Update:

Any fics posted here will likely not be continued, sorry! I usually have a longer story in mind but don't have the time or capability to turn them into full length fics. I usually end up posting them here as short ones instead. You can easily use your imagination to continue the fics if you want. ;p

Though, if anyone would like to adopt these stories, write their own version, continue them, etc. as your own works, please feel free to send me a PM. I would love to have anything here turned into a longer fic, as long as it stays Rivetra or has no pairing but there is at least frienship between the two characters.

Thanks!

Protection

Levi woke with a start, pressing a hand to his shoulder and groaning as his movements caused him pain. The dark haired man felt surprising softness beneath him as he began to take notice of his surroundings. It was night and his vision of the sky was obscured by something above him. Levi could hear the faint sounds of the forest as he lay on his back on the ground. His hands touched the ground and found it covered in leaves and even some flowers. He was confused as to why this was.

The last thing Levi remembered, he had been shot at and hit at least twice by the bullets of his pursuers. He had run into the forest to escape and collapsed against a rather familiar tree. It was an odd one, always blooming with strange amber colored flowers that he had never seen anywhere else. It also wasn't as tall as the trees around it but grew well even though the taller ones blocked its share of sunlight most of the day.

Levi liked to read or rest against the tree when he was tired from hunting or patrolling the area. He knew there was something very strange about it but in a good way, not bad. Flowers were more abundant and grew more beautifully in the vicinity of the odd tree than any other place in the forest. Deer, birds and other animals were always hanging around as well. Levi always felt calmer and more relaxed when he was here.

As the man glanced around him and allowed his eyes to adjust to the darkness, he noticed there were branches heavy with foliage surrounding him. Had the branches of this tree always been so low? He grunted as he pulled himself into a sitting position with his back against the solid trunk of the tree. The leaves obscured his vision but they might have saved him from being found by his pursuers if they passed nearby.

Checking his arm and shoulder, Levi was was surprised to find that they were not bleeding though dried blood caked his skin. He knew the bullets had gone clean through both his arm and shoulder but there had been no time to bandage them. He had collapsed against the strange tree, likely from blood loss or exhaustion, without doing so.

The dark haired man found a strange, sticky substance on his bullet wounds, similar to honey or tree sap. It stopped the bleeding and Levi realized that the wounds were less painful than they should have been. It was not the first time he had been shot.

"Hello?" Levi rasped, his throat dry. There was no answer.

Levi pushed himself to his feet and parted the branches. He remembered now that the branches of this tree were never this low, as he had spent long hours around it. Taking a few steps back once he was free, the wounded man saw that the branches were drooped over the ground he had slept under. It was almost like they were protecting him.

"...Thanks." Levi hesitantly spoke after searching to see if anyone was around. He felt a little foolish for thanking the air, not really knowing what, or who, had helped him. He turned away quickly after giving the tree one final look to begin his walk home. Even if he saw the evidence, it was hard to believe the tree had fucking moved. Just what kind of creature was it? No regular tree would do that. And how had his wounds been treated?

Farlan and Isabel would be waiting for him, probably worried that he had not come back when he said he would. Though they did not want him to go, Levi needed to steal medicine for them from the city. He had been caught in the act but still managed to acquire the medicine. Levi felt the risk had been worth it.

Not caring of the discomfort, Levi hurried back to his home, hidden deeper in the forest. It had once belonged to a hunter but it had been taken over by Levi and his friends when they stumbled upon it, already abandoned. Chased out of the city after a heist gone wrong, they had no choice but to find a new home until they could go back. The guards didn't seem to want to allow that however so they had been living there for the last six months.

As the black haired man walked away, a feminine form watched him from the tops of the tree he had slept under. She sat delicately on the topmost branches shrouded by foliage. Her eyes followed the human until he was lost from sight. The female sighed as he left, wanting fiercely to be able to speak with him. She'd been worried when he arrived at her tree in such a state. The man had been visiting for the past half a year and she could not help but be drawn to only human that had spent so long with her.

Amber eyes looked down at her clothing, made of the skin of deer she had found, and hands touched the the antler-like branches on her head. She was not human. What would the man think of her if he saw her? Her hope was that he was able to accept her as a friend. She was lonely though she had the forest and its creatures as company. They were not enough anymore.

The ginger haired creature gently touched a budding flower on a branch beside her, causing it to bloom. She plucked it, inhaling its scent, before weaving it into her hair. She loved her tree's flowers. Did the human like them too? She thought so for he had plucked or smelled them on occasion as well. Maybe one day she would be able to muster up the courage to reveal herself. She hoped it would be soon.

This will be the place I post my shorter one-shots and scenes of fics that I wrote but will not finish. Hopefully you will be able to find something you like. Enjoy! :)