Disclaimer: I don't own Attack on Titan, its characters, or the plot 'Dearest Stalker' by J S Scott. I do though own the OC's featured in this fic.

Summary: He has been her constant for the past few years. Whenever she needed someone, he was there. Her "nameless hero," as she called him. She should be scared of him. Anybody else would if they noticed they were being stalked by an unknown person. Yet, she's intrigued, and that's what making her want to find out more about him. Even if it is dangerous.

Echo was nervous as she found herself staring in the mirror of the guesthouse…again. What was it about her and mirrors these days? She'd probably looked into the mirror more times in one day than she had for years.

She ended up putting on a sundress to go to dinner with Levi. It was pretty much all she had other than jeans. Plus, the restaurant they were going to actually had real tablecloths and she wanted to look decent. She sighed as she stared at her reflection. She'd put on a little bit of makeup, and the sundress was comfortable. She'd come up with a pair of sandals to match.

"It'll have to do." Echo uttered as she reached into the closet for a lightweight jacket in case she needed it later.

The doorbell rang, and it startled her out of her own thoughts.

Levi.

Her heart skittered. She wasn't quite sure how to face him after some of the sexual banter they'd shared via text.

When she opened the door, her breath left her in a giant whoosh. God, why did he have to look so damn good? He was dressed nicely in a pair of chinos and a nice collared shirt. Business casual looked pretty damn good on him. Not to mention the fact that he was leaning against the wall near the door with a mischievous smile on his face.

"Ready?" He asked, in a husky tone. "You look beautiful, Echo."

There was awkwardness, but the air was sparking with sexual tension and not the I-don't-know-what-to-say kind of stress. Levi's face still had the regular scruff, and his hair was adorably mussed in a look that almost looked intentional, but she knew it wasn't. Unlike Erwin, Levi never seemed to worry too much about his external appearance. But then, he didn't have to, he radiated masculine appeal naturally.

"Y-You look good, too." She stammered.

He stepped in, and his smile turned to a scowl. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing." She said, her voice higher than usual, and she could feel a blush burn over her skin. Echo dove for her purse on the breakfast bar so she could hide her pink face.

Levi moved right behind her, and rested his hands on the counter, trapping her in. "Tell me." He growled. "I know you, Echo. Something isn't right."

She turned, forgetting about her flushed face as she was pulled to his mysterious pheromones that drew her to him like a mate.

"You're embarrassed." He guessed. "What happened to my dirty girl tease?"

Echo looked up at him, which was a huge mistake. His intense eyes locked with hers, and she couldn't look away. "You know I'm not like that." She said in a rush. "Levi, I've never even had a steady boyfriend."

"Then feel free to experiment with me." He answered in a low, sincere baritone that made her shiver in reaction. "I'm not going to push you, Echo. I'm not demanding anything. If you want something, you'll have to come to me. I've screwed this up enough. Let me know when you can trust that I'm not going to hurt you again. Let me know when you want me to kiss you. Let me know when you want me to fuck you."

Liquid heat flooded between her thighs. His lean body surrounded her, consumed her, and his scent made her want to purr like a cat, and rub her body against his.

"Okay, deal." Echo answered nervously.

Levi moved, giving Echo her freedom again, which was actually disappointing. She already trusted him. She was over her doubts about his motives of playing Nameless. He cared. He hadn't known how to help. So, he'd used whatever methods he could and then, he'd been certain that she couldn't accept who he was, his scars, and his darkness. He'd thought he needed to stay anonymous because he didn't want her to be unhappy. Yes, some of his actions had been selfless, and some had been selfish, but one thing Echo knew with one-hundred percent certainty was that he had never meant to hurt her.

Their conversation was comfortable and light on the way to the restaurant. He was letting her take control, which wasn't an easy thing for a guy like Levi and his actions tugged at her heart more than she wanted to admit.

When they walked into the restaurant, Levi gave the host his name and led them to the table with a protective hand on the small of Echo's back.

She shook her head as she looked at the menu. "I don't know what to order."

She and Levi both settled on a filet and crab, and he ordered so many appetizers that the smaller, linen covered table was crowded when they brought them, and their cocktails. She'd ordered a nice white wine, while Levi got a good Scotch with no ice. When they were finally alone, Echo dug into her purse, and handed him back his black credit card.

"Slightly used." She teased, as she dropped the card by his drink.

He didn't pick the card up. "Did you get everything you wanted?"

She nodded. "Absolutely."

"I missed you, today. Do you want to do the farmer's market tomorrow?"

She raised a brow. "You're actually going to take another Sunday off?"

He leaned back in his chair and took a drink from his tumbler. "More than one day, I think. I'm considering hitting the desert museum on Monday. Care to go with me?"

Her heart swelled. "Two days off?" She knew he was offering to go to the museum because she'd always wanted to go.

"Right now, I don't mind leaving some of my work to the team. Spending time with you is more important."

"I want to be with you, too." She confessed. "But you're not interested in the desert, right?"

"I'm interested in you." He answered, in a graveled tone. "And I assure you, I find anything you do very interesting."

Echo squirmed in her chair under his eagle-eyed gaze. "I don't know. I have a very demanding boss."

"He's perfectly willing to give you all the time off you need." He said offhandedly.

She smiled at him. She couldn't help it. "Then I'll go. It might be fun to play hooky."

He shrugged. "I think we both deserve it. There's more to life than just work."

Echo was shocked for a moment before she answered, "I know. But I'm pretty new in this dream job."

When had his research taken a back seat to anything else?

Honestly, he needed time away. Desperately. But she was surprised that he'd become so casual about taking a few days off. Not that it wasn't a pleasant surprise, but it was unusual for him.

"The job will still be there when we get back to work. Furlan and Isabel would've hated the idea that I've always put work first. Mostly Isabel. She probably would've bugged me so much to take a break and hang out with them."

"What were they like?" Echo asked curiously, jumping on the opportunity for Levi to talk about his friends.

She didn't need to hear about the accident. She wanted to hear about the good times Levi had with them, and the relationship they'd had when he was younger.

Levi reminisced about all of the camping trips, hiking, and exploring Furlan, he and Isabel had done during his younger years as they devoured the appetizers and their drinks. For the first time, Levi's face wasn't shadowed when he mentioned them.

Echo played with the stem of her wine glass. "Those were good times, right?"

"Very good. I miss them." Levi said, in a low voice that was hardly audible.

"I understand. I really miss my mom, too. It still hurts sometimes, but I'm grateful for all the good memories I had with her."

"Tell me." He requested.

Echo took a sip of her wine before she answered. "She worked a lot, and we didn't really travel because we couldn't afford it. But she made everything we did together fun. Like going to the park, cooking or baking, and even watching movies together. Mom was always a the-glass-is-half-full type of person, instead of lamenting over what we didn't have. Even though her life was cut short, she lived every moment of what she had."

Levi reached out and took her hand in his. "I'm so sorry, Echo. I know she was all you had. But you know you take after her?"

"But I did have her for a while. Fear made me forget that the glass can always be half full because I was alone, but I think I'm more like her, now. I can mostly remember the good things and be grateful that she was my mom because my father totally sucked. But now I have Blaire, and even Erwin. He's like the big brother I wished I had."

He squeezed her hand and let go. "You're ready to take on another family? You have me, too."

Echo nodded. "I'm ready. But if you don't mind, I can't quite see you as a brother."

His expression was pained. "Please don't." He hesitated for a moment before he asked, "How do you see me then?"

The conversation was getting a little heavy for their surroundings, so she shot him an impish wink. "Like the stud I'd like to bend over this table for."

He shot her a warning glance. "Don't tempt me. I just might."

Echo shivered at his intense tone, but he winked at her just as the waitress arrived with their entrees. In a way, Levi reminded her of a caged beast. And she knew it wouldn't be long before she couldn't stand it any longer and opened the door to end his confinement. Strangely, Echo knew once that cage was opened, she'd be setting herself free, too.

Echo seemed way too quiet once Levi dropped her off at the guesthouse. He hadn't pushed, hadn't demanded, and dammit, he was true to his word. He hadn't even kissed her and she hadn't asked him to.

As she grabbed a soda out of the fridge and sat down on the couch in her pajamas, she knew she should be in bed. She and Levi were heading out early for the farmer's market, but Echo hadn't been able to sleep. Not once had he said that he loved her again, nor had she said it herself. It had been such a wonderful night that she hadn't wanted anything to get awkward. Now, she wished she had at least asked for a kiss.

Being with Levi and not touching him was pure torture. He was waiting for her. He was putting the ball in her court. Unfortunately, once she saw him in person, it wasn't as easy to be a seductress as it was via text. Echo wasn't sure exactly what was holding her back. Was it fear? Yea…that was it. Echo loved him so much that her heart and body ached for him, but some unsubstantiated fear, some nagging voice warned her that letting herself go completely might lead to her doom. She wasn't going to survive if something bad happened to their relationship.

But she wasn't moving forward right then, either. She had no reason to hesitate and she really had no reason to be afraid. Echo loved Levi with all her heart, and she believed him when he said he never wanted to see her hurt again. Unfortunately, fear was a funny thing, and it could still be there even if she wasn't in any kind of danger. Did she want to keep hanging on to something she didn't need, or be with Levi?

Right then, Echo heard her phone ping on the coffee table. She reached out and picked it up to read a new text.

Levi: Why are your lights still on? Farmer's market tomorrow.

She smiled. Echo: Couldn't sleep. But I'm on my way to bed.

Levi: I'm in bed. Sleep. There's nothing that you're worried about that can't wait until tomorrow. If you need me, my door is always open.

Echo wasn't sure he was right about things waiting until tomorrow. She got up, her bare feet padding to the kitchen window. All his lights were off except the outside lights. Obviously, he was in his bedroom. He had to be texting her from his bed. His door was always open?

Echo: Open, literally?

She couldn't imagine a person as rich and important as him not locking the door and setting the alarms.

Levi: Yes, literally.

Echo: You're crazy, Levi, anyone could walk through that door at night.

Levi: The next house is a few miles down the road. Besides, I want there to always be a way for you to get to me, Echo.

God, if he thought nothing could happen, even in semi-safe locations, he was nuts. Levi was a prime target for any kind of criminal or madman. He was one of the wealthiest guys in the world.

Echo: Goodnight, Levi.

She switched off the kitchen light.

Levi: Sweet dreams, my fiery ember. See you early tomorrow.

She put her phone down on the counter and stood alone in the dark, her heart, body and soul aching for him. As Echo stood there, she knew exactly what she wanted to do. She was done guarding her emotions. If she wanted Levi, she was going to have to take a leap of faith.

Echo picked up her key, stepped outside, and locked the door behind her. In nothing but a pair of thin, cotton shorts with a matching T-shirt, the pajamas she'd donned earlier, she made her way carefully to his door. Maybe she couldn't exactly sneak through his bedroom window because it's on the second floor, but she could crawl into his bed in the dark.

Echo pushed on the latch of the front door, and it opened easily. He wasn't kidding. He did leave the door open. She closed it behind her and threw the thick deadbolt into place. Some of the light from the outdoors weakly illuminated the downstairs. She knew the house well, but she'd rarely gone upstairs.

'Don't chicken out. Don't chicken out.' She silently pumped herself.

Echo smiled as she cautiously went up the stairs. No chance that she was going to run out the door now. Levi was so close that she could already feel his hot skin sliding against hers. She was quiet as she slipped into his bedroom. His shutters were open, so there was plenty of dim light from the outside illuminating the room, and she could see that the bed was definitely occupied by one very large male body. Since Echo didn't hear a sound, she assumed he was sleeping. She slipped out of her sleeping shorts and T-shirt, letting them drop to the floor before she approached the bed.

Echo got in on the unoccupied side and shimmied closer to him so she could rip the covers off his body, and then covered his mouth and straddled him. And sweet Jesus, he was completely nude. There was nothing between her womanly folds and his very large, erection. It wasn't exactly reverse roles of the time he'd come through her window as Nameless, but she could improvise.

"It's me." She whispered loudly. "I can't exactly tie you up, but I want you to lay there quietly, okay? Don't touch me."

She couldn't see his eyes, but she could make out his face in the moonlight. He nodded slowly, and she removed her hand from his lips.

Echo slipped to his side, her hands roaming all of his hot, soft skin. "I've always wanted to touch you, Levi. Really touch you. You're such a beautiful man."

She reveled in the feeling of his smooth, bare chest beneath her fingers. He was all muscle, and fiery skin. His abs were defined from working out and lifting in his home gym, and she savored every inch, tracing the six pack leisurely before her hand moved lower.

"I'm either having the best wet dream I've ever had, or a fantasy come to life." He said, in a hoarse tone filled with reverence.

"I'm real." She assured him, as her fingers brushed his member.

"I actually know that." He confessed. "I've known it since you came through the door and stripped."

Echo touched his erection, marveling over how the silken tip felt under her fingers. "Why didn't you say anything?" She asked quietly.

"I wanted to see what you were going to do." He answered. "Is this payback for crawling through your window as Nameless?"

She chuckled as she curled her fingers around his member. "Not really. Well, maybe a little. You did say I could experiment on you. But mostly I just want to pleasure you, just like you pleasured me back then."

A small hiss escaped from his mouth as she pumped her hand up and down his shaft. "I can't believe this fits." She mused.

"It fucking fits perfectly." He ground out. "You were made for me, Echo."

"Probably so." She agreed. "Your whole body feels so good. So perfect. We've been together three times, but I still know so little about a naked male body. Your naked body."

"How long are you planning on tormenting me?" Levi asked, in a desperate voice. "Not that I'm not enjoying this experimenting, but you're killing me here."

"It doesn't feel good when I touch you?" She asked earnestly.

"Too damn good. If you're not careful, I'm going to come in just a couple more strokes of your hand."

Echo loved the whole idea of making him orgasm, but she stilled her hand. "I want to taste you."

"Jesus! I'm fucked!" He growled.

She smiled as she bent her head. There was power in knowing that Echo had the ability to make him crazy. She kept her hand around the root of his shaft, and took him into her mouth, moaning at the masculine taste that filled her mouth. Echo could feel Levi's body tense. She had her shoulder against his abdomen, her free hand resting along his thigh, and his muscles were straining.

"Mmmm…" She enjoyed him like a lollipop, exploring his taste, his shape, before she flattened her tongue beneath him to take in more.

He was big, so she let her fingers get wet so they could slide along with her mouth. Levi's tormented groan spurred her on as she kept up the sultry motion. She wanted him to come, and she wanted to taste it.

"Shit…fuck!" He growled, in a low feral voice.

His body tensed up hard, and as fast as she could blink, Echo found herself flat on her back with Levi looming over her, her wrists restrained over her head.

"What happened?" She asked mournfully, sad that his cock wasn't between her lips anymore.

"I just saved you from having more in that beautiful mouth of yours than you bargained for." He rasped.

"But I really wanted you to come. I wanted to taste—"

"Don't." He demanded. "I get how you felt in your bedroom that night. I want to touch you so damn bad I can taste it."

She nodded. "That's how I felt."

He was holding back, simply keeping her in place. His body shuttered, and Echo could feel how badly he wanted her. Just as much as she needed him.

"Ask me to kiss you, Echo." He demanded.

In her foggy haze of lust, she'd forgotten that she needed to give him her permission, that he was letting her take the lead for now.

"Kiss me, Levi. Please."

He froze for an instant as he cursed. "Thank fuck!"

His head swooped down, and he finally captured her lips. She moaned and opened for him, knowing there was no going back from what she'd started. The beast had left his cage. Echo was totally lost from the moment his tongue swept into her mouth like he owned it. She moaned against his lips and tugged at her hands. When he let her wrists go, Echo speared her hands into his hair and held on for dear life. They melted into each other like one big mess of molten heat.

Levi's embrace was carnal, insistent, and she willingly gave up control to him because she instinctively knew that was exactly what he needed. Just like he'd given up control to her for a time. He consumed her, and Echo had never been happier to be devoured.

She panted as he left her mouth to taste the sensitive skin of her neck. "Fuck me. Please."

"This is it for us, Echo. You have to know there's no going back anymore." He snarled against her neck. "After this, you'll always be mine. I can't have it any other way. Your chance to escape is gone. You came to me. That sealed your fate."

If he thought that was a threat, he thought wrong. He needed her as much as she needed him, and that set her body on fire.

Echo let out a whimper as his hot mouth trailed down her chest to her breasts. "Don't want to escape. We're both free." She meant those words. Because of Levi, her life had completely changed.

"I love you, Echo." He said like a vow.

"Yes." She hissed, as his mouth closed over the sensitive, stiff peak of one breast, his fingers playing with the other.

Echo's hands fisted his hair as he played, pinched, and licked, the perfect combination to make her mutter incoherently with pleasure and frustration. "I need you, Levi."

His jaw brushed across her nipples as he lifted his head. "You asked for it." He said in a low, foreboding tone.

"Yes." She said, with a needy whimper.

Echo wanted to be his dirty girl. Hell, she'd be anything he wanted if he'd just make her come. Her entire body jolted as she felt his hand between their bodies, and he stroked his fingers boldly through the wet heat he found between her thighs.

"You're so damn wet. You want me, Echo?"

His mouth clamped back down on her tormented nipple, and he bit lightly as he found her nub with his thumb. She tried to buck her hips up, but she didn't get very far with his muscular body on top of her lower body.

"Levi, I need—"

"I know what you need." He rasped. "I'm going to make sure you get it."

Echo let out an almost inhuman sound when he put the pressure she needed on the little bundle of nerves, the hard stroke over her pearl driving her insane. His mouth nipping at her breast. His thumb stroking over my swollen nub. And when his fingers slipped inside her, she almost hit the roof.

"Levi." She moaned loudly.

"I want my cock here, Echo. I want to sink into your fucking heat until I drown."

"Yes!" She cried in agreement, as her body started to tremble.

"Come for me, first." He commanded.

Echo had already been almostthere, and his words sent her over the edge. She lifted her hips as much as she could manage, trapping his hand between their bodies, grinding against it as her climax rolled over her.

"Oh, God, Levi!" She screamed, as she tugged on his hair in the throes of her orgasm. She was breathing heavily as she came back down, but she pushed at his powerful body, and he moved back.

"You okay?" He asked hoarsely, as Echo pulled away.

She clambered onto her hands and knees. "I'm fine. But I'm going to die if you don't fuck me right now. This way. Deep, Levi. You said you could go deep."

Since every single touch felt intense and animalistic, she wanted him to take her from behind. She craved it.

"Are you sure?" Levi asked gutturally, his hand moving between her thighs to stroke over her still-quivering folds.

"Yes!"

He gripped her hips hard enough to leave bruises the next morning, but Echo didn't give a damn. She needed his fierceness. She needed that passion. But more importantly, she needed him.

"Levi! Now!"

Smack!

Echo's body jolted as one of his hands met her ass. It wasn't playful, but it wasn't hard, either. It was just enough to heighten her arousal to the point of agony.

Levi's hand stroked over the globe in a soothing motion as he said harshly, "You're getting to be a dirty girl."

"Do you mind?" She panted.

"Hell no, I fucking love it. Be as dirty as you want with me. Be whatever the hell you want to be. Do whatever turns you on."

Echo couldn't say another word as he surged forward, and his erection was buried so deep inside her that she gasped in surprise.

"Levi." She moaned, as she pushed back against him, knowing he was buried to his balls.

"Jesus, Echo. You feel so damn good." He groaned.

When he pulled out, she almost protested, until he slammed back in, his grip on her hips firm and demanding.

"Harder, Levi." She encouraged.

Echo wanted all of his intensity. She craved it. Her body caught his hard, hot rhythm, and she pushed back every time he surged forward. Harder and harder…faster and faster. Their skin slapping together with every fast stroke of his member. It was raw and unbridled, their need for each other so damn hot that she felt like they were going to spontaneously combust. Her climax was building, and it was different this time. Every rough thrust had driven her higher, and she was teetering on the edge.

"Need you to come, Echo." Levi's voice was coarse and sharp.

She could tell he was on the edge of his orgasm, and barely hanging on. The moment he reached around her body, and smoothed through her folds, a finger caressing over her precious pearl, Echo completely imploded.

Her head dropped down as her entire body shuddered. "Levi. Oh-my-God-I'm-not-going-to-live-through-this!"

The pulsations that traveled through her body and into her core caused the slick walls to clamp down over his erection.

"Fuck! Echo!" He yelled, in a throaty groan that seemed to vibrate through her soul.

Echo's body milked him of his own hot release as he thrust deep to let it go. She collapsed, her legs and arms refusing to keep holding her up. Levi came down beside her and buried his hand in her hair. He turned her face to kiss her, and Echo savored that sultry embrace. His arm around her naked, shivering body, he dropped his head to her shoulder, his face in her hair. Echo could feel his warm breath wafting over her ear as he caught his breath.

Finally, he muttered, "I'm not sure I can handle you as my dirty girl."

She snorted softly. "I think you handled me just fine."

"I love you so damn much, Echo. I meant what I said. We can't go back."

Echo rolled on her side once her heart had started to slow down and snuggled up against him. "I wouldn't have crawled into your bed if I'd wanted to go back. We're ready to go forward, Levi. I think we both are now. I love you, too and I never want to see you hurt again, either. My heart aches when I know that you're sad. I hurt when you hurt. I think that's part of loving you the way that I do."

Maybe she'd never quite recognized it, but she'd always felt his pain in some way. Maybe that was why she'd been so determined to breach those walls of his and get inside him, why she'd wanted so much for him to heal.

"I feel the same way." Levi answered in a guttural tone. "Always have, since the moment I saw you. I wanted to be there for you, but I couldn't."

Their connection was pretty profound, but Echo wouldn't change it, even if she could.

She ran a gentle hand through his hair. "You were there, Levi. Even if I knew you as Nameless, it was still you. I think I love both of you."

"Jesus." He answered gruffly. "I think I just got jealous of myself."

She laughed. "I love you, Levi."

"I love you, too, fiery ember." His arms tightened around her. "I need you, Echo. Don't ever leave me."

Her heart tripped. Echo couldn't say she'd ever seen Levi truly vulnerable, and she was pretty certain that nobody ever really had. It was humbling and heartbreaking at the same time. But she understood that vulnerability because when it came to him, she had the same weakness herself. They had the power to make each other ecstatically happy, or the capability to leave each other shattered and broken. Echo was determined to make sure we took the first option.

"I'm never going anywhere, Levi. I promise." She told him softly.

"I'll never give you a reason to want to leave." He said roughly.

She smiled against his shoulder. Echo knew his assailable side wouldn't last long, but she didn't care. She'd always know it was there, and she'd guard his vulnerability, and protect it with everything she had in the future.

He'd been in emotional pain for so damn long.

"I plan on making you happy, too." She informed him, with a little sigh.

"You just did. Hell, I'm damn near euphoric."

Her heart swelled at the mischievous tone of his voice. "I love you, Levi. I always will." She said earnestly.

"Now I'm downright elated."

He repositioned both of them and pulled the covers over their bodies before he wrapped his arms around her again. His embrace was tight, like he was afraid she was going to get away. And Echo was perfectly okay with that.

BlueMoon Goddess: And they successfully worked it out. And better yet, they said they loved each other! Next chapter is the last chapter so get ready for that, until next time guys! ^_^