Another warning for sex scene at the end of the chapter but also a BIG thank you for everyone.
I don't have enough words to describe how grateful I am, just thank you.
Hope you like it!
When I grow up I want to be yours.
Year 847- May.
Elizabeth closed her eyes, enjoying the warmth that Levi's body emanated.
It had become something of a habit. It was now a week that they spent together every night, before she was forced to go back to her room, or she sneaked out of her room in the middle of the night so that no one would see her, at that time, go to the Captain's office.
Levi purposely left his office door open so she wouldn't have to knock; he could not explain why but, made by her, that gesture did not irritate him. Another person who had dared to enter his office without knocking would surely have been punished, but when she was the one who entered through that door a strange warmth took hold of him.
He felt at home.
That single gesture created a familiar environment for both of them.
A gesture that she dared to make only in the darkness of the night, when no one could see them, or when she was not in danger of interrupting some conversation he could have with other people.
Making love with him had become more and more intimate. The irrepressible passion that had seized them from the first time, instead of fading, seemed to light up more and more; the inability to be together during the day, to the detriment of any event that arose, turned into pure heat under the covers.
Levi was an incredible lover; he respected her in everything, he listened to her and followed her rhythms and times, without ever forcing her. He liked to dominate but at the same time he let her free to experiment with his body as much as she let him do the same with hers.
They were also getting to know each other in the last remaining aspect, the one that would be only them.
The sound of rain, which was bathing the city that evening, created a relaxed atmosphere, filling the air with the smell of humidity that Elizabeth particularly liked. People hated the rain, but she loved it. It gave her a sense of peace.
She kept her eyes closed, letting herself be lulled not only by the sound of the drops falling from the sky but also by Levi's fingers caressing her back with a delight that seemed not to belong to him. He let his fingers slip absently on her white skin, drawing abstract figures.
The blonde snuggled closer to Levi's chest, feeling tired but incredibly happy. He smiled, still keeping his eyes closed and enjoying that silent moment when, for the first time, he could think of nothing.
At that moment he didn't even have to fear for Elizabeth's safety because she was there, with him, in his arms.
Levi's hand went up until it sank into her hair, earning a few moans of assent and discovering that the girl particularly liked it if he massaged her head.
He made a mental note of this little revelation, still worrying silently as he felt Elizabeth's previously relaxed heartbeat stir.
She must surely be thinking of something and Levi was sure that he would not like that something, especially because she never thought of anything after sex, she just let herself be cuddled until she fell asleep.
It was a new thing that was bothering him.
Levi decided not to ask for anything. As much as he wanted to know what was bothering her right now, he had never forced her to tell him anything she didn't want and he wouldn't have done the same now. She would tell him when she was ready.
And Elizabeth already was.
She lifted up just enough to look him in the eyes, holding the sheet tight to her chest to protect herself from the cold she was starting to feel.
And it wasn't the rain that caused it.
She had never been a coward; she had always fought and asserted her ideas so she might as well do it even at that moment.
Remove the tooth and take away the pain too...
"Levi, what are we?"
Levi blinked for a moment, thinking he heard wrong but no, she really asked him that question.
The thought that it was really this thing that worried her bothered him but at the same time it made him tenderness.
She was now sitting up and the way she looked at him was serious, she wasn't joking or trying to provoke him in any way, so she was really worried.
Levi appealed to all of his self-control not to answer sarcastically.
"What do you mean?"
For a few moments Levi wasn't entirely sure he wanted to know the answer.
"This. It's just sex or..."
"God, I thought you knew me better. Could I ever do such a thing to you?" Levi replied with a strange seriousness in his eyes.
Elizabeth saw that, somehow, he was upset; he didn't expect that sentence, although he had never told her clearly either. He was like that: always very cryptic, he didn't give too much superfluous information and, obviously, for him it was more than obvious that they were a couple.
The blonde instead wanted to hear it.
"No, you wouldn't. But we never really talked about it and ..."
Elizabeth was uncomfortable. For the first time, she didn't know what to say.
She almost felt guilty and Levi didn't know whether to be angry at what could be seen as a lack of trust or to mellow at because she cared so much she want to hear him say it.
But say what, exactly?
That he want her? Wasn't that obvious enough?
Although he had been a criminal and still was a rather rude person, he remained a man of honor and, giving himself to her, he had made a sort of a promise to her.
But he also had to take into account that not everyone was like him and he didn't want her, in particular, to be.
Levi raised his back so that he reached the same level as her and sat down opposite her. He reached out to brush a lock of hair from her face and the way he looked at her, so deeply as if she were really the only woman in the world, convinced Elizabeth that this was pretty unnecessary.
He had already told her everything and, in fact, she had understood everything before she knew it.
Levi's gray eyes looked at her gently, bringing his face closer to her until their foreheads matched.
"You are mine and I am yours."
"Listen ..." Elizabeth began, flanking the Captain in the most natural and detached way possible, so that no one could guess what had happened between the two until a few hours before.
That day they would begin planning their next expedition outside the walls and had to work seriously, without distractions.
At least during the day. The night was something else.
Levi kept his pace quiet with his expressionless facade that aroused fear in almost anyone. A couple of cadets passed by, accelerating the instant the captain's icy gaze fell on them.
"Tonight the boys want to get together for a beer. It won't be too long. Come you too."
Levi rolled his eyes. He knew perfectly well that that moment would return and that, sooner or later, he would not be able to say no or find a good excuse.
His job had already been done right before the blonde's eyes, so that excuse was out of the question.
"No."
But Elizabeth wasn't about to give up. She had achieved so much and she would have succeeded in this too.
"Come on, please. A beer and you go." she tried again, stopping right in front of him with a smile Levi knew too well not to know what it was. "And then I can join you in your room."
The Captain clicked his tongue on the roof of his mouth, grinning just after making sure the corridor was empty, to avoid being seen. He approached her slowly, advancing until his face was close to her ear, already making her shiver.
Her smell was already driving him crazy but at that moment he had to go back to being just his captain, nothing more.
"That you will reach me is certain." he whispered in a husky voice he knew she really liked.
He liked to provoke her just when he knew she couldn't answer him; they couldn't risk getting caught so they always had to be careful when they were out of Levi's office, but just that thrill gave a different twist to his attitude.
She was damned cheeky and showed it to him in every way, in every hidden gesture or the ones only he could see, every look and every search for the slightest contact with him.
Even just touching his hand as he passed casually, with a respectful greeting that imposed his position, had become only theirs alone.
But that day she would not give up.
"I know how to convince you Captain." she said confidently, raising her chin proudly. Levi backed away, standing up again in a posture more suited to the corridor where anyone could pass at any moment.
"You won't succeed Elizabeth."
What did he say? 'You won't succeed Elizabeth.'?
Levi rolled his eyes, mentally cursing for having once again succumbed to those two-color eyes.
Since when had he become so permissive with her when they were alone?
Oh right, she had promised him that she would also be tied up in bed for him and the idea had excited him enough to say yes.
Eld handed him a mug of beer as Elizabeth smiled at something she and Petra were saying to each other in secret, in a low voice.
He had no idea what the two were saying but he was already planning how to make her pay for that way of looking at him in that proud way.
The blonde had managed to convince even Erwin to join them and he still did not understand how she had managed to trick them both so shamelessly.
Oh, he would have made her pay!
Bossard's voice made him rouse from his thoughts before a particular expectant silence rose into the air.
That girl knew more than the devil himself.
"Brat, pass me the wine."
After the initial shock, Elizabeth raised her hands in the air, smiling victoriously.
"You called me a brat. I won!"
"No, the week is over."
"No, it's still half an hour to go."
Bossard blanched at the girl's statement, he didn't think she would be so taxing but he had to admit, as much as he didn't want to, that she was right.
"I can not believe it." gasped Gunther in shock, almost letting fall his beer mug.
"You could have waited half an hour."
"I won!" smiled happily Elizabeth, raising her mug in Bossard direction but too excited to start drinking.
Levi smirked behind his mug, taking a sip; now they had another reason to lock themselves up in his room that night.
"You got yourself outsmarted." said Eld when he stopped laughing, holding his belly for the cramps caused by that very reaction. "You lasted so far."
Bossard snorted, surrendering to the idea that he actually lost, and took a sip of beer; he needed alcohol to endure whatever the demands of what, he was now sure, was a blond demon.
"What do you want brat?"
"Mmmmm, let's see." Elizabeth thought about it for a while, until an idea came to her. She smiled maliciously making Gunther and Eld shiver and swallow in fright.
Levi raised an eyebrow at that look, that boy was in trouble.
But what amused him a lot was seeing that people were afraid of her, despite her small stature and that apparently angelic face. Those who knew her knew how funny she was but also terrifying.
And Levi loved that side of her.
"The next punishment the Captain will give me, because we all know that I will be punished sooner or later, you will take it."
Bossard's eyes widened as Petra and Eld laughed heavily again. Gunther reached out to give some comforting pat on the back of the companion who had definitely gotten into trouble with that bet.
He was so sure of winning that he had underestimated her.
Big mistake.
Hange gasped, she knew Elizabeth enough to know how terrible she was but that exceeded her expectations and she was definitely satisfied.
She loved that girl!
Even Erwin let out a slight laugh at the blonde's request, realizing that she was the soul of that team. She was not only good at fighting but she was also smart and shrewd, she knew how to catch people and she also knew how to take them down and use their weaknesses against them.
A respectable soldier.
Levi, on the other hand, was proud of her. That easygoing attitude hid all her bad experiences; everything that had happened had made her what she was and, despite everything, she was able to live with it, without remorse and without hurting the people she cared about.
As much as this punishment thing was a pretty low blow and she knew it too.
"So I will have to be punished for you?"
"Exactly"
"You are a devil."
"A bet is a bet."
"Captain, shouldn't this be banned?"
"Technically there is no written rule prohibiting it. And I quite agree with her: a bet is a bet. You shouldn't have bet." Levi shrugged casually, taking another sip of that beer. All in all it turned out to be a promiscuous night for him, it was pretty fun.
"You screwed me, you brat."
Hange laughed without even trying to compose himself
"Well done Elizabeth!"
Elizabeth, for a moment, wished she hadn't proposed to Levi to tie her up.
Everything he did only served to send her closer and closer to ecstasy, but when she approached it he pulled back and observed her with languid eyes and a mischievous, satisfied smile.
That was her personal punishment but she didn't mind at all.
As she moaned and writhed he continued to move his finger inside of her in circular movements, getting lost in the curves of that body that belonged to the Captain, along with her soul.
Levi kissed and licked her, stroked her as if she were made of crystal, but held her firmly to the bed every time she wriggled for more contact.
She wanted to touch him, she wanted to be able to stick her nails into his back and leave new furrows, signs of their passion, which he didn't seem to mind. She wanted to kiss him and feel him inside her.
His tongue sank inside her making her see the stars while taking her straight to hell. She tried to raise her hip bone, looking for that much-needed contact but he squeezed her hips a little more against the bed, always careful not to hurt her, and continued with that slow torture.
Until, finally, he filled her with a single push.
A moan higher than the others filled the room as Levi completely lost consciousness of everything.
The thrusts began to get stronger, deeper and deeper, as their bodies pressed together until they looked like one.
With one hand Levi managed to untie her, allowing her to touch him as she wished. Her legs encircled his hips, pushing him against her as much as he could to fill that absence she had felt until then.
Until neither of them could resist anymore and they came together, with Levi biting her neck to disguise his moan and Elizabeth scratching his back.
The pause between one training and the next had come to an end without Elizabeth noticing, too busy rethinking the events of the previous evening to notice the Commander, serious in the face, approaching her, flanked by both Levi and Hange.
"Elizabeth, I'd like to talk to you."
And with those words Elizabeth felt a strange sensation, a kind of fear that grew when she stopped to look all three in the face, reading a myriad of emotions in their eyes; what struck her most, and terrified her, was the sense of guilt in Levi's gray ones.