Desclaimer: I do not own anything from Attack on Titan, the only thing that came out of my mind is the OC character (unfortunately).
When I grow up I want to be strong.
"I love you."
Three words that Levi would never have thought of saying, especially to a woman.
But here he is, looking into the deep of her eyes, making her smile and feeling those damn butterflies in his stomach.
Yeah, I'm totally fucked...
She looked at him as happy as she had never been before, overall affected by her captain's revelation.
"I love you Levi."
And his heart began to race. A light kiss on the lips to confirm that silent promise to never leave her side.
He didn't need any more words, not with her.
Year 846- September.
Levi sat at his usual table, annoyed at everyone at that moment. He really craved a lonely moment, an instant filled with silence. But he was never really lucky.
A tea cup in his hands and his eyes closed should be enough warning to people, but not for Erwin.
He approached him, followed by a too excited 'shitty glasses' woman, with a smile on his face.
"Good morning Levi."
Levi tried to not roll his eyes, biting his tongue. It wasn't his fault he was such on a bad mood.
"What's good on this morning?"
"My news. Or... well, I really hope so." Erwin pressed an hand on the table, trying to gain enough interest in the captain to be followed. He knew him too damn well.
"I'm not interested."
"Listen to him. You'll like it." said Hange with an eloquent tone. She just had to press the right buttons, but she didn't want to spill it out too soon. It would have been an amazing surprise.
"Fine. But you hope that to not be a waste of my time."
Levi stood up, leaving here the tea cup already emptied, and started to follow the two to the battle field.
The cadets were training like the usual, but someone immediately took Levi's attention.
Above all there was a beautiful young woman; just looking at her you ask yourself why such a delicate beauty was training on combat, wanting to protect her from everything.
The sun kissed her skin, glowing her like a sort of angel from heaven; dark blonde hair pulled up on a ponytail with some hairs escaped due to the intensity of the training; deep eyes, so beautiful and yet so particular: two colors, the right one was brown and the left one was green. She was quite small, even smaller than him, and absolutely adorable.
Some men gazed at her like a hunter with a prey. And he didn't liked that.
A strange feeling took on him, he was forced to punch the fists to suppress the desire to hit them hard.
"There she is."
Erwin's voice made him come back to reality. The man pointed right at the woman he noticed, calling her after that.
She stopped the attack from a huge man, kicking him right on the face. Another kick on the chest and he was forced down, letting her go to the man who called her.
"Sir." she stood in front of him, hands behind her back and proud eyes that made his stomach twist.
What the fuck was happening to him?!
"Levi, she's Elizabeth Blossom. A month here and she's already on top, better than everyone."
"She's amazing." added Hange, smiled at Elizabeth and making her smile a little.
"And you're saying me that because..."
Levi already knew the answer and, if she was amazing as he said, she could be a powerful weapon outside the walls, but fighting a titan was another thing.
She was just training.
"I want you to take her with you. She's so strong but you can make her even stronger. And quite dangerous, looking at that guy's face."
The man she kicked before was on the ground, nose bleeding and a hand on his stomach due the impact to her foot.
"I'm sorry for him." she whispered, hoping to not get caught.
Elizabeth knew she was strong, able in hand-to-hand combat, and everything they said about her, but Levi's squad was beyond her imagination. She had never seen a titan before but she couldn't wait to demonstrate what she was capable of.
"Don't be."
Levi's voice hit her hard on the neck, damn he was short but sexy. A lot of men here were good looking but nobody was enough for her. Nobody make her so amazed.
"You're a soldier, not a damsel in distress. If you have to fight, then fight as hard as you can."
Hange's smile widened more, already knowing that this was a 'yes' from him. She was right. She was always right!
And she didn't missed the way he looked at her. Her brain was already thinking about the way to settle them together. They liked each other, it was evident.
"So... you take her with you?" asked the Commander, needing confirmation.
"If she can fit in my squad yeah."
"So, it's a yes. She can do that." Hange put an arm around her shoulder, making her smile more. That smile was so genuine, full of happiness, that made his stomach twist more.
He was going to regret his decision, he was sure about that.
After a month in his squad Levi was beyond amazed by that woman.
She was just 21 but, damn, she was determined; she looked like a little girl, that angelic face can fool everyone into thinking she was innocent and weak. Except, she was not.
Petra smiled at the girl on her right, wanting to talk but not finding the right words.
The horse ride was silent, a sort of initialization for Elizabeth, her first time outside the walls.
"Are you sure she's ready?" asked for the tenth time, Eld.
The man was concerned about the kid, she was so small and she'd never seen a titan before. Combat on the ground was something, using the 3DMG too, but fighting against an actual titan... he liked the girl too much to see her dead on her first expedition.
"She's good. Right?" asked Hange, letting the horse go near to the blonde.
The squad leader knew everything before everyone.
The blonde had the opportunity to talk with her a few times and she was so interesting to her, she had an unique vision about the titans that made her curious; she was exactly like him.
On the other side Hange reminded Elizabeth the first man of her life. Not her father, but her brother.
After some time riding she was outside the walls.
Elizabeth didn't had time to enjoy the feeling of freedom or the view in front of her eyes. Some titans ran towards them.
She wasn't sure that she was acting normal. She had just seen a titan for the first time, yet she wasn't scared; she was angry.
Levi studied her, trying not to get caught on the action but her reaction made him smirk proud.
It was time to test her seriously.
"Eld, Petra, the seven meters on the left. Gunther, Oluo the five meters on the right. Elizabeth with me and Hange."
Levi screamed the order with a tenacity that shook Elizabeth a few moment, but after some seconds only adrenaline was left.
She was absolutely ready.
Wasting no time she started to follow her captain, the horse ran letting her feel the wind on her tied-up hair.
Elizabeth took the sword, pushing her legs to jump on the titan's arm. A fast race, more than she could, while the blade sank in his meat.
He moved his arm too slowly because Elizabeth, even before the captain who was leaving her room for execution, cut his head sharply.
Everyone was speechless.
No one missed her moving speed.
She knew exactly what to do and she put it down in practice without any hesitation, almost without even fear of dying.
The captain jumped off his arm, followed by the blonde a little covered of blood.
She cut herself on the arm in the action but she was good. Almost perfect.
Hange started to ride her horse to the other group of titan, attracted by the other already dead.
Gunther was bleeding on his head but Elizabeth knew that it wasn't the time to be concerned about him. He was alive and, in that moment, it was enough.
The squad leader killed the seven meters in front of everyone, letting the squad take care of the other beyond him.
Levi jumped with grace and killed three titans in a row, letting them fall like an empty bag.
Elizabeth let a ten meters approach her, near enough to use him as a support for the 3DMG. She activated the device, using the titan's forehead to get up fast. As soon as she was on his head, she quickly detached the 3DMG and came down on his shoulder, cutting his back while he tried to hit his own face to catch Elizabeth.
The squad killed all the titans, bringing back only a few superficial wounds.
The blonde was amazed by their team work; a single order was enough to let everyone know what to do. The captain gave them the freedom to work as they pleased, still following his guide.
He was a great leader.
On the other side, Levi, never showing a single emotion, knew he made the right choice taking her after all. Maybe he wasn't going to regret that.
She knew how to work alone but she perfectly fit in his squad, she was brave enough to not have fear of those monsters.
And she was stunning.
She used that blade like an extension of her arm, she jumped as if she had no weight and everyone noticed that.
The night came too early to Elizabeth, physical tired but not in her head. She wasn't sleepy anymore, she kept thinking at the way Levi had been looking at her, officially confirming her team entry.
She did it. She felt a lot of emotions inside of her. Yet there was something she couldn't recognize.
Gratitude, affect for her new friends, but there was something else just for the captain. Respect, certainly, but also always wanting to see him, to impress him, to draw his attention.
She liked the way he looked at her, it was different. Or, anyway, it was what Hange kept saying.
She was so deep in her thoughts that she barely noticed someone stood behind her, shoulder on the frame of the door that leaded to the inside.
The roof was a place she always liked, finding there serenity. She came up there every night looking at the stars.
Levi was dressed in a simple shirt, his muscles fit perfectly under its fabric, feeling the night breeze on his skin.
But the chills on his back weren't due to the cold air, but to her.
He couldn't let her out of his head anymore, and he met her only a month ago...
Everything in her was incredible to him, she was still surprising him in every possible way.
But the thing he preferred was her insubordination, giving him the perfect excuse to punish her, to push her beyond her limits and see how far she would go to defend her ideals.
She was a closed book, no one knew much about her and she never talked about herself.
Elizabeth noticed that Levi was here, knowing that she was breaking a rule, but she didn't know that the captain already knew how long she was up there.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to..." she started getting up but he stopped her, sitting next to her.
"You can stay."
"Thank you, sir."
Levi smiled, not showing her.
"You can call me Levi."
Elizabeth felt her heart race like it never did. Her stomach twisted as she felt a strange happiness.
Before she could respond, he started to talk again.
"And you were good today. I'm proud of you brat."
"Thank you, Levi."
So... first of all thank you for everyone who decided to read this thing that I had in my head since I first seen Levi's character. My native language isn't english so if you find any mistake, I ask forgiveness in advance, let me know. The recensions are welcome, let me know what you think of it.
Thank you!