from Oruo's hands and struggles to fit it over his head.

Levi groans as Oruo tries to help Eld, "If you destroy my daughter's apron, I will destroy the both of you."

It's like raising two grown men on top of raising his own daughter. It's enough to give him a headache. He just hopes that Gunther got Pepper to sleep. He probably should check up on them later...

But as for now, Petra can't come home soon enough.

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Rivetra confession

Sorry it took so long, anon! Hope you like it! 🥺🥺🥺

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This is how Petra Ral confesses.

The year is 447 and the Special Operations Squad is on a mission in titan-infested Wall Maria.

Petra miscalculates a turn and a titan swung at her with its massive hand. She screams and soon the rest of the squad are on their way to help her but they are not fast enough.

The titan dangles her on its fingers and drops her inside its gaping maw.

She lands on its tongue and she scrambles to her feet immediately. If this is how she dies, she will not die without a fight. With a determined cry, she drives her swords at the roof of the titan's mouth with all her strength. Hot steam fills the titan's cavernous mouth as thick titan blood drips from its palate down on her raised arms and shoulders.

The scorching heat of the steam stings her eyes and each breath she takes is agonizing, the hot vapor making her lungs burn. The titan’s blood continues to pour on her head and drip on her face, making it even harder to breathe. Petra’s vision blurs at the edges as she struggles to stay on her feet, the titan’s tongue becoming slick with the mixture of its own blood and saliva.

Petra slips and almost slides down its throat as the titan tries to swallow her but she is quick to fire her cables on its tongue to keep her grounded. She grits her teeth as she tries to keep her balance, fatigue already creeping in on her. Her arms burn from the strain of trying to keep the titan’s jaws open. She can feel herself losing consciousness fast, her eyelids drifting shut against her will.

And the last thing Petra hears is her captain calling her name over the roar of the titan's screams.

When she forces her eyes open again, her vision is hazy and yet she sees Levi’s face before her - clear as day. She thinks that she must have died - it’s the only possible explanation of his presence before her. He is so close, she can see all the lines that worry his face. She wants to cup his face in her hands and smooth the lines away and if she cranes her neck just so she will be able to kiss him.

Just one kiss... Just one…

Her eyes flutter close as she tilts her head closer but before her lips can even brush against his, she is jolted back to her senses when a strong arm wraps around her waist and gives her a hard pull.

“Petra, let go!”

It is Levi’s voice, stern and commanding in her ear.

Her eyes snap open, her vision focusing on him and him alone.

“Let go of your blades, Ral! And release your cables!” He barks at her as he drives one of his swords into the titan's tongue to anchor himself. He spares his cables - their only means of escape.

“Get out, Captain! You shouldn’t be here!” She screams back at him as he continues to tug at her but Petra stays rooted in place.

If she moves, the titan's mouth will close and they will both die. If she doesn't, he could save himself. If she doesn't, she could save him.

"Let go, Petra! That is an order, soldier!"

She shakes her head. She will not allow him to die trying to save her.

"I love you, Captain Levi. I can not allow you to die," Petra says as she pecks his cheek and with the last of her strength, she twists out of his arm, planting her foot in his abdomen, and kicks him out of the titan's mouth.

Petra lets go.

***

Levi stumbles out of the titan's maw and Eld flies from his position to catch him midair.

"Where's Petra?!"

He can hear Eld ask but he does not understand anything that comes from the other man's mouth. There is only anger inside him - his vision going red with rage.

They land on a nearby roof as Oluo and Gunther slice clean through the tendons and ligaments of the titan’s shoulders, its arms falling to the ground with a loud thud.

Levi snarls at Eld to let him go but the other man’s hold on him is a vice grip. Eld knows by the look of anguish on his captain’s face that Petra did not make it. His throat closes and he tightens his hold on Levi even more as the smaller man tries to get out of his grip.

He lost Petra today, he will not lose his captain as well.

Levi orders Eld to let him go and threatens to dismiss him from his squad but the other man does not loosen his hold on him. Levi is left with no choice but to bite the arm of his subordinate hard and elbow him in the stomach. Eld crumples on the roof and Levi makes his escape fast.

I need to save Petra.

He flies by Oluo as Gunther slices at the titan’s nape. The titan stumbles to the ground with a deafening sound, its body lifeless and unmoving.

But Levi is not done with it yet.

It is avenging Farlan and Isabel’s death all over again.

There is a fury he cannot control and Levi goes berserk. He screams and hacks and slices at the titan’s body. Steam and blood raining all around him.

He slices open its stomach last.

He needs to see her again. One last time.

And when Levi pulls Petra’s limp body out of the titan’s gut, he thinks that he is too late.

He carries her and flies her to the roof where the rest of the squad was. They watch mournfully as Levi lays her body down gently on the tiled roof. Tears flow freely down his cheeks as he presses his face to her chest, desperately trying to listen for her heartbeat over the pounding of his own in his ears.

He listens for what seems like an eternity and when he hears the faint beating of her heart, he pumps her chest so aggressively that he is certain he must have broken a couple of her ribs. He will apologize to her later - first, she has to live.

And when Petra finally stirs, he clutches at her jacket sleeves and presses his face to her chest once more, weeping as relief washes over him - his tears falling on the Scouting Legion insignia sewn over her heart.

***

Petra wakes in the infirmary.

She groans as she tries to recall what happened in their mission but her head is splitting and every breath she takes is like inhaling shards of glass. She winces as she shifts in her narrow bed, calling for the nurse to give her something to dull the pain and help her sleep.

The older woman does as she requested and Petra soon drifts back into a deep and dreamless sleep.

The next time she wakes, it is to the sound of Levi’s voice softly calling her from the realm of dreams. She tries to crack a joke about narrowly escaping her fate of being titan shit but her throat is dry and she goes into a horrible coughing fit instead.

Levi reaches for the glass of water on the table beside her bed and shoves it to her face, touching the cool glass against her chapped lips. She takes the glass from his hand and drinks.

“How are you feeling?” He asks after Petra has calmed down from her coughing fit.

She gives him a small smile, her voice still hoarse when she answers, “Worse than I look.”

“Sorry I did that,” Levi gestures at the bandages over her chest, his brows furrowed, his eyes intense.

“If I didn’t -” he runs his hand through his hair with a sigh, “If I didn't do it, you might have died.”

Petra nods and tries not to squirm under Levi’s gaze. She doesn’t remember much from what happened before passing out aside from almost getting eaten and her captain risking his life to save her.

She parts her lips to thank him for giving her a second chance at life but even before the words slip out of her mouth, Levi has already gone on a spiel about her stupidity and recklessness and her apparent lack of self-preservation.

Petra blinks at him in shock, surprised by his outburst. He's going on and on and on and it's making her head hurt.

“You should have just let me pull you out of the titan's mouth, then you wouldn't have to suffer through three broken ribs. Did you know that it almost punctured your lung?"

"We were all losing our shit. We were worried sick when they were doing whatever shit doctors do."

"Oluo cried when they wheeled you out of the room unconscious. He thought that you were truly dead."

"Gunther told your father what happened. He said your father fainted and Gunther had to stay with your father for more than a day to make sure that he was okay."

"Did you know that Eld now has a scar on his arm in the shape of my teeth?"

"I had to cut you out of the titan's stomach. It was disgusting."

For someone quiet most of the time, Levi sure does get talkative when he wants to.

Petra groans, choosing not to hear what he has to say. She loves her captain. She really, truly does. But she is beyond exhausted and he is getting on her nerves and she just wants to sleep goddamnit.

Levi sees the irritation flash on her face and stops his monologue. He doesn't even know why he was stalling, he should've gotten straight to the point. "Right. I should let you rest more. We can talk about it another time."

This piqued her interest.

Talk? It? The way he phrased the words seemed as though they had something important to talk to.

And before Levi can stand from his seat beside her bed, she asks, "Do we have something to talk about, Captain?"

This time it is Levi who blinks at her, "You don't remember?”

Her brows furrow, her head pounding. She screws her eyes shut and presses the heels of her palms to her temples. Trying to remember anything makes her want to pass out.

"I don't remember anything… Just -"

She locks eyes with him, "Just you, sir. Screaming at me to let go."

***

Levi chooses not to tell her of her confession nor tell her how he truly feels about her.

He can't have her do reckless shit for his sake again.

So, he trains her harder than the rest of his squad instead. Always giving her the hardest assignments in missions, always pushing her to her limit in hopes that she will always survive the expeditions outside the walls.

It is not good for soldiers to develop feelings for one another but still, he cares for her more than he should and this is the only way he knows how to tell her that he feels the same way.

***

It takes three years before Levi Ackerman finally confesses. But by the time he does, he is far too late.

The 57th Expedition outside the walls has just ended in a resounding failure. His whole squad is dead. He kneels beside their bodies, cuts out the patches from their jacket, and pockets them.

He picks out her body from the pile easily. She's the shortest one there, her hand sticking out of the wrappings meant for the dead.

He lowers his head to press his lips against her cold fingers, his words ghosting her skin.

And when everything has been said and all tears have been shed - Levi lets go.

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Lol what if Oluo keeps accidentally finding Levi and Petra’s vague love notes to each other, and thinks its for him😂😂

Did a twist to the prompt but here you go @winterpixier (I can’t tag you? 😫)

and also doubles as my entry to the weekly prompt challenge in the Rivetra Writers Discord server! (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

Posted this as well to my Rvietra Drabble Collection! [AO3]

The first time Oluo Bossard finds a note, he was pretty sure it wasn't meant for him. 

He was in the office pantry to get some snacks when he saw a note - an orange sticky note to be exact, stuck on the pantry's toaster and written on it in perfect cursive were the words seeing you is the best part of my day ♡ 

He was pretty sure it was for someone else.

The second time he found one was in the office copier room, it was stuck on the screen of the copier's control panel. 

You look good in midnight blue :) 

He was wearing a dark grey suit but he preened at the compliment, anyway. He even adjusted his cravat before walking out of the copier room and sashaying down to his desk, a folder of documents he forgot to photocopy under his arm. 

He still wasn't sure if it was for him but then it happened again. And again. And again. He keeps finding little notes with compliments and encouragements written on them all over the office, and by the sixth time he finds one, he can't help but think that perhaps there really is someone in the office who secretly admires him. 

He set it upon himself to uncover the identity of his secret admirer. The only clue he has was the fact that his admirer only writes their notes on orange-colored sticky notes and that their penmanship is very neat and pretty. Plus they make good tea and bake delicious chocolate chip cookies. 

By the following week, Oluo is pretty much certain that his secret admirer is none other than Petra Ral - the cutest girl in their department. She was the only one with a stack of orange sticky notes on her desk. 

He was smiling to himself when Gunther walks over to his desk and asks him why he has that stupid grin on his face. Oluo beckons the other man closer and whisper's into his ear, "I may have an office admirer." 

Oluo's eyes flicker to Petra who was smiling and chatting with their boss, Levi Ackerman. 

Gunther scoffs, "You're delusional." 

"Oluo's delusional?" Eld, who is always in search of the latest office gossip, says as he rolls his desk chair over to the two men. 

"Yeah. He thinks that Petra likes him," Gunther adds as he steals a mint from Oluo's stash of candies. 

Eld chuckles, "What do you mean Petra likes you? Rumor has it that she and the boss are dating." 

"But the notes -" 

"What notes?" came a feminine voice behind them. They all turn and Petra was there, eyeing them suspiciously. 

Gunther kicks Oluo's shin. 

Oluo is sheepish when he tells her that he's been finding notes from her all over the office and that he's convinced that she likes him. 

Petra gasps, "No wonder Levi got none of my notes!" 

Eld claps Oluo's shoulder and says, "Told you they were dating."