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#i think it'd be nice to sit with levi
lunarmochi · 2 years
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it's nearly midnight and i'm salty
thinking abt being in your room, in the house of lamentation, and you're incredibly envious and bitter... but you'd rather not bother anyone, so you're just holding it all in while you sit on your bed.
but levi can feel it. he feels a "disturbance in the peace" so to speak, and he can feel how utterly bitter and jealous you are rn. it's a feeling he knows all too well, so he takes one of his handheld consoles with him and comes to your room. he's... not exactly good with words, and this is the only way he can think to help you feel better.
he says nothing, merely sits next to you and sets the console on your lap before playing a game on his phone. you're a bit confused until you realize. ah. this is his way of saying "i can tell you're feeling horrible, let me keep you company until you feel better."
you smile softly and pick the console up off your lap, leaning your head on his shoulder as you open up a game you two play together.
even without words, he makes you smile.
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valsdelulucorner · 4 months
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What if MC got turned instead of the brothers
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So if you've been in the obey me fandom for a while, you should know about the event that turned them into animal boys. But what if MC was given a potion by Solomon and now they are stuck with raven wings, eyes, and tail feathers.
Of course the brothers are absolutely pissed off at Solomon because not only did he use a potion on you without your knowledge, but he made you into a demi human! But their focus was more on you now, you were freaking out. Your wings and tail feathers smack into the brothers and other objects as you try and grab at your wings, your eyesight was a lot different aswell so that made you extra confused.
It took a while but they managed to calm you down, now having you sit down on one of the sofas in the living room. Lucifer sat next to you and helped you preen your wing feathers as they got scuffed up when you were freaking out, the others were not happy about this. You were like this for 3 week but during those weeks, it wasn't to miserable as you thought it'd be.
Because you were part crow now, you started to find yourself drawn to more shiny things and little trinkets, bringing them back to your own little nest that you made out of pillows and blankets. You started to get used to your new vision but you started to feel the urge to nest, the brothers would find you in little piles of pillows and other materials around the house. once they found you making a nest around belphie and just laying on him, another time they found you using satan's books to make a nest. He wasn't the happiest about that.
One thing you didnt like was how often you had to preen your wings and tail. Lucifer did it most of the time because he also had feathers but he also taught you how to do it. Sometimes the other brothers would help you and it was a nice bonding experience with them, though it was embarrassing how many feathers you plucked when you first got the wings. With the discarded feathers, you liked to leave them places where the brothers could find them. Not in a annoying way however, more in a endearing way. If levi hadn't left his room all day, he would find a nice little message written on a sticky note stuck to his door, a raven feather stuck behind it. The little things like that
I think any of the brothers would love to have you cuddle them in one of your make shift nests, one time making a cuddle pile out of all of them while you lay ontop, your wings spread out to try and cover your treasure. Sometimes when you got tired, you just flopped against one of the brothers and wrapped your wings around them, doesn't matter what they were doing, making dinner, gaming, working on homework, live streaming, doing make up, reading books, counting grim, doing paperwork, it didn't matter.
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Ok, i know this isn't the best and i know it isnt exactly like a crows mannerisms so i just leaned more into MC's human side more
This was alot of fun to write, i am doing all of your requests dont worry<3 But if you want to see something, please ask in requests
What should i do next?
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m-jelly · 8 months
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Levi with a s/o who loves books and the rain.
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Raindrops and pages
Levi x fem!reader
Modern AU, fluff, romance, CEO Levi, being a couple, rainy day.
Levi comes home from work with a gift for you. Before giving you the gift, he stops for a moment to admire you. The two of you shower each other with love before enjoying a nice quiet moment.
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The crisp cold air nibbled at Levi's cute puffy cheeks as he hid under the umbrella. All Levi could think about was you warming his cheeks up with your kisses. It'd been a long day for him and he was very tired and it was too damn cold out.
He moved through the front reception and waved to the guard on duty. Once he'd gone through he tapped his card against the reader in the lift and went up to the penthouse. The closer he got to the penthouse, the more relaxed he felt.
The penthouse was so big when it was just him and he hated going home, but after you moved in he couldn't wait to get home. It used to feel and look cold. However, you added little touches to the place to make it more welcoming. It wasn't the forever home though, Levi had plans for a home in the country with you so you could have a family together.
Levi pulled off his wet coat and placed his umbrella in the right spot for the water to trickle off. He placed his work bag on the hook you installed for him and retrieved a present for you. It didn't take long to find where you were. Levi always knew that on long days at home, you'd be sat in the cosy window he made for you so you could sit, read and enjoy the views.
He paused a moment and admired you in a baggy shirt of his, comfy trousers, fluffy socks and a blanket. He couldn't but smile as you focused on your book with a hot cup of tea on your coffee table next to you. The intention was to go right over to you, but seeing how comfy you were as it rained outside he wanted to join you in that comfort.
You were so in your own world that you didn't notice Levi go to the bedroom. He quickly removed his suit and changed into his jogging bottoms and a long-sleeved top. He put his slippers on and made his way to the kitchen to grab a cup so he could share a tea with you at your little tea station next to you.
Levi called your name. "My cute little bunny."
You lifted your head from your book and smiled. "Hello, grumpy. How was your day?"
He leaned over and kissed you. "Horrible. I missed you."
You giggled. "Let me guess, you had to socialise a bit?"
"I did."
You took his cup and poured him a cup of tea. "Well, I'm proud of you. You've done really well today. Thank you for your hard work."
"You always know what to say to make me feel good."
You shuffled forward. "Want to cuddle?"
He sat behind you and pulled you into his arms. "Mm, perfect." He handed you the present before taking his tea from you. "I got you something. I made sure it was delivered to work so I could surprise you."
You unwrapped it slowly. "Thank you. You're so sweet to me."
"I hope you like it."
You gasped when you saw it was an old book. You investigated it and saw it was a first edition. "Holy shit. A first edition!?"
Levi showered your neck and shoulder with kisses. "I know you love that story and I thought you'd appreciate a first edition."
You stared at the first page. "Is that the author's signature?"
Levi looked closer. "Yeah. They sent me this certificate as well to say it's real."
You turned in his arms a little and kissed him. "You're incredible. Thank you. This is...wow..."
Levi hugged you with one arm. "Can you read to me?"
You shuffled around and leaned your back against Levi's chest. "Of course."
It was comforting to Levi to be with someone like you. There was something so soothing about quiet moments reading a book, watching the rain sometimes and having a warm drink. This life was like a long, warm and lasting hug.
Levi smiled and called your name. "I'm happy, really happy."
You snuggled closer. "Me too."
"I love you."
"I love you too."
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instant-delusions · 1 year
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mammon (obey me!) x reader
cw : cursing, but other than that fluff
⭒❃.✮:▹ ... & everything sweet
you've been buying little trinkets off of akuzon without thinking it'd end in financial disaster. some packets of instant noodles for mammon, a few skin care products for asmo, that little d plushie you had to get, the game levi coaxed you into trying. anyway, you're absolutely grimless and decided to part-time at madam scream's, your favorite bakery.
"I'm also applying." mammon mumbled after you shared the news with him. right now, you're sitting on his couch, his tv's playing some random videos in the background. "I thought the modeling gig paid you a shit ton." you raised a brow - it's not like this is unusual, mammon's basically jumping from job to job like that girl from austin & ally. as he started replying, the list of things he bought didn't stop... "(y/n)! look - " ...
working at madam scream's was actually quite nice, you made a good barista and mammon's people skills let him shine as a waiter. also, the uniform is super cute! a nice witch hat and a purple apron, all of this made you feel like you're in one of those restaurant games you used to play on girlsgogames.com . after your shift is over, you're allowed to eat some of the leftover pastries ; naturally mammon and you take seats outside to watch the lights of the devildom, try out a new menu item each time and chat away. this time, it's blood-red velvet. "this is amazing!" you beam at mammon, who smiles sweetly at your reaction, scooting his slice over, "take mine, too."
he watched the way you enjoyed the cake for the rest of the evening, feeling like his heart is coated in super sweet frosting.
a/n : requests are open!
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strawberry-cowmilk · 2 years
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Hello! I saw your fanfic of the brothers trying to get MC back after icing them, and I was wondering if you'd be will to do a part 2 to the brotherrs reactions where MC doesn't want to be around the brothers after what they did.
Basically MC is always around the lower level demon all the time now. Later later on MC starts dating the demon, and the brothers figure this out when they catch MC kissing them, or the demon just pulling MC into their lap or vice versa. I think it'd be nice for the bros to get a taste of their own medicine. thank you 100 times if you want to do this.
- 🐛 Anon
Hi, 🐛 anon! That sounds like some nice angst, I'm on it. I hope you like it!
Mc dates somebody else after the brothers iced them
mc's gender is not mentioned, not proof read
content warnings: angst, icing somebody (again), petty revenge
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Lucifer
well, he kind of saw it coming, honestly
but it still angers him and hurts his pride regardless
lucifer will go back to limiting his contact with you, he's hurt that you're not his even though it's a situation he created for himself
you used to be interested in him
Mammon
sometimes, mammon tends to make situations look less bad for himself in his mind
he's convinced you are in love with him, so he straight up tells your new lover to back off
this only makes you end up avoiding him more, though
Leviathan
he realised what he lost after you left him alone, and that was painful enough, but now this happens
honestly levi can't contain the envy, there's a good chance he flood the house by summoning lotan more than once
after the 'anger' phase ebbed away, levi straight up won't talk to you
Satan
somebody has to stop him from destroying the whole school in a matter of seconds
isn't it funny? how he's in an intense rage over some human he didn't even care about at first?
he won't do anything about the situation, though, he doesn't trust himself
Asmodeus
nobody has ever chosen somebody else over him after he gave them attention, so what is this?
poor asmo gets so insecure, he'll be even more clingy with you to show how much he loves you
if you were to tell him to leave you alone, he would break
Beelzebub
oh, well, what did he expect
beel treated you horribly wrong and you found somebody else, it's nothing but understandable right?
but if it makes so much sense, why does he not feel hungry? why does it hurt so much?
he will just sit and watch
Belphegor
he knows he did this to himself, but the childish part of him wants to step in
he's either going to do the same thing as mammon, or he's doing something nasty to your now lover, like making them see nightmares
belphie knows his actions aren't good, and if you catch him there's going to be a problem
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dreamingon-forever · 1 year
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Happy Birthday, Four-Eyes
OMG I'M SO LATE BUT I'M STILL ON TIME FOR HANGE'S BIRTHDAY, SO HERE IT IS! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR DEAR HANGE, THE MOTHER FIGURE AND HEART OF THE SCOUTS!
At first I had another idea for the ending, but seeing Brave Order's Twitter post, it completely shifted the story. So hopefully you all enjoy it!
PS. Black Tea is Fine will be out by the weekend. I'm sorry for the delay, but I got irl things that distracted me and delayed my writing.
AO3 Link: 💜
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"-substract from recreation budget?" Nanaba suggested in a hushed voice.
"No. We're already at a low with them and I don't think we can go lower unless we want troop morals to waver. It's not up for debate." Erwin's authoritive voice answered.
Muttering and disgruntted murmurs filled the usually empty room.
"I know! We can deduct from the cleaning budget! We'll make due with what we have for a while longer. We can stretch out the soaps a bit if we add water or-"
"No one is fucking touching my cleaning supplies." Levi interrupted as he made himself known to the room. A dozen frightened eyes turning to him from his unexpected appearance.
"Ouluo! You're bleeding!" Petra shrieked as she turned to her companion, who'd bitten his tongue out of fright after having his captain catch him suggesting the budget cuts on cleaning supplies.
Instead of answering or addressing the preposterous suggestion, he turned his attention to Erwin, who was sitting at the head of the table, a bemused smile on his lips.
"What's everyone up to at this hour? Don't you all have fucking things better to do than gossip or putting my cleaning supplies on the chopping board?" He grumbled, taking a seat on an empty chair next to Mike.
Having made sure that no one had followed after the newcomer, Nanaba closed the door behind her before settling back down in her seat. "We were discussing what to do for Hange's birthday. Our budget has been slashed more than usual so we don't have much to go on. So we're wondering where we can cut some spending for a small party."
"Tch. That's stupid. Why we putting money on a measly birthday above something that can actually help the corps?" Levi grumbled, to which everyone else in the room threw wary glances across each other in silence. It was not unexpected that Levi would come to this conclusion, which was why he wasn't originally invited to the conversation in the first place. It'd been two years since he'd joined the corps, and a year since Erwin had been elected as the new commander. Despite having been forced to work closely alongside the bespectacled brunette, he had made his distaste towards his fellow comrade quite obvious since the start. Despite Hange's many attempts at becoming close to him or getting to know him, he always brushed her off and complained about her annoying presence.
"Well... Hange's been putting more effort than most into trying to find a way to defeat the titans. Whether it's on field or off doing research, she's been tirelessly trying to find an answer for us. We just thought it'd be nice to show her some appreciation for what she's done so far." Erwin said carefully.
Rolling his eyes, Levi scoffed. "All that effort to simply throw our men to their graves. All her bullshit about titans have caused our men to die for nothing. We haven't gotten anything out of her shitty obsession other than making headquarters stink of decay and unidentified corps."
A heavy silence fell over the room at his words. While it wasn't entirely wrong that Hange's overly enthusiastic views towards titans had caused some deaths along the way, it wasn't as if Hange wanted that outcome either.
"You're wrong, sir. Section leader Hange Zoe is very much self aware of the dangers and consequences of her actions. She plans out everything thoroughly and is by far the most caring person I've met. The time she puts into her revisions and plans is beyond anything we've done outside the walls, and if there's a reason we might win against the titans, it's because of section commander Hange Zoe." A young man said, standing out of his seat. His face red in embarrassment over the attention, but his eyes piercingly dark as he spoke of his team leader.
"Moblit... please calm down..." A young girl with red hair pleaded from his right, gently pulling at his sleeve to come back down next to her. But he refused, continuing to stare down at Levi.
"And you might be the new second in command in the Hange team?" Levi guessed. "You know her last one lost his life after she went chasing after a titan instead of following protocol like she should've, right? If you're willing to blindly follow that shit-head then maybe you deserve his same fate."
"Levi, that's enough." Erwin's voice boomed, his face one of displeasure. "We're here to celebrate Hange, and whether you personally like her or not, it doesn't stop the fact that everyone else in this room feels like they want to do something nice for her. A birthday is meant to be to celebrate and thank an individual for making it another year- for being with us for another year. And we all here are thankful that Hange is still with us, helping humanity out for the most part. So if you don't want to be part of it, or have nothing nice to say about it, then I have to ask you to please leave the room immediately."
With a tch, the man got up and left the room.
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The aftermath and loss of that day's expedition was probably the worst one Levi's experienced. Only a third of the troops that set out made it back, with most of the survivors being badly injured and/or missing limbs that probably meant they'd no longer be able to serve the corps. No one talked, no one looked at each other, and no one dared to look behind them. To where they'd left their fallen friends and soldiers, their lifeless bodies unable to be retrieved. Even the commander fell silent as he led them through the silent crowd.
That evening the castle was silent. And even the dining hall usually full of life and laughter was void of activity. And Levi, out of habit, decided he was better off cleaning the halls to distract himself from thoughts on the heavy loss they went through.
He was just on the landing of the west side of the third floor when a horrendous stench composed of something like a mixture of decay and dried blood seeped through the walls. Pulling the cloth tighter around his nose, he followed the smell until he was standing in front of a door. A particular door he tried his best in avoiding on purpose.
Of fucking course.
"Oi, Shitty-glasses." He barged into the room, not giving the resident even a heads up about his intrusion. "Why the fuck is your room stinking up the fucking place?"
But instead of the hyper and loud version of the fourth section leader he expected to come into, he was met with complete silence. Her messy ponytail facing him unmoving as she continued staring at something in front of her. Her silence and lack of enthusiasm so unnatural it starting causing Levi to worry about whether she was alive or not.
"Am I a bad person, Levi?" She finally asked. Her tone hushed and void of streght.
"Huh? What bullshit did you fall upon this time?" Levi grumbled, throwing a disgruntled look at the mess of papers on the floor beneath him. It started to seem like his plans on just cleaning the interior halls would no longer be the case.
Just as he started picking up some of the discarded paper, Hange spoke up again. "Did I lead everyone to their deaths? Erwin entrusted me with planning out today's expedition and... Maybe you're right... maybe my experiments are useless... Maybe that's why Erwin always disapproves of them despite being nice to me about it. But I kept pushing and pushing to capture a titan and do some experiments on them... I deviated from the plan... and I... all those innocent lives...." She fell silent. And if he strained his hearing enough, he was sure he could hear her silently sniffling.
Levi carefully threw a look towards the brunette, unsure of how to respond to her sudden emotional outburst. Despite his distaste towards her, it seemed the expedition did a number on her too. And the guilt she seemed to be feeling seemed like something he couldn't ignore. "Erwin trusts you." Was all he said.
A snort met his words. "Hah! Wrong judgement on that... I know everyone questions my methods, I know the way people talk behind my back about me. But I never paid mind, thinking I would prove them wrong someday. I thought Erwin would come to see my brilliance one day too. But I think instead I just proved how wrong I was all along. And maybe... maybe you were the only one who saw through all of that. You were always the one to advise Erwin and everyone against my ideas... I was stupid... If only I'd listened to you."
He stayed silent. A strange feeling of shame filling him from hearing the brunette's confession. Sure, he'd brashly spoken multiple times about how bad her ideas seemed to be. And he had indeed badmouthed her for being a lose canon ready to explode and destroy everything in her path just for the sake of needing to quench her curiousity. But he wasn't aware his words had hurt her in any way before.
The usual vibrant individual that had a hard time staying still and silent for longer than two seconds was suddenly the complete opposite. And it was throwing him off. It made him feel guilty somehow.
"You stink. Clearly you haven't washed since our expedition. Go take a bath." Levi responded in the only way he knew how to answer. "I'll set up the tub for you."
Hange stayed silent, eyes still downcast to whatever had been occupying her attention the whole time he'd been there.
When Levi came back, he was surprised at seeing the woman slouching over the table. Seemingly worn out from the day's events she had finally succumbed to her fatigue.
"Tch... fucking Four-Eyes..." He grumbled. But seeing as there was no other way around it, he took his jacket off, carefully placing it on the bed so it wouldn't get soiled before going around and picking the sleeping form up. Hange whimpered a few times, but otherwise didn't stir much. As he carried her to the tub, he couldn't help but take a peek at her face. And his heart stopped for a moment when he came to notice the trail of tears that made their way down her cheek. In his state of shock, not having paid mind to his surroundings, he ended up knocking a bottle of ink down, covering her desk in black.
"Shit." He swore, snapping out of his stupor as he continued carrying Hange towards the bathtub.
"Oi, Shitty-glasses. You going to undress yourself or you're going to make me do it?" But her lack of response combined with the silent tear still hanging on her lash was enough for an answer. Carefully and with the most respect, he stripped her off her clothes, peeling each soiled layer one by one until she was completely bare in the tub of warm water. Having thoroughly washed her hair and face, slowly her eyes fluttered open as he started scrubbing at her legs. A surprised look on her face as she noted the state they were in.
"Ah, you're up. Continue scrubbing yourself. I got to clean the mess you created." He grumbled as he handed her the sponge. "And make sure to scrub well. I will throw you back in if I see as much as a speck of dirt on you."
Closing the door behind him, Levi let out a tired sigh. Why was he suddenly feeling sympathy towards her? She knew what she got them all into. She understood her nonsense brought death to their comrades which she never seemed to show a care or remorse towards. So why did he suddenly feel like he was in the wrong? That he had this need to care for her? Shaking his head, he went onto cleaning the ink off the table. Luckily the pot seemed to have been almost empty, so except for a few splotches here and there, everything seemed to be clear of ink. Moving a few of the clutter away, his gaze suddenly landed on an open book. Curiousity getting the best of him, he let his eyes wander through the lines of writing, only to feel his face contorting into one of confusion.
Anabelle Haste, 21. Killed trying to save Lauren Bell, 19, who died by being eaten by a ten feet titan.
Edward Crown, 18, Ethan Bret, 18, Emma Krist, 16, all killed together by being caught off guard at the rear of formation.
Thomas Heist, 17, Morgan Heist, 17, twins. Both died together trying to help carry the corpse of their older brother Peter, 18, back.
The names of their past comrades and their deaths continued flowing throughout the whole book. Each line detailing their ages and the people they were closest to. Followed by where they lived and small trinkets Hange had been able to scrape from their personal belongings if possible.
And then his heart dropped as he went back to the beginning of the book. The first two names imprinted on the page being of his two best friends.
Isabel Magnolia, 17. Died alongside Furlan Church, 18, during their first expedition outside the walls. Both were from the Underground, but were very promising in their abilities using the ODM gear. Isabel loved the yellow dandelions we had growing around the pond near HQ, this one was found in one of the books she was reading. Furlan dreamt of owning a tea shop with his best friend Levi. I found this coin on his desk.
Feeling his eyes sting from unshed tears he hadn't realized were forming until then, he quickly wiped them away as he heard the door open behind him.
"Thanks for the bath, I didn't realize how much I needed it unti-" Hange stopped as she came into view of Levi holding her familiar book in his hands.
"Oh..."
"What the fuck is this, Shitty-glasses?" Levi questioned, pointing to the leather bound book. His face contorting to one of anger and confusion.
Seeing as there was no way out of it, Hange sighed, flopping onto her bed in defeat. "Where I keep names of our fallen comrades."
"I can fucking see that much. But why do you have it?"
"Because... It's sad just forgetting them. They all had dreams before them but gave up their lives for our cause. We all dedicated our lives to fight off the titans, and letting their memories go as if each of them were disposable is not something that I can bring myself to do."
Levi stared at the woman. "And you wrote down each of their names?"
Slowly Hange nodded. "Yes... I try tracking down those close to them, try to figure out their age and how they died. We can't afford to send each of them off in a lavish manner, but at least keeping their name and sacrifice alive is something doable on paper. I'm hoping someday when we can all defeat the titans, we can use this record to build a proper memorial for all our comrades."
Silence fell over them as Levi continued staring at Hange's deflated figure.
"I... I was doing the same for the comrades that we lost today but... There's so many of them, Levi. So many lost and so many I can't name or put something personal about them because they all died along their friends. There's no one to retell their story, or nothing to showcase what they loved or even that they existed. I'm just... so tired. And to think this is all because of me and my decision to go after some stupid tit-"
"It's not your fault." Levi interjected. His voice ringing against the silence of the night. "They flanked us. We weren't aware they had huddled near the east side because some meddlesome treasure seekers sneaked out to get some valuable off the corps of our comrades... None of today's loss were because of you. So don't take blame over something other fucktards did, Shitty-glasses. Our comrades died on their conscience, not yours."
At his words, Hange's eyes widened. Her brown eyes staring right at him as her mouth hung agape.
"Fucking close your mouth, you look like a fucking fish." Levi threw at her, turning to the book at hand to avoid her piercing gaze. A few minutes of silence passed as Levi continued flipping through the pages, small recollections of certain comrades coming to mind after glossing over their names.
"Chase Piercer, 21. He died after hearing the cries of the treasure seekers. He was the first at the scene and flared us to get help. He died along with Nathan Feekle, his boyfriend, 20." Levi said, opening the book to the most recent page, where half the slots were empty. Confusion clouded Hange's brown orbs as she glanced up at him, not sure what he was getting to. It wasn't until Levi took the ink pot and a feather pen to her that she realized what he'd meant. Excitement and curiosity flared in her chest at the information her companion had just given her, a newborn sense of purpose filling her once again.
Having watched the woman scribble down their names in her most neat handwriting, he pulled out something from out of his jacket pocket. "And these... these were their wings of freedom. They each have their names at the back of them. Add them next to their names."
And with a brilliant smile, Hange threw herself at Levi, enveloping him in the warmest embrace he'd ever gotten. "Thank you, Levi... Thank you so much."
A birthday is meant to be to celebrate and thank an individual for making it another year- for being with us for another year. Erwin's words rung back at him.
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"Happy birthday, Hange!" The room exploded with activity as the brunette entered the once darkened commander's office. Candlelight immediately illuminating the table full of delicacies usually unattainable with their budget, while her friends and closest companions threw themselves at her.
"What is all this?! When did you all get the time for this?" Hange laughed as she spotted what could only be Moblit's drawing of Hange smiling next to a titan on the wall behind Erwin.
"We thought you needed a little break. As well as a thank you from all of us for the efforts you've put into helping us defeat the giants. No one does it like you, Hans." Nanaba said, wrapping her best friend in a tight hug.
"Right. We also needed an excuse to get something more palatable than charred carrots." Mike commented, earning a slap on the head from Erwin.
Throwing her head back in laugher, Hange smiled. "I appreciate all of this... Thank you. I too have grown tired of charred carrots. That's probably why i don't have much of an appetite lately."
"Tch... that's probably also why your eyesight is so shitty, Four-Eyes." An unexpected voice commented, causing her to swiftly turn to the corner of the room, where Levi stood in solitary, avoiding the center stage of the celebration.
"Levi! You're here too!" She cheered happily, quickly letting go of the blonde as she made her way to the unexpected guest.
"You're the last person I'd expect to be at my birthday celebration." Hange teased, to which Levi rolled his eyes at.
"I was forced to attend. Besides, I need to keep an eye out and make sure you guys don't get the place too dirty." Hange let out a snort. "Of course, that's the reason." She said with a peek of her tongue at him. But they didn't get to talk much more as Nifa immediately grabbed onto her section leader's hand, leading her to the desserts which she and Petra had spent all night making.
"Petra decorated this one so prettily! I tried to do it too, but seems I'm only good at baking, so I left the decorating to her."
The rest of the evening went by without a hitch. Funny stories being told, with the members becoming more and more lively as the night went on from the alcohol consumed. Even Levi, who usually detested and flat out refused to drink anything other than tea, decided to join in for the night.
"I'm just sorry we couldn't get you anything nice, Hans. We tried scrapping up some money but could only really afford to get you a few nice stationary." Nanaba lamented as Hange opened her gift.
Hange shook her head, smiling from ear to ear. "No, I'm already thankful enough having you all here with me. I love it, thank you."
But Erwin interrupted, gently coughing to get everyone's attention. "Actually, I think we all missed a present. There's one under the table we all seemed to have glossed over."
Confusion engulfed the room as everyone exchanged confused glances with each other. Although the brunette's excitement blinded her to the mayhem behind her, causing her not to notice her companions' confusion.
The gift was neatly wrapped, perfectly pressed with nothing out of line in a bright yellow colour. As Hange opened it in anticipation, a particular individual watched her closely in silence. His heart beating out of his chest as he watched the birthday girl's expression.
Hange's eyes narrowed as her brows furrowed in confusion. Her silence causing everyone in the room to fall into expectant anticipation as well. "I... I don't know what to say." She whispered just above a whisper.
And for a second, Levi's heart dropped. Did she not like the gift? Did he guess wrong? Had he ruined the mood? It was his first time gifting someone, and he didn't know whether he'd done the right thing or not.
But his doubts were quickly eased when Hange's excited shout filled the room.
"A MICROSCOPE! HOW THE HELL DID YOU GUYS GET A MICROSCOPE FROM?! IMAGINE ALL THE TESTING I CAN DO WITH THIS! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!" She shouted in glee, hugging the metal contraption to her chest.
While the others looked on in confusion, Erwin threw a knowing smile to Levi. Causing his face to pink from embarrassment. "Shut it. Unless you want the rest of the night to go to waste." He grumbled. And luckily for him, the older man didn't test him as he chuckled and headed back to join his friends.
The night winded down later than expected. And by that time, half their friends had already passed out, while the other were dealing with a terrible hangover. Hange told everyone she would stay behind and clean up, and Levi being Levi, was already going to do so, so they both ended up cleaning up the mess.
For the most part they were silent, focusing on their tidying duties as the aftermath of the party started leaving their systems. Until...
Splat.
A wet substance of mass hit him on the face. His surprise only lasted a second as Hange's laugher followed. "Your face! I've never seen you so defenseless before!"
"Oi... you're really asking for it now." Levi grunted as he started chasing the brunette around the room, a broom in one hand, the other with a rag. By the time Levi chased her down, it was already daybreak. Tired and out of breath, the two laid on their backs to the wooden floor as they stared up at the ceiling above them.
"Thank you, Levi." She softly spoke up after an elongated silence.
"Huh? What for? Chasing you around with a rag?"
A snort followed his words. "No... For celebrating with me. For giving me the names of those missing soldiers. For comforting me when I felt lost. For being my friend... and for the microscope." She said.
He froze, unsure of how to answer.
Sensing his predicament, she slowly turned on her side so she was looking at him. "Don't deny it. You're the only one that would actually go out of your way to get me one. You're the one who's always getting sponsorships and gifts from the public... it's not out of the realm of possibility for you to reach out to someone to make one."
Throwing a glance at the woman next to him, he sighed. closing his eyes. "Fine. It was me. But it's so that you owe me from now on." He answered. And as expected, Hange giggled at his response.
"I already owe you a lot. Just add it to the list of favours you can get out of me for the next ten years."
This time, Levi turned fully to her, his eyes catching her curious brown ones. "It's not just me you're helping with the microscope, Four-eyes. You're using it to help everyone as you study titans and their origins. Thanks to your experiments, we can become stronger. I will ask for your continued support." He said.
With a smile, Hange nodded. "To defeat the titans... let's work together to get rid of them."
And at seeing the bright morning light illuminated in her irises, he couldn't help but smile as well. "I'll hold you to that. Happy birthday, Four-Eyes."
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a maybe obey me request:
the reader is asexual and has gradually gotten along with all of the brothers except Asmo, due to a fear of how overtly affectionate/sexual the demon can be. it’s gotten to the point where the brothers devise a plan to make the reader spend some time with asmo and form a friendship; or if not an understanding that even though he’s a lot, asmo does care in his own way
Ohhhhhh I know that feeling too well my love. I hope that nobody's touching you without your consent, and if they do, call me, I'll kill them nice and slow. <3
I just can't live with the fact that some ppl ignore boundaries and so however they please like bitch can you maybe not touch me?
Your name is MC and you're a sheep in this fic
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"Don't worry, I'm here."
The brothers felt bad for Asmo.
I mean, sure, Asmodeus was sometimes overly affectionate on purpose, but it seemed that whenever he wanted to hug MC or pat their shoulder or just touch them platonically in any way, the sheep just...looked at him with a frown and a raised hand, muttering a soft:
"Please don't do that."
And Asmodeus always pouts cutely as you walk away, and while you do, you let out a sigh of relief. You knew that Asmo couldn't really...ground his affections and desires because of his position, but he could at least tone it down with the verbal affections.
You nearly had a stroke whenever Asmodeus flirted with you, because it'd always sound sweet and you'd think he was being innocent just this once, before he ruins the mood and builds up your guard around him even stronger when he scooches closer to you with a smirk. Of course, you go away right away before he has a chance to do anything else.
...
"I feel bad for Asmo,", Levi mumbles as he fixates his orange eyes on the screen in his phone, thinking back to the time when Asmodeus tried hugging you after a compliment you gave him, but he instead crashed against the wall as you ran away.
"Me too.", Mammon mumbles as he counts a few coins he found on the way from the school to the house of Lementation. He thought back to that one time where you were forced to sit next to Asmo, who couldn't help but lean into your neck and smell at your fragrance, and you pushed him away with a disgusted face.
Of course, Asmodeus couldn't be mad at you, how would he? He already came to terms with the fact that there were some people in this world that didn't need all that body contact and pleasure, just a small high-five and fist-bump being enough for them to count as physical touch.
"Well, we certainly need a plan.", Satan speaks up as he holds up a book. "I've read that handholding is pretty popular amongst asexual people, because there are many ways to hold hands; interlacing the fingers with each other, rubbing the thumb on the other person's back of their hand, and holding pinkies.", he listed, and Leviathan blushed at the thought of holding hands with someone.
Lucifer nodded. "That's actually a good idea, but how would you like MC and Asmodeus to hold hands when MC quite literally despises Asmodeus' touch?", the eldest brother asked.
Satan raised his hands before he lowered it with a frown. "I-...don't know."
"What if they go to that scary place from the human world?", Beel asked through a stuffed mouth and Lucifer had marks in his temple as he asked Beel to swallow his food before he said something.
Beel ate up his sandwich, before he spoke about his idea. "Since October is slowly pulling up in the human world, they already have decorations for halloween...although it's like, two months too early... but still. I once went with my friends and it was rather scary..", the avatar of gluttony mumbled before he bit into the next closest burger.
Lucifer looked up in thought. "That might actually work...mammon, challenge Asmodeus and MC to go there, I'm sure Asmodeus would accept.", he ordered, and Mammon nodded.
No need to throw tantrums when he wanted MC and Asmo to get closer platonically right? Also he was glad that he didn't have to go to that spookhouse.
...
"A spookhouse? Sounds neat.", you shrugged as you looked at Mammon.
"Eh? Isn't that for younger kids?", Asmodeus asked before he looked at his nails.
"Beel and his friends went there too!", Mammon exclaimed, and for once, Asmodeus didn't hear a lie from Mammon's mouth.
"Is that a bet or something?", the avatar of lust asked, voice laced with suspisciousness towards his elder brother.
Mammon sighed in exasperation before whispering something into Asmodeus' ear. After a moment, the two composed themselves again and Asmodeus acdepted.
...
"AHH!", the blonde screamed in fear as another skeleton fell from the ceiling and nearly right on top of him. you just stood next to him, your hands in your pockets.
'Beel, why didn't you keep the spookhouse to yourself? And why is Asmodeus of all brothers here with me today?', you thought as you watched him close his eyes tightly as he hugged himself.
Now, you felt bad for Asmodeus as well. He really looked like he didn't enjoy it here, and for once, you let your guard down.
"Hey.", you spoke gently after you sat down next to him. He held his ears shut, his legs close to his chest and you didn't like the way his clothes got dirty from all the dust and dirt on the ground.
You slowly put your hand on his shoulder, and he flinched. But you pressed down, and Asmo finally opened his eyes as he had tears in his eyes.
"wanna leave?", you asked, and Asmo nodded. You stood up before reaching out your hand. Asmo looked at you with a face full of unsureness, and the question lingered in the air.
'are you really okay with that?', his eyes asked.
you opened your hand more in yes.
And he slowly brought up his hand, giving you the chance to pull back, but he got the message after your hand held his and helped him stand up.
"Let's get the heck outta here.", you said, and Asmo nodded as he wiped away his tears.
'Holding hands like this...is not so bad.', you and Asmo thought, and for once, his dirty mind was completely gone, instead having a calm and warm and comforting feeling in his stomach when he looked at your hand which was holding his tightly.
so tightly, as if to say: "Don't worry, I'm here."
And with holding his hand tightly, you and Asmodeus went home.
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bruh I think I kinds messed it up? But I dunno, btw are you okay with handholding? Because i did and i played with the thought of maybe holding pinkies but then it wouldn't be as dramatic you know?
Anyways, I hope you liked it, and if not, tell me and I'll try to do better next time!
Read you in the next post!
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jobrookekarev · 11 months
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All Dressed Up.
Chapter: One of two
Words: 2,466
Summary: The karev’s pick out their costumes and go trick-or-treating at the hospital. 
Fandom: Grey’s Anatomy.
Relationship: Alex Karev/Jo Wilson
Characters: Alex Karev, Jo Wilson, Cormac Hayes, Levi Schmitt, Luna Wilson, Helena Karev, Edith Karev.
Rating: General Audiences.
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Fluff, Family, Love, One Shot, Holidays, Domestic, Children, Cute, Halloween, Costumes, Trick-or-treating, Family fun.
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AN: Happy Halloween! I'll post part two tomorrow.
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“Guess what your daughter wants to be for Halloween?” Jo asked Alex as he came back into the kitchen.
“Well guessing by the fact that you said she was my daughter, it's probably something… different, ”Alex said as he came back into the kitchen.
He had come back from changing Edith's diaper and held her in one arm as he sat down next to the two girls at the kitchen counter. Jo was across from them cutting bananas as they made lunch on that rainy October afternoon. 
“Well what do you want to be for Halloween, Helena?” Alex asked with this smile.
“A peanut,” Helena said as she lit up and smiled her teeth full of peanut butter from her sandwich.
“That might be cute!” Alex said this smile then. “We could do peanut butter and jelly as a family costume.”
“I don't know about that,” Jo said with a frown. 
Alex looked down at Edith as he rubbed her chest and she squirmed, kicking her legs. “Maybe this pretty lady can be a little strawberry or something?” 
“But I want to do a family costume this year. It'd be nice to do something fun rather than just peanut butter and jelly.” Jo lamented with a frown before she signed to Luna. “What about you, Luna? What do you want to be for Halloween?” 
Luna thought about it for a second as she chewed on her sandwich holding it in both of her hands, something only she did. “A purple princess and sparkles.” 
“We could work with that,” Jo said with this smile. “You could be our handsome king and I could be queen, with the girls being our princesses.”
“No I a peanut,” Helena stressed to Jo clearly determined in her choice of Halloween costumes.
“Okay Helena, you can be a peanut and Luna can be a princess. We don't have to have a family costume,” Alex said with a shrug looking over at Jo only to see her pouting.
“I guess,” Jo said with a shrug, clearly disappointed.
“Well then what should Edith be?” Alex playfully asked her as he tickled her tummy and she squealed with delight.
“She is going to be a pumpkin,” Jo said with a smile.
“You love that costume way too much,” Alex said, shaking his head as he sat down at the countertop.
They were referencing the little pumpkin costume she had dressed all of the girls in at one point. The little pumpkin costume was complete with a little pumpkin knitted hat that Helen had made several years ago. Luna had worn it for her first Halloween and then Jo had put Helena the following October. Although at one year old she barely fit into it and had to switch to the rocket ship costume. Jo had still paraded her around the hospital in it, as she showed off her little pumpkin baby. 
“No, it's just the best baby costume and if you think I'm not going to put this baby in a pumpkin this year then you are mistaken,” Jo said, side eyeing him to prove her point as she showed off photos of both Helena and Luna in a carved pumpkin.
“Jo she can't even sit up on her own,” Alex said, setting her on the table as she promptly fell back into his chest and sat against him.
“I’ll prop her up or something,” Jo said with a smile as she cooed over at her girl.
“If you insist,” Alex said as he rolled his eyes. “I suppose we can decide on costumes later, but maybe we could be a family of pirates?”
“No Daddy no pirates,” Luna said, snapping at him with the sign for no as she shook her head. 
Jo laughed as she took Edith back and went to sit down next to the girls. “What about a unicorn?”
“Yes,” Luna said with a nod as she also signed ‘yes’. 
“What about a doctor, Helena?” Alex offered to Helena, hoping to get them to be something a little more fun. 
“I a peanut,” Helena said, determinant with her choice as she ate her sandwich. 
“Okay we'll keep thinking about what everyone else can be,” Alex said, taking a handful of chips and sitting with them. 
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They finally decided just to go to the costume store and pick out what they all wanted to wear. Although Jo was still determined to do a family costume the girls could not decide on anything even remotely close to matching. Thus Jo had given up and it just decided her girls to let the girls pick whatever they wanted.
“Oh it's scary,” Alex said pointing at a skeleton that popped up from a bowl and sang a little song while the girls laughed. They kept away from the more creepy decorations but saw a few of the less scary ones as they looked at lawn decorations. 
“Come on, let's go find the toddler costumes,”Jo said, turning down the right aisle finally as they were greeted with rows and rows of costumes on display, from sparkly purple dresses to basketball uniforms.
“Pretty,” Helena giggled as she grabbed onto one of the sparkly purple princess dresses and hugged it.
”Alright so one down one to go five to go,” Alex said as he placed it in the carts next to Edith who was in the car seat. She grasped a hold of the edge with her little hands and tried to bring it up to her mouth.
“No, no baby yucky,” Jo untangled it from her fingers where she was grabbing onto it. “Besides it's for sissy.”
Jo offered her the toy keys that were hanging from the handle and gave them a shake as Edith got distracted and let Jo move the dress away from her. 
“What about this one?” Alex said, pointing to a pink dinosaur costume.
“Dinosaur roar,” Luna said as she reached out for the costume and took it from Alex.
However Helena wanted it too and grabbed the costume as she tried to take it from Luna.
“No,’ Luna signed as she started crying and Alex quickly stepped in and separated them, but Helena started crying and reaching for the costume as Alex reached to hold her back. 
“Helena, that's Luna’s costume,” Jo gently reminded her although Helena continued to cry.
“Dino,” Helena said, reaching for the costume as Luna ran from her and hid by Jo’s legs.
“Do you want to be a Dinosaur too?” Alex asked as Helena nodded. “Okay we'll get you one of your own,” 
Alex searched through the rack for one in Helena's size. Although Luna was six months older and they were both the same height, Helena still had a lot of her chubby baby fat, whereas Luna had never really had any fat to begin with. Jo often worried about her tiny toddler and it didn't help that Luna was a picky eater, but both Hayes and Alex reassured her that she was healthy. However, Jo didn't complain when she wanted an extra cookie or an extra helping at dinner and she didn't hold Helena back from having the same extra treats and nutrition. Helena ate like her father and pretty much liked everything Jo served her and would always ask for seconds then thirds, but they always allowed it especially especially considering that she often grew when she was extra hungry. 
”There we go two dinosaurs,” Alex said, handing the costume to Helena as she smiled. 
“Okay, baby, but now you need to pick. The princess dress…” Jo said, holding up the purple costume to Helena before pointing to the one in her hands. “Or the dinosaur”
Helena just smiled, grabbing the princess costume and holding both of them close to her. “Mine.”
Jo sighed as she looked over at Alex who just shrugged. “Well we could get her one for dress up and one for Halloween and she can decide what she wants on the night of Halloween.”
“Alex it's bad enough that every time you guys go to Target you come home with a princess dress or something, can’t we just leave with one costume?”
As if to make things even more difficult, Luna wandered over and picked out one of the rainbow unicorn costumes. “I like ‘dis” 
“Uh-oh,” Jo said under her breath as she watched Luna pull at it trying to get it off the rack before Alex went over and helped her pick out the right size.
By the time they had gone to the end of the aisle Helena had five costumes to choose from and Luna had three. 
“All right girls we can only take one home,” Jo said, holding up her finger as she looked at the costumes in the cart. 
“I don't see the harm in getting at least two,” Alex said quietly, disagreeing with her again as Jo glared at him. 
“I think it’s a little excessive, especially considering all the ones they have at home,” Jo said as she gestured to the full cart 
Even Edith had lost a battle and had been taken out of the carseat and was now being carried by Alex rather than being buried under all the costumes. They hadn't even picked one out for her yet as they had waited for the girls to decide what they wanted to be.
“Alright,” Alex conceited with a sigh. “Let's narrow this down.”
“Why don't you three narrow down your choices to two and Edith and I will go look for a costume for her,” Jo said, trying to take Edith's car seat from him.
“Jo, no it's way too heavy,” Alex protested as he stopped her from taking it and held firm to the car seat.
Jo did have to admit that the car seat was pretty heavy. Edith was definitely not a tiny baby. At almost 2 months old She was just shy of 13 lb. She was chubby like Helena with the most adorable fat rolls that made Jo just want to eat her up. Alex was extremely cautious with her. Most of the time it was fine and something Jo definitely took advantage of, but sometimes he was a little too cautious. 
“Fine I'll just take her out of the car seat then,” Jo said as she unstrapped her and Edith got excited as Jo picked her up he kissed her head before settling her in her arms and walked away. “Your daddy is too overprotective.”
Jo smiled as she touched Edith's nose with a little laugh and walked down the other aisle for the baby costumes. She quickly realized where her girls got their indecision from as she quickly accumulated a couple of costumes for Edith. Although she was kind of set on reusing the little pumpkin costume again. She did admit that there were too many cute little baby costumes. 
“Okay,” Jo said looking at her choices she held up the choices for Edith. “Which ones do you want?” 
She offered the costumes and a tiny little baby dinosaur costume and a princess dress. Edith kicked with excitement and looked towards the little dinosaur costume. Jo let her have it and she immediately pulled the egg hat into her mouth and chewed on it.
“Well I guess we have to get it now,” Jo said with a little laugh as she let her daughter have the costume and put the other one back on the shelf. 
“Mama,” Helena shouted, as Jo looked back to see Alex and the girls coming towards her. Luna was holding her cat and unicorn costume and Helena was wearing her dinosaur costume while Alex had one of the princess dresses in the cart.
“Hello my little dinosaur, I see that you picked out your costume?” Jo said, reaching down to hug her. 
“Raor,” Helena said as Jo leaned down and tickled her, causing her to laugh.
“Mama I'm a kitty,” Luna said proudly holding up her black cat costume as she tried to sign to her with her hands full.
“I see,” Jo said with a little laugh as she kissed her cheek, absolutely melting at how adorable it was. 
“You got a dinosaur costume too?” Alex asked Edith as he looked at the dinosaur costume Edith had. “It looks like we're going to have a Jurassic Park on our hands?”
Jo smiled over at him. “Well I suppose I wouldn't mind going as Dr. Ellie and you would make a very good Dr. Malcolm.”
Alex smiled as they wandered over to the adult section. They quickly found a  Dr. Ellie costume in her size but they only had one of Dr. Grant that he wasn't too fond of. 
“It's not that bad, let's just get it and go, it's been almost an hour, and you know the girls are going to get cranky,” Jo said as she leaned against the car looking down at Edith.
She was back in her car seat and starting to fuss as Jo stuck the pacifier in her mouth. This stalled her for a little while and Jo pushed the cart back and forth, knowing she was due for a nap. 
They took all their purchases to the front and paid an amount that made Alex’s eyes widen before they went home. Upon arriving home, Alex immediately put the tombstone in the front yard along with a couple of blow ups that they definitely didn't need, but looked good.
“This is really cool, maybe I'll have to put up lights and stuff,” Alex said as he stepped back and looked at the bow up ghost.
“Yeah, but but if you kill yourself putting up lights, I'm going to bring you back and then kill you again,” Jo said smiled at him as she held a sleeping Edith and threw the ball for Reeses. The girls were in the driveway riding their toddler tricycles as Jo stood at the end of the driveway to keep them from going in the road.
“I know and last year putting up Christmas lights was bad enough, because you were pregnant and extra worried about me,” Alex said as he pretended not to see the way she raised an eyebrow at him as he looked back at the ghost.
“Ladder and lights accidents are the number two cause of an ER visit around the holidays,” Jo said as she waved to the girls. “Come on girls, let's go inside and try on those costumes.” 
“Alright,” Alex said reluctantly, following her inside.
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alwaysaskerurihan · 2 years
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If you could only live in one city or town within the walls for the rest of your life, which would you choose?
Today the trio are sitting in Hange's quarters (an hour later than they planned to have breakfast due to Levi insisting on cleaning the room so that it was "sanitarily acceptable" for them to sit in). They sit around a small rounded table with tea and toast.
Hange considers the question with a bright gleam in their eyes. "Oh that's a toughie," they muse. "It'd be nice to go home but there's not much in the way of research opportunities there. I'd need to be somewhere I could keep learn." They consider things a bit more. "Mitras would be good but it's so expensive. I've heard that the libraries at Stohess and Ehrmich are pretty promising though."
"You wouldn't want to live in Trost so you can pop over the wall and see your freaky titan friends?" Levi scoffs and sips from his tea.
Hange hooks their ankle around his and drags their ankle up and down his leg, feeling him shiver. "That would be good as well but right now the titans aren't providing us with a lot to go with. Plus in the libraries, I could study other things or look for discrepancies about our history or our technological advancement."
Levi fixes them with a bored stare. "Sorry, I asked," he mutters.
Hange hums a little more and so Erwin speaks up instead. "It may have to be Mitras since that is where most decisions regarding the Scouts, including our funding, is decided." he declares. "It's also where any major issues would be flagged up."
"You would be the most useful to the Scouts there," Hange agrees.
"Especially now," Erwin looks down at the space where his right arm should be.
Silence follows his words. Levi's gaze flicks to him and a moment later, Erwin feels a small hand sliding onto his knee for a moment.
"And you're the only one of us able to stomach those pigs for long," Levi remarks.
Erwin chuckles. "That's true. You would do not do well in Mitras." He strokes his chin. "But where would you choose to go?"
Even Hange, whose brows have been intensely furrowed in thought, leans forward. "Yeah, where are you going Shorty?"
Levi ignores the insult. "Trost is fine for me. It has everything I need."
"So emotional there, Levi," Hange snickers.
"It's just a place to live." Levi argues. "That said, the further from the interior, the better. The stench of bullshit is not so bad out here."
Hange grins in agreement. "You're not wrong." They clasp their hands together. "I've thought about both points and they're equally valid," they explain. "But I think I would chose Ehrmich. I'm not convinced we're ever going to be welcome in Stohess again after the Annie-thing."
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darkleysgarden · 2 years
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Obey Me 25 Days of Ficmas Day 7: Christmas Party
Pair: Raphael and Levi
Credit: Raphael Pokémon headcanon came from @note-katha (Also the reason why I enjoy Levi and Raphael together sm)
Levi sat in the corner of the raging party awkwardly curled in on himself.
He looked around as people walked passed by, all laughing, dancing, and having fun.
He could never have that much fun at a place as crowded and loud as this. It was too overwhelming. People were everywhere, surrounding him.
His skin crawled as the noise grew louder and louder. People would glance over at him sitting there alone. He was pitiful.
Amongst the party-goers he noticed two people that he recognized. Simeon walked closely to Raphael, a concerned look on his face. Raphael was holding himself, tears present in his eyes.
They were conversating, Levi could hear Simeon talking, "We can go home if you'd like. I know parties are hard for you."
Envy. Lucifer never let's him go home. He knows about his sensory issues, yet he forces him to stay until the end. Diavolo's parties are a necessity. And this was, of course, Diavolo's party.
Raphael's response was quieter, "I can sit here. It's okay. I wouldn't want you three to be forced to leave because of me. I mean, Solomon and Asmo are having a really nice time. And Luk-"
"I get it," Simeon replied, "But, they'd gladly drop all that for you."
Raphael stays silent for a moment, "It's fine. I'll just sit. Go find Barbatos. Have fun."
Simeon seemed as if he didn't want to accept it, yet he did anyway, "Okay, we won't stay too much longer."
Simeon walked away. Raphael sighed, moving to sit a little bit down from where Levi sat.
As if he's trying to compose himself, Raphael took a few deep breaths. His eyes were squeezed shut, arms wrapped tightly around himself.
After those couple breaths, Raphael looked up, glancing around, eyes eventually landing on Levi, "Oh, hello Levi. Didn't notice you."
Levi raised his hand slightly in a small wave. They both awkwardly smiled at each other.
Levi hated small talk, yet he did it anyway, "So, you hate parties too?"
"Overwhelming," Raphael replied shortly.
"Yeah," He fidgeted with his fingers, "They are for me too."
A silence spread among them. It wasn't exactly uncomfortable.
Raphael pulled out his D.D.D, doing something on it.
Levi scooted closer to him, "What are you doing?"
Raphael smiled, showing him his phone screen. The angel swiped the Poké Ball, catching a Pokémon.
"You like Pokémon?" Levi questioned, curious about Raphael's interests. He wouldn't have assumed that Raphael would enjoy Pokémon. Or any other modern media for that matter. Yet, here he was.
"I think they're really cute," He smiled wider, obviously happy to get the chance to talk about his interests, "Plus, they're very interesting to learn about."
"You think all of them are cute?" Levi questioned, "Even ones like Weepinbell or Vigoroth?"
"Umm," Raphael looked into Levi's eyes, "Okay, I don't know about that. They aren't that ugly...."
"They are,' Levi countered.
"What about you?" Raphael asked, Levi humming in confusion, "What things do you like?"
Levi tried to hold in the extremely wide smile that overtook his face, "I have a lot of things that I love! There's The Tale of the Seven Lord's, The Magical Ruri Hana: Demon's Girl, and there's so many other animes that I enjoy! It'd take forever to list them all, though."
"I know TSL," Raphael was actually engaged with his words, "Though, what about the Ruri Hana one? I feel like I've heard you mention it before, yet I know nothing of it."
Raphael actually listened and cared to know more. Something about that made him ecstatic, "So, Ruri-chan is this demon who moves to the human world, right? And she looses her magical powers in doing so! This turns her into the young girl that everybody knows her by! Her original demon form, and I'm gonna sound like Asmo for saying this, is actually really sexy! But, her child form is adorable too! She has a companion, Azuki-tan! Azuki-tan is actually imagawayaki-"
Raphael, who'd been nodding along this whole time, interrupted, "Wait, what's that?"
"A Japanese pancake filled with red bean paste!" Levi answered, "Actually, I've pretty much covered the most interesting parts; I don't want to spoil. You should watch it! It's really good!"
"I think I will," Raphael smiled, his words genuine.
Levi nodded happily, "You should tell me more about Pokémon!"
In all honesty, Levi knew a lot about Pokémon. Though, he never heard Raphael get excited about anything really before. Aside from spears. Though, he'd never really heard him talk at all.
"I remember them all," Raphael admitted, a blush on his face, "An angel my ranking knowing all about tiny fictional monsters, weird, I know."
"It's not weird," Levi assured, angry that Raphael insulted himself, "I'm the Grand Admiral of Hell's esteemed Navy! As one important person to another: There is nothing wrong with liking things! Like whatever you want! No one is stopping you! In fact, I think it's really cool that you cam remember them all!"
Even reassuring all that, Levi never applied it to himself.
"I like talking to you," Raphael fidgeted with his fingers.
"I like talking to you too!" Levi gave the angel a side hug.
Raphael stood up, grabbing Levi's hand, "Let's go back to the party! You can hang out with me."
Levi never had anyone to spend parties with before. Mammon always offered, but he hung out with so much other people too.
They danced to Christmas songs together, Raphael giggling at Levi's loud renditions. He especially enjoyed Underneath the Tree.
Both of them were sad to eventually leave, yet they continued to talk through text. Levi even downloaded Pokémon Go to be friends with Raphael.
For Christmas, Levi bought Raphael plushes of his favorite Pokémon. Raphael got him Ruri-chan merch.
It was an unlikely friendship, yet it was still perfect.
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leyyvi · 2 years
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Idk if anyone has asked this before but okay I was looking at some jewelry to buy online today and it got me thinking: how would paychecks!levi react to the reader actually asking him to buy them something. Like the reader would sit and think for a minute like “do I really wanna ask him for this” and then just text “leviiiiiii, can you order me this necklace and bracelet” like pls I need to know for scientific reasons sksjjsjsjsjsjs
okay wow this got a lot longer than i expected it to oops dfghsdjkgh 
wc 1.7k, mostly fluff and maybe a bit of suggestive conversation?
just a little blurb in the Paychecks With a Side of Intimacy universe uwu
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It feels weird to ask for something from Levi. At least, something of monetary value. He gives you so much money already that realistically you could just buy yourself if you set aside a few bucks at a time. And while you've constantly berated him for buying you things, there are moments where maybe it'd be kinda ...nice. If he did.
He's offered countless times, but honestly? It's mere instinct to brush it off and say, "I don't need that". Levi always allows a few seconds for you to change your mind before he moves on, giving a pointed stare and appearing so still he could be mistaken for a statue occasionally.
But this time? You really want something.
Hell, it's not much. Not as much as the things he's offered to buy you already, but it's certainly not a $10 kind of thing.
There's a small bracelet you found during one of your outings with Ymir. A dainty silver piece, with the option to attach the showcased mini constellations on whatever astrology sign may be desired. Hell, she noticed how long you were staring at it too, and threw out the predicted line of "Why don't you just ask your man to get it for ya?" Yeah, she's started to call him "your man" instead of what Levi really is. She justified it by telling you it's easier to say in public, but there's always a snarky tone when the words are uttered.
You ignore it. But damn it, the bracelets are just so cute! And there can even be the option to add multiple charms!
Shit. Would Levi make fun of you if you asked him to buy it? How would he react if you wanted a pair of matching ones with him? Does he even wear bracelets?
Matching bracelets... you're not even a damn couple. Dummy.
That's the thought you have to tell yourself every time you think about asking him.
But that urge builds and builds the more you talk to him, the more you hang out with him. The subject of your birthday comes up one night during a relaxed dinner, and that's when you can no longer avoid the idea completely.
"Listen, I know you get fussy about gifts," Levi prefaces after a sip of his whiskey, leaning forward with a tilt of his head as he blinks at you. "But there has to be something you'd want for your birthday."
You hum in deliberation, chewing on the straw haphazardly stuck in the cup. The condensation bleeds out into the tablecloth underneath your palms. "I--well... I guess... I guess there's something."
"Oh?" His head tilts the opposite way, curious. There's a certain light that seeps into those gray irises. It's cute, you think. He is so unintentionally comparable to a cat sometimes. "I'm all ears."
"Mm... There's um. There's this bracelet I saw the other day."
"Yeah?" Another sip of whiskey. You stir your drink with the straw between your fingers.
"It's really cute. Like, has little stars and stuff. Y'know those constellations for your star sign? You can customize it and have your sign on it."
"Send it to me. I'll buy it," Levi says smoothly. You swear he must've scooted his chair towards you just now, easy to tell with how his hands easily reach yours. "If you need a reminder, I don't give a shit about the price. Especially for your birthday."
Instinctively you play with his hands, tracing along the gently protruding veins that lead along his forearms. "It's not that expensive, actually. But it's only sold in a store. At least the one I want is. If that's okay."
"Course it is.”
And so he takes you to the place you mentioned, inspecting the bracelet closely and staring at all of the constellations available for attachment. When you'd ask about his birthday at dinner, he refused to answer at all. Let alone give any hint towards what his sign would be.
However, he does show a vague interest in the Capricorn one, picking up the charm and staring a little bit longer at it compared to the others.
Capricorn, huh? Maybe you'll ask Historia about Capricorns on your next shift. She is pretty obsessed with astrology after all.
"This is only $40. You don't want anything else along with this?" Levi asks, rubbing his chin thoughtfully. Your head shakes. “You know you can ask for much more than this.”
“It’s alright, it’s not--it doesn’t need to be a thing.”
“I’m not making it a thing,” Levi’s hand runs up and down the span of your back. You shiver. “Don’t be dramatic. Let me do something nice for you.” 
You fidget with the edge of your shirt as he takes one of the boxes for a bracelet, looking at you expectantly to pick out one of the charms. He hums in thought once he sees the charm you’ve chosen. 
“Hange would love to talk about this kind of crap. All that ‘what’s your sign’ bullshit,” he says as you two head to the register.
“Kinda surprising for someone who’s in the science field.” 
“Everything about them is surprising... They’re completely unpredictable. I don’t know how Moblit deals with it all the time. Sounds exhausting.”
"There's some fun in unpredictability too."
"Only in moderation."
When he's finished buying the bracelet, he hands the box right to you as you two exit the store and head to where he’s parked.
"You're giving it to me now?"
"Do you want me to re-wrap it and wait for your birthday?" He asks flatly.
"Well--don't you usually give the gifts on the actual birthday?"
Levi pulls his car keys from his pocket, smirking as he opens the passenger door for you. "I have other plans for your birthday."
Your eyes narrow pointedly as you stumble into the car. "Such as..?"
He shrugs before shutting the door and hopping in on the drivers side.
"I don't even get a hint, Levi?"
Levi chews on his lip in thought, his smirk melting into something more of fondness at the sound of his name. He really likes how you add it to the tail of your questions once in a while. "It's a surprise."
"You said you don't like unpredictability."
"I said in moderation. You said it could be fun, no?"
At a crossroads with the turnaround of your own words against you, your lips purse. But the curiosity of what he could possibly have planned for something eats at your brain like a parasite. Even more so at his refusal to provide any hints for it.
He merely takes his time peeling off his blazer and gently placing it in the backseat before staring at you with an expectant expression. "Are you going to put it on?"
"What, now?"
Levi nods. "Let me see how it looks on you. With your own charm on it." Alright, he's already handed you the gift anyway. Early present, you suppose. After you open the box, he's leaning over to take it out and hold it under your wrist. "Here, let me."
You murmur a thanks, nearly shuddering at the light brushes of his fingertips. Just enough to feel them, not enough to feel the satisfaction of his touch completely. His exhale through his nose huffs in the space between you two, blown away by the gentle breeze of the soothing air conditioner in the middle vents.
"Kind of a pain in the ass to clip it," he grumbles quietly after a struggle with the small clasp.
"Might need you to help me put it on every time then, huh?"
Levi looks up through his lashes and the fringe of his hair, his silver eyes shining underneath the black strands of hair. "Is that an excuse for something else?"
An excuse to get him to touch you, obviously. Guess you're as readable as ever, damn.
He finally finishes clasping it, though part of you is convinced that he might've intentionally taken longer than necessary. The gentle grasp on your wrist turns it to fully exhibit the jewelry as he inspects it. It glimmers under the sunlight shining through the tinted windshield. Levi seems satisfied.
You stare at how similarly the silver reflects his eye color. Trying to swallow the lump in your throat with how his thumb his pressing against the pulse on your wrist, and focus instead on the jingle of the charm dangling underneath. No attention needs to be paid on how the light hits the length of his nose, or how his lips somehow always look perfectly glossy right after he absentmindedly licks them.
"Looks nice."
Yeah, he does.
"Do you like it?"
It takes you a few moments to collect yourself enough to give Levi an answer. He's patient, pulling away and taking his sweet time to let the warmth of his fingertips leave your skin.
"Uh-huh. Thanks for the early present."
Levi pats your thigh, and you don't miss the subtle squeeze he gives too.
"Are you really not gonna tell me what you have planned on my actual birthday?" You try to pry again to avoid running your thoughts into other tangents over these silly little touches and glances.
"No." It's absolute in his tone. "You'll have to practice some of that patience I taught you."
You blow a raspberry. "I don't think you did a very good job at teaching me at all, honestly."
"Clearly. Maybe I should give you a couple more lessons." He chuckles, low and decorated with amusement as he shifts in his seat.
"Maybe you should." Not that you'd ever complain about these "lessons" anyway. 
The entire drive home, the habitual grip Levi has on your thigh never leaves. You wonder how aware of it he is. Or if it’s just become another one of his habits with you. There’s a small smile on his lips, too. It stays there, and you sit in silence with admiration for it, to afraid to speak and distract him from whatever seemingly peaceful thought must be running in his head.
You prop your arm on the door’s armrest, the bracelet shifting a bit downwards with the movement. Maybe you could buy him a matching one for his birthday, if he ever tells you when it is.
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weebswrites · 3 years
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hiii I’m really sorry to add on if you have a lot of requests to tend to so please feel free to ignore this if it’s too much! May I ask for some headcanons with the obey me brothers helping mc with very bad social anxiety please?
Idk why but my anxiety has gotten worse lately and it really sucks :( i hope you have a nice day! :)
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The Demon Bros Comforting You with Social Anxiety
A/N: Hello 🍓, apologies for making you wait a bit for this, my mental health has taken a dive but I'm dyeing my hair to look like Xiao from genshin impact tonight to try to cheer myself up lol. Sending you all the best vibes and if you need to talk or anything ever you know where to find me ♥
SEE MORE: comforting MC from a nightmare , acting like your big brother , helping MC on a traumaversary
I also feel it'd be very similar to how they react when MC has asthma
Lucifer
• Surprisingly, he has a bit of social anxiety himself
• This makes it much easier for you to talk to him about certain situations that make you uneasy
• Whatever you need, a hand to hold or an excuse to leave early, he'll do it
• He's big on noticing little things about you, so he studies your breathing and learns your habits. If he notices you start to breathe heavier or breaths getting shallow? You're outta there. He's holding your hands in his and taking deep breaths with you
Mammon
• Will do whatever you ask of him to help you feel better
• Sometimes he even takes things into his own hands, if he notices you fidgeting more than usual
• Just wants you to be okay, whatever that means
• Will buy you LOADS of fidget toys / jewelry / etc to help you
Leviathan
• Definitely has social anxiety as well
• The two of you work together, only going to the events you had to and the occasional one you wanted to
• When there would be a dance or event put on by Diavolo, the two of you would devise a plan to check in with each other and make sure you were feeling okay
• Lucifer knew Levi sometimes had panic attacks too, so if either of you needed to step away for a minute he understood, which definitely helped
Satan
• Bitch if you don't take care of yourself 😤😡👊
• No matter how tall, heavy, or hesitant you are, he will pick your ass up and bring you to your safe space if you need it
• Sits you down, wraps you in a blanket (or his arms), and kneels in front of you
• Takes you through breathing exercises he's found most useful and stays with you as long as you need
Asmodeus
• My initial thought was that he'd draw you a warm bath and surround you in warmth until you felt better
• Which he'd definitely do post the event, but during the time when you were out and about he'd have a plan too
• He'd take your hand in his, letting you squeeze as hard as you could to release some of your anxiety
• A fantastic liar, too, so if you needed to leave he'd get you out of there immediately
Beelzebub
• The type to hug you just tight enough it calmed your shaking nerves
• He was never very physical with his brothers, but with you it's normal for him to walk over to you and wrap an arm around you
• So when you needed him to be there for you, his brothers didn't think twice (perfect because they can't make a big deal about you feeling anxious if they don't pick up on it)
• His brothers don't really argue with him much either, so if he walks up and says he wants some MC time, sure they'll complain a bit, but won't put up a fight
Belphegor
• Your mutual love for naps was lovely
• He'd say he wanted a nap, and wanted you to take it with him
• Who's gonna say no to that?
• He also holds your hand when needed, and whispers words of affirmation in your ears
• Will trace little patterns on your hand when you need something external to focus on
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m-jelly · 2 years
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helloooo jelly!
how are you doing these days? i hope you’re always happy and healthy. i have a request to make but i see you have a lot to do so take as much time as you’d like with this one.
anyway, i want to request a modern au whereby reader and levi are office colleagues. reader has always had a crush on levi but never did anything about it because she’s scared that he’d reject her because she’s just a plain jane and there’s so many other girls in the office prettier than her. everytime she feels confident in herself it all came crashing down looking at her beautiful colleagues knowing levi would never fall for someone like her. levi is known in the office as the hot guy (the girls would gossip and gush about him making her feel defeated) but what she didn’t know is that levi likes her just as much because he thought she’s the cutest especially when she’s shy and she’s very gentle or graceful (idk the english word for it 🙁) he’d sometimes look at her when she’s not looking. one time the reader caught levi staring at her with a smile on his face but she doesn’t think much of it, thinking he was just thinking about something else and happened to be looking in her direction. and idk one day he just confessed or something? hehe. i’m not creative with the ending but do as you’d like, i love your stories regardless.
sorry if my english is weird. it’s not my first language. love you jelly and thank you for all of your hard work! you make my days so much better with your stories 🤍
Your English is wonderful. Thank you for sending this to me! <3
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@kenkopanda-art <3
Office space.
Pairing: Levi x Reader
Genre and tags: modern AU, romance, fluff, falling in love, cute, confessions.
Concept: Levi helps Erwin run an office and manages people within it. Not only is Levi popular due to his position but also because of his looks. You are a receptionist in his department and you sit in view of Levi's office. You have always liked Levi, but you believe the other women in your office are nicer looking. Levi likes you, but he is a bit shy to admit his feelings. Levi finally confesses to you shocking you and the others.
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You walked into work before everyone else. You knew that for at least two hours, it'd be you and maybe Levi and Erwin. You checked the office door to find it unlocked, meaning they were in. You smiled a little before walking to your desk. You turned everything on and took your coat off.
Today you were being brave and trying something cute with your clothes. You had a nice skin-hugging turtleneck tucked into a skirt. You were pretty proud of yourself and thought you looked nice. You looked over to Levi's office to see the blinds were open and he was gazing at you.
You walked over to his door and knocked. "Sir?"
Levi opened his office door and said your name softly. "Morning."
You smiled at him in his perfect suit. "Could I make you your morning tea?"
"Please."
You bowed to him. "Right away."
He watched you leave and groaned a little. "She looks so good." He ruffled his hair and paced a little. "Shit, shit, shit." He looked up and felt his worries melt away when you came back. "Thank you."
You handed the tea over. "You're welcome. Have a good day."
You returned to your desk and turned your phone on. You put your earpiece in and started logging into your systems and answering emails. You smiled at people when they came in for the day and admired a lot of their nice outfits. You thought all the ladies in the office were so pretty.
You watched the ladies talk and flirt with Levi, but it seemed to go right over his head. You blushed when he kept glancing over at you when he was out and about or in his office. You smiled back at him when you caught his eye. You didn't want to be rude.
"Fuck me." One of the girls sighed. "Levi is so hot today."
Her friend sighed. "He has no idea what he does to us."
"I'd love nothing more than for him to bend me over his desk." She giggled and leaned on your desk. "Hey, hon? Could you fax these sensitive documents?"
"Sure."
She turned back to her friend. "I'm gonna ask him on a date."
Her friend gasped. "You so totally should!"
"I'm gonna do it now!" She turned back to you and took her papers back. "Hey, so you know the boss well. Do you have any advice?"
You gulped a little. "Umm...he likes tea."
"Got it!" She eyed you. "Oh, you were trying to look nice today. Well, good effort."
You looked down at yourself and felt terrible about how you looked. You grabbed the thick cardigan you always have hanging off the back of your chair, then wrapped it around yourself. You took off your pretty jewellery and put it away in your bag. You let out a long sigh and started working again.
Levi patted your desk making you jump. "Hey, can you come with me?"
You looked up at him. "Uh, sure." You grabbed your notebook and pen before following Levi into his office. "How can I help?"
Levi closed his door and his blinds. "Sit."
You sat down and opened your notepad. "I'm ready."
He walked over to his drinks area and got you a glass of water. "Here."
"Thanks."
He sat down next to you and hummed. "So, I was asked out."
You looked over at him. "Congratulations. When's your first date?"
"Oh, I'm not dating her, but I do have a date." He cleared his throat. "At least I hope I do."
You smiled. "Fun."
"Write it down?"
You nodded. "Sure."
He stared at your pad. "Saturday, six at night at the umm...sushi place."
You smiled. "Fun!"
"I just need confirmation she's coming."
"What's her name?" You nodded when he said your full name. You wrote it down and paused a moment. "Wait..." You looked up at Levi to see he was blushing hard. "Me?"
He rubbed the back of his neck. "Yeah, you."
You nibbled your lip. "Are you sure? I mean, there are so many other beautiful women in this office."
"You don't think you're beautiful?"
You laughed. "Come on Levi. I'm a plain Jane and the girls out there..." you looked to the office door "they're amazing and wonderful and sexy. I'm nothing much."
Levi reached over and held your hands. "You have no idea how beautiful you are. You take my breath away every time I look at you. I am so..." He put his head in his hands and groaned. "You're just so wonderful. I know you think I'd want the others, but I really don't. I want to be with you."
You looked down at the date for a moment before you looked back up at Levi. "Six, huh?"
Levi looked over at you. "Yeah, six."
You nibbled your lip. "Alright."
He moved closer to you as excitement filled him. "Really?"
You nodded shyly. "I have to confess I've liked you for a very long time, but I didn't think you'd like a girl like me."
"Oh, I really like you." He gulped. "May I kiss you?"
You leaned closely. "Yes."
Levi placed a delicate kiss against your lips and sighed through his nose. He felt his whole body tingle at finally kissing you. He pulled back and smiled. "Better than I thought it'd be."
You tilted your head and smiled. "Yeah, you're right." You kissed him again and moaned a little. You blushed and looked away. "I didn't mean to make that noise."
"I liked it."
You smiled. "So, what are we going to tell the others?"
He held your hand. "We'll keep it quiet to stop gossip and the others being mean to you. We will have to sign papers with HR though."
You snuggled up to him and kissed his shoulder. "Yes." You pulled away and stood up. "I should get to my desk."
Levi stood up and hugged you tightly. "Just...stay with me a little longer."
You hugged him back. "Okay."
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moeruhoshi · 3 years
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"I heard Wakaba-sensei is taking over our class for Macao-sensei since his wife just had a baby," Levy hummed, making small talk as the group walked together down the bustling main street. "I hope we get to see pictures soon!"
"Juvia would love to see baby pictures," The other blunette sighed, peering into a shop window they passed by. "Or buy baby clothes...ah, it'd be so nice to be a mom."
"What're you talking about?" Gray rose an eyebrow. "We're not even in college yet, it's barely our third year of high school!"
"A girl can dream, can't she?" Erza pushed her way into the conversation. "Motherhood sounds very appealing."
"I'm gonna tell the pres you said that," Gajeel teased her, snickering as her face blew up with a blush. "Maybe start looking for a wedding venue first."
"T-That's...!"
"What about you, Natsu?" Lisanna asked as she nudged her best friend.
"I don't think I could be a mom," He shrugged, smirking as his friends laughed. "Grandine just had a kid, I think I've seen enough to wait until I'm at least thirty."
"Oh hush! But baby Wendy does make me feel like a mom when I come over. She's so cute!"
Their conversation melted in with the chatter on the street, the high school students enjoying their day window shopping and going out for lunch.
The center of town was filled with all sorts of things to do; farmers markets, clothing stores, arcades and movie theaters. Lisanna's sister, Mirajane, was the head chef at one of the most popular restaurants in town, the group always reserved a special table by the kitchen.
They usually took one look around at any new arrivals before stopping to eat. That way they really knew what to spend their money on before they started heading home. It was a much better system than standing around in Heart Kruez for three hours while Erza tried to decide between two tops.
"Mira-nee asked me to grab a couple spices before we went over," Lisanna said as she detoured them into the farmers market. "Let's get them before we forget."
The others followed obediently, their eyes hungry for all the fresh fruits and vegetables lined in carts. This is where they usually went for dessert, everyone choosing from the selection of crepes, fudges, and other chocolate dipped items.
"I hope it's something spicy," Natsu sighed happily as his thoughts began to drift. "I still can't get over that super spicy hot pot she made for my birthday last year."
"I still can't get over the fact that you asked for hot pot in the middle of summer," Gray shook his head and held his stomach, remembering how fowl the concoction tasted. "You're the only person on earth who'd eat that mess."
"Oh yeah? Sucks that you have a little bitch for a tongue." Natsu shrugged, matching Gray's energy as he threw a glare toward him.
"No fighting." Erza stood between them as they stopped, vendors nearby feeling a tingle run up their spine at the presence of her defined aura.
"You guys won't be so cranky once we've eaten." Levy said, moving to look over the spices with Lisanna.
"Yeah, don't be so embarrassing in public." Gajeel egged them on, avoiding Erza's glare as she turned her head.
"Hey...oh my gosh," Juvia gasped as she pulled on Gray’s sleeve. "Isn't that...look over there."
She attempted to whisper to the raven-haired boy, but it wasn't hard for them to miss in this slightly empty end of the stalls.
They all turned to look at where she was looking, Natsu feeling his stomach immediately tie into knots.
"Oh...wow..." His throat felt dry, his tongue sitting like sandpaper in his mouth. He felt the blood rush to his cheeks, his heart hammering in his chest. Just how long had it been?
"Isn't that...?" Gajeel awkwardly scratched the back of his neck, feeling the tension of the situation.
"Lucy..."
She was Natsu's ex-girlfriend back from when they were in middle school. It was as amicable as any breakup could be, at least for kids who couldn't manage anything long distance. Her family had moved away within a year of their relationship, Natsu's first love ending on a random Sunday evening.
But now, here she was, shopping in her hometown with some guys arm drooped over her shoulders.
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Thank you:) I think I get your point, although now I'm trying to decide if something is very wrong with me))
I usually walk around people like they are made of glass, trying to avoid causing any possible harm. And I feel like words are important, they may unintentionally cause a lot of harm. My MC couldn't possibly call Mammon a pet, an idiot or any other words because there's a possibility of him being hurt. Probably because of that it's really hard for me to feel that "servant" is just a word without real meaning here. Although I think you're right in your answer, and thank you for that.
(This is gonna be long so for anyone just tuning in; in a previous ask, they asked me what I thought of Mammon referring to MC as his "servant" and I gave a long ass answer (with explanations & examples) to basically say "it's cool, it just sounds like bestfriends being dicks to each other for fun")
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There's nothing wrong with the way you see it! That's why I tried to add as many "the way I see it"s in my initial answer:
Everyone views friendships and interactions in their own way and that's completely okay.
And I said that teasing your friends in this way is "normal" because it is but not doing so because you feel uncomfortable is also normal. "Normal" is a highly relative term and what's normal to one person could not be for another. So yeah, there's nothing "wrong" about the way you see things
Like I said I have a friend I've known for 17yrs who I'd never mess around with like that cause she sees things in a similar way to how you described it. Plus the sister of the friend I said I texted; I would never say anything even remotely "mean" to her despite the fact that her sister and I are constantly playfully snapping at each other
This is a real example of how our friendship works:
Me: *running in circles around the sitting room, choking on my laughter while her sister chases me, cursing me out and screaming bloody murder because I drew a man getting a blowjob on her arm*
Her: *sitting and sipping her tea as we leap over her legs, while also trying to interject every once in a while to ensure she won't have two funerals on hand later on*
Coming back to OM! , I figured I could break down Mammon & MC's characteristics more so that maybe it'd be easier to see it as just teasing? So that even if it's not something you or your MC would do you'd at least be less uncomfortable if something similar happens in the game again?
1.) MAMMON
Mammon's a very rough and tumble character (I honestly relate to him (and Levi) much more than I do to MC. I don't kin him or whatever but while playing OM! I noticed an unfortunate number of my irl personality traits in him, so if someone wants to come shoot me dead I'll give you my address - don't get me wrong I love the boy but he's a hot mess and I don't wanna keep having my own traits thrown back in my face)
Ugh, ANYWAY Mammon's a very rough and tumble character,
He's sweet and soft and considerate and stupidly in love with MC but he's also a jerk. That's a part of his character. Despite how soft he is, it's crucial that everyone keeps in mind that he is not a squishy marshmallow character. (None of the OM! characters are tbh, not even Luke or Simeon or Diavolo or general MC).
He's got edges and a lot of them. And if that's something you forget then when he does act on those edges you can end up feeling betrayed and hurt and no one wants that to happen! MC and Levi seem to understand it/describe it the best. During the first beach event, MC gives Mammon a shell with spikes on the outside that's all nice and smooth and soft and pretty on the inside cause it reminds them of him. During Mammon's 2020 birthday event, Levi calls him an asshole with a heart of gold (twice?).
Whenever I write fics for them, I always make sure to add in the fact that Mammon's not all sunshine and rainbows into them because:
a.) I wanna stick to his canon characterisation as much as possible
b.) I don't wanna give people false expectations of what he's actually like
He cries while watching nature documentaries and during the sad parts of movies; he stole and sold Asmo's jewellery and Levi's games. <- both canonical facts about Mammon.
•He definitely swears (Lucifer even tells him to watch his language at some point) and the reason he doesn't say fuck in-game is 100% cause of the rating of the game and that's a hill I'll die on and even with the rating he does curse the most from the brothers - saying things like "bastard" or "son of a-" in the game itself
•He likes pulling at people's feathers just for the fun of it even when he knows it'd get him in trouble
•He cheats and scams
• He picks on Luke (despite also canonically doting on him)
•He plays stupid pranks because he thinks they're fun
•In a chat when he gets in trouble and MC says something like "I knew this would happen" he replies with something like "why don't ya look in ta that crystal ball of yours and see the poundin' I'll give ya". (He meant he was gonna fight them, not sex get your mind outta the gutter!) Recently when MC teases him about something he replies with something like "Do ya want to fight me" <- and that's why in at least two of my fics these two end up playfully wrestling
and MC as a character usually matches his energy;
2.) MC
Om! did amazing in trying to make MC as blank as possible so that the players could project on to them but making a fully blank character is impossible if you want the story to progress. So general MC has personality traits and canonically (according to what the other characters have said about them or what is explicitly shown) they are:
Curious
Stubborn
Determined
Calm & Collected
Optimistic
Blunt
Prone to daydreaming
Another personality trait is that, with Mammon they tend to tease him. And yes the "with Mammon" is important because there's notably less teasing with the other brothers - which honestly makes it feel like MC's more comfortable with teasing Mammon and knowing/trusting him to know that none of it is meant. Sometimes MC teasing Mammon is inevitable, eg: both choices the player is given to choose from are them teasing him OR it's the only option they are given. So examples for this:
• MC calling him "demon" when he calls them "human"
• MC saying "you're a demon can't you do something" when he says that as a sorcerer they should do something to keep the two of them together
•the player having no option but to keep teasing Mammon about being scared of Lucifer until he agreed to help them get the TSL soundtrack from Levi
•The player having no option but to make Mammon agree to help solve Satan & Lucifer's problems, before they are able to release him from where Beel tied him up
•MC calling him a pet in the chat (to which Mammon replies with something like "careful I bite" which is him teasing them right back and not getting upset*)
•MC saying he's "rather big for a baby" when they come to interview for the babysitter job in S3
•MC says he's being too dramatic during the TSL devilgram (can't remember if they called him a drama queen or if they called him melodramatic or if they just said "too dramatic")
Honestly there's a lot more instances of them being like this with Mammon.
* The chat of MC calling him their "pet" is such a contrast to the chat where they call him "an idiot". Like I said in the original answer, it's about boundaries. MC was obviously teasing in both chats but in the second one he actually gets hurt and upset by it while in the first he just fires back at them. He's constantly called an idiot by his brothers so it makes sense that this hurt him and not the "pet" chat. It's why I had to write a long fix-it fic for the "idiot" chat but not the other.
I think a large part of this side of MC & Mammon's relationship can be summarised by that part in (I think?) the driving/pool devilgram where he barges in to their room, they yell at him to knock, so he stomps out, knocks loudly and then immediately barges in before they can respond and is like "ya happy now!?"
☆Other than with the "idiot" chat where MC accidentally crossed his boundaries I don't think Mammon has ever been hurt by any of their teasing. He's even said that they're the only one who's nice to him/supports him (in the picnic devilgram and in the office devilgram) and that they're the only one he trusts not to play a mean prank on him (during his 2020 birthday event)
☆MC has no problem calling Mammon out when he's being a jerk and establishing their boundaries. Eg: throughout all the first lessons in S1, when he's mean to Luke in S3, when he got too bossy in the "business" devilgram. So if he did say something that genuinely hurt them, they'd say so and you know he'd immediately backtrack and apologise
tldr:
There's nothing wrong with the different ways people interpret/show friendship and given Mammon's personality if he was a real person he'd definitely change the way he talks to/interacts with a close friend who is uncomfortable with the usual way he talks to/interacts with close friends. But since he's instead a character who is programmed to react to the things MC says and does, and since MC themself (despite being made as blank as possible) has their own programmed personality that doesn't really mind the usual way Mammon talks to/interacts with his close friends, there's very little chance there'll be a change. Meaning with more seasons, events and devilgrams coming out there's a possibility that there will be more similar instances to Mammon calling MC his 'servant' or MC calling Mammon their 'pet' as a form of friendly ribbing. So hopefully, all that I said during this whole answer kinda showed that it's all friendly/playful and that neither party is getting hurt and while I know this won't make you okay or happy with it, I hope that if it happens again it'd make you less uncomfortable💕
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•Shadow Gear + Gajeel•
《 Oracle cards:
1. Take the time to enjoy the stars
2. Let it all out!! Cry as much as you need!! And know that I’m here for you and will always support you!!
3. You're so loved and cared for, even if you can't see it. If you can't see it, others will 》
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Even after everything, it'd been hard to forget about Gajeel's origins and past; growing up in a dark guild, his only worth being strong and rising above the rest, being used during the attack of Fairy Tail.
Gaining trust was... difficult, after not knowing what trust or care was. Making friends, hanging out with others, he never cared for any of it. Until there was Team Shadow Gear.
The two fools Jet and Droy would constantly fight for Levy's attention, even growling at Gajeel when he'd get too close. It felt warm, though, like it wasn't serious hostility; something joking, lighthearted and comfortable. He teases them easily, grinning down at the group, often joking at the three about their height differences.
But some days, it felt like he was still there. He'd make a comment, one joke taken wrongly, and suddenly he's a boy back in Phantom Lord again.
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It's Jet who finds him first, sitting alone at the park. He pauses when their eyes meet, thinking over his options of what to say, what he could do.
"Appreciating the stars?" He finally asks, looking up at the night sky. "You should take a break to do so, sometimes. It's really nice."
"Yeah? It's... really quiet, aint it?" Gajeel asks, staring up at the stars. He wonders, for a moment, if he could find any constellations? Levy would know about those.
"Mmhm," Jet hums, sitting on the ground near Gajeel. "So, uh... you're... alright?"
"Hm, yeah. Just... needed that break, I guess." Being around others, knowing what to say - it's difficult. Tiring. So, he takes that break, enjoying the cool air and the many stars shining above them.
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Levy and Droy catch up some time later, Droy panting and out of breath from running. Jet laughs at the two and pats the ground next to him, inviting the two to sit nearby.
"Hey- finally... finally found you," Droy gasps, quickly falling to sit next to Jet. "Is he- uh... is he okay?" His tone falls into a whisper as he gestures towards Gajeel, nervous to approach the other alone.
"Yeah, just needed some fresh air. It's calm out here." The two nod, and Droy nervously rubs the back of his neck.
"Well, hm... take a break for as long as you need. We're here for you." He tries, nervous, but lights up when Gajeel offers him a small smile.
Levy takes her seat in front of the trio, falling to lay on her back. "He's right, yknow. We're not blind - We're here because we care about you. If you can't see it, that's okay. We will."
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It's warm. Comfortable. Time passes easily like this, enjoying the stars together, Levy even pointing out stars constellations.
Maybe, a past couldn't matter anymore? Gajeel would be here in the present, shaping his own future.
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