#warrior cadets

[lesuerts]

Maybe unpopular opinion: I didn't want to have another spin-off of levi despite loving him very much.

This is what I wanted to have:

• hange's, miche/mike's and nanaba's past

• how petra and co were chosen to be levi's squad

• training of the warrior cadets (reiner and co gen) and more of them (especially galliard brothers)

• the 5 year gap where reiner and co were in paradis but what happened in marley (more of gabi, zofia, udo and falco; pieck and porco; colt and zeke (as mentor); or more of the situation of the eldia in marley)

• veteran trio (hange, erwin, miche/mike) or also with moblit and nile in the training corps and their first expedition outside (except nile ofc)

Just little short stories, a few chapters about that

[melishade]

Ok so I thought of a scenario we all know that megatron was a miner before he became a gladiator and he recognizes minerals and crystals , what if when he was in Marley a warrior cadet got this rock and megatron recognized it as a geode , opened it , and started telling them what type of crystal it was and the grade of it , then the warriors started bringing rocks to him.

What do you think?

I think it would be both really sweet and really hilarious in hind sight.

Like the Warrior Cadets found the rock during training and didn't think too much of it. They're just throwing it around. Megatron sees them doing that and demands to know why. They say cause their board, but it's clear to Megatron that they don't know what it is. Megatron is obviously annoyed and he snatches the geode away from them before going to get a chisel and a hammer.

The Cadets obviously follow him as Megatron sets the geode on the table and starts hammering away to cut the thing open. He does angle it in a way that cuts the geode into four pieces for each of the little kids. When he's done, they can't help but marvel at it, and Megatron scolds over their ignorance. Don't be stupid and careless with that! Those things are valuable!

But they don't know what a geode is. This is their first time seeing it up close. Once Megatron realizes that, he feels pity and decides to give them a small lesson on geodes and how to identify them.

But now, they start to annoy him with every rock they find, asking if it's a geode. And Megatron has to drag Reiner to them and tell him to break the rocks with his titan powers because they won't stop bugging him.

[rosec0urtz]

Bertolt: Christa has green eyes right?

Reiner: Christas eyes are blue with a hint of light blue when the light hits just right.

Bertolt: And when was the last time she smiled?

Reiner: Last night at 12:03 am

Bertolt: Right, and when's my birthday?

Reiner:

Bertolt: When's my birthday, Reiner?

[paramnesiacomic]

Oh. Previous

[mousecracker]

Reiner, Annie and Pieck are forced family, they dont like each other but they're all they got left

[clarchive]

while on the topic of cadet!rei.ner, i also don't...think he has a personality disorder? i think he did what any kid would do in that situation, where he dissociated enough to be able to keep both his secret and his revealed side out to everyone. he wasn't secluded like ber.tolt and ann.ie; re.iner stepped into paradi.s and the corps and found people who treated him like he was worth something. the entire time he was in mar.ley growing up, he was nothing more than a pawn. both to his mother and to the government –– and even to ma.rcel. he was only put forward because mar.cel put him up on a pedestal in order to protect por.co. all rei.ner had ever wanted since he was a child was to unite his family –– something that kar.ina knew was impossible, but in a petty act of revenge she kept filling his head with lies and hopes in order to obtain it. it was never because she wanted their family to be united –– it was because she was angry that she had become pregnant from a fling and that the mar.leyan hadn't taken her with him due to his own family and status. rei.ner spent so much time trying to become a warrior in order to give her that revenge, not knowing that it wasn't a noble cause. all he had thought of is that he would finally, finally have both his parents in his life.

then you have him on parad.is for that very first mission –– and as mar.cel tells him he's nothing, that none of this is his own doing, he gets eaten. he's confused as hell and running for his life and it's not until he stops that he realizes what had happened. and while no, it's not right that he wanted to continue the mission and wanted to stay, what was he supposed to do? an.nie hits him with the truth that if they go back, he'll be stripped of his titan. what child at that age wants to think about their death? about the dishonor it'll bring their family? he's a child and it's put on his shoulders, over and over again, that this is what he has to do. this is all re.iner has. i don't believe he dissociated into mar.cel's personality at all –– i think rei.ner tried to save his own ass and step up afterward because this is all he had. if he had listened to ber.tolt and ann.ie, he would have been eaten. no child is going to want that willing. so he stepped into a more leader type role –– growing into a teenager throughout their time training for the military and heading into their graduation.

and that's the thing right there –– he meets people who are just like him, even if they're supposed to be his enemies. he looks ere.n in the eye and knows that he's made him suffer, that he's lost his mother because of him and ber.tolt. but even then it's still just playing pretend –– until er.en comes to him and asks him to help him with the odm gear. it's all pretend until he realizes that he likes these people, that they look up to him and for a change he's not looked down on. rein.er really only had bertolt to rely on in paradi.s. we don't see ze.ke, pi.eck, mar.cel, por.co, or ann.ie be especially forthcoming with him. mar.cel apologies for his brothers behavior, but that's about it. ze.ke scolds him for being emotional and tells him to hurry up so he doesn't get his ass kicked again. only ber.tolt picked him up and tried to get his head on straight. now he's among everyone else where he's this big brother type –– they look at him like he means something. they look at him like he's a leader. they look up to him, even on the field when he's taking down titans. and it's no longer a play thing –– it's so much easier for him to think of himself as part of the wings of freedom than think of himself as a warrior, because these are people who value his life. back home, he's a weapon, a means to an end. they won't even remember him when his thirteen years are up if he doesn't have a heavy military accomplishment. these people here don't know anything about him. they just know that he's good at what he does, that he'll protect them, and that he cares about them. even after the reveal, even when he's forced to fight them all or die, rei.ner still cares.

when rein.er returns to marl.ey and is almost stripped of his titan repeatedly because of his failure, no one stops to think about the things that he's lost, because no one has the same connection that he does. only maybe ze.ke, and that's just because of e.ren. other than that, the only two people who would've understood are gone –– ber.tolt has been eaten and ann.ie is in a crystal. and rei.ner is so damn alone, even though he's trying to prove himself, over and over again in order to maintain his life. he's eighteen and he's still trying to prove to the world that he deserves to live. even when he talks about conn.ie, je.an, and sas.ha, he doesn't say they're devils. he literally gives his family the most mundane info about them –– how stupid co.nnie is, how sa.sha stole a potato. it isn't a man that's dissociated and split personalities and can't remember anything. it's a man that's broken and misses the friends he was never supposed to make.

not to mention after those two incidences to push the narrative along that rei.ner, ber.tolt, and a.nnie weren't what they seemed, rei.ner's 'split personality' was never mentioned or seen again. it was a plot point that was lost, and personally, it makes more sense for a child soldier to have a trauma response and compartmentalize and get lost in the fact that he's finally wanted, versus believing that he randomly had a disorder for a few key plot points and then moved on, because something like that doesn't happen. there's deeper roots than that. it's more believable to see the situation for what it is: a child deeply traumatized that loses his family and forever misses them but can't gain them back. it makes more sense to realize that rei.ner was just a child, and therefore doing what he could to survive, while also finding a place in his cruel world where he was wanted. it's not until ber.tolt reminds him of home each time and what they have to do that he truly gives into the warrior that he was trained to be. even if it meant losing everyone.

because he was born a marl.eyan, was born a warrior, and no matter how much he wishes he was an island devil because it would be so much simpler and so much more perfect for him, he isn't. and it's why he's so much more jaded as he grows older –– he misses his youth and misses the love and affection he had had, even if it were only in the form of soldiers. because rei.ner has always wanted to just fit in and have the world look up at him and not down on him. in para.dis, he was a useful soldier. in mar.ley, he's nothing more than a pawn.

[teufelme]

fears.

bold any fears which apply to your muse. italicize what makes them uncomfortable.

the dark ⋆ fire ⋆ open water ⋆ deep water ⋆ being alone ⋆ crowded spaces ⋆ confined spaces ⋆ change ⋆ failure ⋆ war ⋆ loss of control ⋆ powerlessness ⋆ prison ⋆ blood ⋆ drowning ⋆ suffocation ⋆ public speaking ⋆ natural animals ⋆ the supernatural ⋆ heights ⋆ death ⋆ dying ⋆ intimacy ⋆ rejection ⋆ abandonment ⋆ loss ⋆ the unknown ⋆ the future ⋆ not being good enough ⋆ scary stories ⋆ speaking to new people ⋆ poverty ⋆ loud noises ⋆ being touched ⋆ forgetting ⋆ being forgotten ⋆ hospitals

bertolt suffers from thanatophobia, the feeling of dread, apprehension or solicitude when one thinks of the process of their own death/dying, as opposed to necrophobia, which is a specific fear of dead or dying people and/or things. despite his calmness and fearlessness in the face of death and destruction, he is absolutely terrified of dying himself. if he feels as though his life is in danger, he won’t hesitate to act and it is one of the only things that will get him to act.

he also fears failure, namely where his mission is concerned. loss of control when it comes to his fellow agents (particularly his control over reiner) or the direction of the mission also applies (also loss in general).

after being abandoned and left to die in canon, he fears a repeat of said events in survival aus.

tagged by.  taken from my old blog. tagging.   feel free to steal, i'm tagging you if you're reading anyway >:)

[strelles-universe]

The Cats of ThunderClan: Maskpaw

Name: Maskpaw

Other Names: N/A

Meaning: Secretive

Age: 12 moons (Book 5 - Ch 5)

Identity: Demimolly - She/Her

Orientation: Bisexual - Polyflexible

Rank: Apprentice - Hunter

Former Rank(s): N/A

Maskpaw is a thick-furred cinnamon mackerel tabby molly with sharp orange eyes and a natural bend in her tail. Her muzzle is a bit rounder than needed and in combination with the bend, her tail looks naturally short. Maskpaw inherited her mother’s sturdy and muscular build with thick paws. Maskpaw is the only living child of Brokentail, produced between her mother and the cruel tom during her sweet-cycle though she was born a twin to her brother, Barkkit. Only a few hours after confirming that Barkkit was male, Brokentail stole the poor kit away and disposed of him - claiming he wanted no contest to his throne when he eventually retook ShadowClan.

Maskkit was told as soon as she was old enough to realize most cats had fathers but she had never seen or met her own. It was a difficult revelation for her but it did explain the cautious looks she received whenever cats spotted her bent tail. She got over it soon enough, determined to prove that she wasn’t her sire and to live well for her brother who didn’t get to live at all.

Maskpaw made quick friends with Snowpaw in the nursery and considers him her best friend in the whole clan. She learned pawspeak alongside him both to let them plot pranks in private and it make it easier for his brother to talk to him. She was worried for him when he confessed a dislike for violence and wasn’t interested in becoming a guard despite the pressure his mother was putting on him. Maskpaw admires Mistlefall for standing up for her brother but she hopes that one day, Snowpaw stops caring about what Speckletail wants for him and does what makes him happy.

Maskpaw has a bit of a crush on her best friend and is aware that he seems to hold interest in her as well. With everything happening, Makspaw is willing to take a chance and start courting but wants to be a bit more certain of Snowpaw’s interest in her before she made a move.

Mentor(s): Dovetail

Apprentice(s): N/A

Parents: Hound (mother), Brokentail (sire)

Sweetparent(s): N/A

Auncle(s): Brindlekit (aunt/deceased), Dapplekit (aunt/deceased), Runningbay (uncle), Tangleburr (aunt), Deerfoot (uncle)

Sibling(s): Barkkit (brother/deceased)

Nephling(s): N/A

Cousin(s): N/A

Mate(s): N/A

Crush(es): Snowpaw

OoC Friends: N/A

Kit(s): N/A

[rosec0urtz]

Guys where the heck is bertholdt >:/ everyone here but him, was he not invited!

THE ACTOR AU IS REAL!!!!!!

【New Key Visual】

Attack on Titan Worldwide AfterParty

[hauntedwitchshop]

(via Love Warrior Photographic Print by HauntedWitch)

[esthercore]

Cw: Mild Dacryphilia, Gn Reader! Oral, Size kink, dom/sub, a bit non-withdrawable consent if you squint, user has a crush on Capitano, power play

Telling you, I won't slow down, won't slow down Girl, you gotta know right now, there's no way out Imma pull the trigger off And imma let these bullets talk

Capitano glared down at the little soldier in training standing in front of him, their eyes red from crying so hard, cheeks and nose flushed too, the makeshift tent filled with the noise of their sobs.

"Tears will do you no favor, this is the outcome of your own incompetency," he said, yet the way his pants tighten around him crotch by the sound of your pathetic noises.

Silly thing trying fight off some treasure hoarders who tried to meddle with the fatui cargo you were help shipping, only to ruin the supplies yourself, by falling over them. Your posture all wrong, can't even hold a sword properly, yet tried to be a hero just for his attention.

And you did get his attention, alright, especially from his dick who takes a special interest how perfect you look, especially when crying.

"Why not make up to me then, cadet?"

"Ho-"

His finger laid against your lips shushing you, so gentle, as he leaned down so that your forehead can touch the cold metal of his helmet, his hand cupping your face, lightly brushing away the tear stains, "Just be a good doll for me"

His hand patted your head lightly before lightly pushing you down, guiding you to your knees, leaning a bit back, his torso moving ahead, so his clothed dick rub against your face.

Looking up at him for approval, you gained a strong tap on your chin, "Hands on knees, no more waiting." So you followed, hands pressed down, lowering his zipper with your teeth, only to be greeted by the unholiest length in Tevyat, gasping out loud. His pretty uncut cock very thick, and long, veins all visible and the slight up tilt on the tip, oozing out trickles of pre cum on your parted lips.

Tired of your slow pace, he positioned hi hand on the back of your head, pushing it on his cock, making you gag at the sudden intrusion in your throat, causing you to slap his thigs as a reflex, eyes watering again, earning a sharp pull on your hair, forcing his cock deeper in your throat.

"If you can't be useful if the field might as well use your pretty body for something." God how he loved they tears rolling down your cheeks, "Don't act like you haven't been dreaming about this for month, I'm not blind if you aren't aware."

Silly thing want to crush on him? He had all the rumors about you moaning his name in your nightly 'self-care', they way you look at him like he's a god, they way you are unable to not blush around him. A warrior must be observant after all, he notice the way your body moves, how pretty you look while doing anything and everything, how much you are not suitable for the cruel battle grounds, how desperately you need someone to take care of you.

How suitable you are to stand alongside him in public, and how pretty below him in bed, all his to indulge in.

Well if you want him so bad then get ready to be the best cocksleeve in Tevyat and he happily be yours for the eternity, no take backs.

Wrote this honor of him invading my dreams last night, hoping he come or cum back.

[evilminji]

I just Literally Galaxy Brained :D???

Oh? My? God?

So here I am, on a Star Wars kick, when I Ponder my beloved Danny Phantom. As ya do! Who? I wonder? Could I mix into the star wars universe?

WHEN IT HITS ME.

You know who LOVES kids? Just... will Burn Down Planets for this kid they literally JUST met? Mandolorians. Know where you can find a SHIT ton of those, genetically? The GAR!

Those are CLONES, baby! WE got a Clone! She's feisty and adorable! Smol! Bites! Got them big ol tooka eyes and itty bitty hands! Likes to fly, explore, and fight! She's BASICALLY born for this!

Tell me they would collectively look at this tiny feral child, with her poofy lil hair and chubby cheeks, fangy lil grin and biting tendcy, and go "is BABY!" Come on, tell me. I'll call you a liar.

And you KNOW the Force and Ectoplasm are probably messy EXs. Dani could TOTALLY use they "why should you allow me in? .....because they're not the boss of you" argument to GREAT effect.

Here, Skywalker. Kenobi. Watch this mysterious child... foooooor.... uh, Reasons! Yes. I, the Force, definitely have valid reasons for doing this! I am NOT just being a petty bitch! #SoundsLegit

But? Gasp! The child is a Cadet?! A BABY Clone! Of WHO? A legendary warrior king, from what context they can gather. Made by his enemy. Sent to kill him. Forgiven then adopted. Ooooh, lots of life lessons there. Clone rights and forgiveness and such.

But more IMPORTANTLY, to the GAR?

BABY CLONE! Is BABY!!!

We are ALL Buir now! All of us. Biggest family in the galaxy. Dani is cool with it, congrats New Fenton's! On the Be-Fenton-ing! Tremble in FEAR, scrubs! It's OUR HOUSE NOW!! Mwahahahaha! *cackles from her perch on top of a table*

But... wait... what is that glowing stuff that you're getting low on?

Oh? This? New beloved Highly Unhinged Jedi Friends and Clone Dads? Oh it's just my LIFE SAVING MEDICINE that I NEED TO LIVE that I never told you about! :D

*horrified silence*

*PANIC*

It's okay. It's OKAY! Everybody STOP SCREAMING! W-well just reverse engineer... *machine makes the equivalent of a Dunno noise* FUCK! Okay! New plan! Dani, sweetie, lil warrior, what do you remember about your medicine? What does it DO, exactly?

Unstable clone.

Okay! Okay, that's a start! THEY are stable clones. Right? Right!

.........r-right? Are... are they SURE? Cause, I mean, it's ONE thing when it's just THEIR health on the line... but when it's their YOUNGLING? Their lil tooka Dani? Their ade? Are they SURE? How sure. Bet HER life on it sure?

....no. No they are not. They don't trust the long necks NEARLY that much. Time do do a DEEP deep scan. Best they can find. They got to make SURE. Boba might be the only STABLE clone... assuming the sleemo even told the truth about that.

And? They LEARN some stuff.

Like about the chip in their head's. Supposedly an "inhibitor chip". Sends Skywalker into a karking rage, cause that looks a whole lot like a slave chip to HIM. Dani says they can CHECK. Then doesn't wait for an answer as she sticks her HAND into someone's head to just... pluck it out. Hand it over to be sliced.

Dani, sweetie, c-can you do that for the rest of us? Sure!

But! The race is ON. To either figure out how to contact the original, stabilize Dani, or synthesize Ectoplasm in a universe that DOES NOT HAVE IT. All while unknowingly? Absolutely Fenton CURB STOMPING Ancient Sith Plans into oblivion.

As is the Fenton Way.

This IS The Way~☆

@hdgnj @babbling-babull @the-witchhunter @hypewinter @mutable-manifestation @legitimatesatanspawn @lolottes @spidori

[melishade]

Attack on Prime Chapter 96: After the War

Summary: Many recover from the effects of the rumbling, dealing with the many actions left behind and the wounds that won’t properly heal.

Sneak Peek:

Many of the world leaders backed down, not wanting to fight Willy on this. Kenshin then saw Willy tap the button on his communicator and turned his attention to Kenshin. “Now if you’ll excuse us, Kenshin and I have other matters we need to attend to.”

Kenshin and Kiyomi followed Willy out of the room, and Kenshin couldn’t help but notice some stares of jealously directed at him. “I could have spoken for myself, Tybur.”

“It’s better this way. My name still holds some weight,” Willy reasoned, “And due to Lara’s involvement and sacrifice during the Rumbling, the Tybur name has been restored and is even stronger than before.”

“But you didn’t bring your family back here,” Kenshin retorted.

“With the political climate as of now, I can’t risk putting my family in danger, especially when I don’t have my guard anymore,” Willy reasoned, “They’re safer on Earth for now, and I’ll bring them back later.”

“…Also you romanticizing Optimus isn’t going to be a good idea,” Kenshin warned.

“I have to create an invincible hero,” Willy retorted.

“As someone who’s actually communicated with him, he hates the idea of that,” Kenshin explained, “So be careful with how you do it.”

“…I think this is the best course of action,” Willy proclaimed, “Humanity can’t have a flawed savior to pick apart.”

“Well…you do that. And you have fun dealing with those greedy bastards,” Kenshin waved as he and Kiyomi walked ahead of him.

[rosec0urtz]

Hange: Levi and Erwin sitting in a tree 🎵

Levi: Hange get away from me 🎶

Hange: first comes love, then comes marriage,

Levi: and then comes a Hange with spinal damage.

[paramnesiacomic]

yo hru cadet 🗣️🗣️ (did you get hit by a car 😭⁉️)

[sugusearrings]

( ' safe & sound ' )

just close your eyes, the sun is going down you'll be alright no one can hurt you now come morning light you and i'll be safe and sound.

— summary: captain levi ackerman the strongest warrior alive is struggling to adjust after the war. but you (fem!reader) are there to remind him he deserves peace. — genre: fluff but tiny bit of angst. — playing: safe & sound by taylor swift — note(s): so aot just ended and i'm still in denial it's really over. my boy eren did nothing wrong but i understand, 80% is kind of a lot BUT HE WAS A CHILD WAR WEAPON. anyways, post war. SPOLIERS AHEAD JUST A FAIR WARNING OKAY. levi ackerman and reader have a slight age gape ( reader is 25 and levi is in his mid thirties). mentions of brief sex. mentions of scars and death. maybe some spelling errors i missed but i tried ~ levi may be grumpy and mean but he's a total softie to the reader. — word count: 2k

He inhaled sharply as his upper body sat up from his sleep. He could feel the cold sweat formed on his the side of his head rolling down. His chest rose up and down with each inhale he took. He ran his hand over his face. He glanced down at his hands. His two missing fingers always reminded him what happened almost five years ago now. The rumbling ending. Everyone is trying to rebuild a normal life. He never really knew what a normal life was. His life was all about fighting and survival and now it was over. What was Levi made for now?

He quickly reached over for his cane leaning against the nightstand.

Levi was determined not to be stuck to that damn chair, he did whatever exercise he could without putting too much on his body. There were some days he had to be wheeled around. But using the cane on the daily was happening often. He didn’t want to be helpless or dependent on anyone. He was never like that so why start now?

He made his way out of the bedroom and walked into the small hallway that normally took two minutes to pass but it felt entirely. He was on alert, adrenaline pumping through his veins already. How could he protect now? He felt so useless. Once the greatest warrior to this. At first it was hard accepting this new reality of his. All he wanted to do was sink more into the dark and isolate himself.

If he was gone, would anyone notice? Would anyone care? Those he loved and cared for were long gone leaving him alone. He never knew loneliness would become his true enemy.

He held his breath accepting his fate as he walked into the kitchen. His dull gray eye widen seeing you standing there already pouring some tea in one of his favorite cups. He nearly dropped his cane.

“Name…”

“Captain Levi?” You looked up at him a bit startled he was awake. He let out a heavy exhale.

“After all this time, you still callin’ me that?” He rolled his eye then shook his head. “Give me a break.” You giggled quietly with a light blush appearing on your cheeks.

“I’m sorry, it’s just an old habit I guess.”

“What are you doing up?” He asked you completely ignoring what you said.

“I figured you would want some tea when you would wake up.” You replied walking over to grab another cup from the cabinet. Levi could feel his ears beginning to burn. He cleared his throat.

“You…know?” You turned around to see the flustered older man. You tilted your head slightly to the side and was baffled. He thought he could hide his nightmares from you. His nightmares of the past.

“Of course I do.”

Your warm smile still made his heart throb the same way it did when you two met.

He found you the most annoying thing ever. You were too optimistic for his liking and you were very emotional. You were immature and very impulsive. But he adored that about you. You weren’t scared to stand up for what you believe in, even against him. When he was your captain and you were just a cadet on his squad. You two saw things from different perspectives but he respected that. He wasn’t sure if he ever told you he did.

“I’m sorry I woke you.” He made his way over to the nearest chair at the table. He pulled it out so he could sit. You took the cup full of tea and walked over to place it in front of him.

“It’s okay, Levi. Your nightmares don’t always wake me,” you placed your hand over his, “I have my own too, y’know?” You gave him a gentle squeeze.

The guilt sunk deep in Levi’s chest. How could he not think about you having your own trauma for what you both went through. Losing people you love, being injured and almost close to death several times. You had many scars to prove it. Especially the one on your neck reaching to the top of your chest. It was easier to hide but doesn’t mean it wasn’t a constant reminder when you would change outfits, shower, even during intimate times.

“I’m a horrible husband aren’t I, name?” He sighed deeply, reaching to grab his cup the same way he always has. You smiled remembering the time you made fun of the way he held his glass to your other comrades. It was all laughter until Levi was behind you the whole time. When you turned around looking white as a ghost seeing Levi glaring down at you. You screamed loudly then he made you clean his office and room from top to bottom.

“A little bit.” You teased him playfully. You grinned when your husband glared at you. “I’m kidding, Levi. How are you a bad husband?”

“My wife has fucking nightmares next to me and here I am sleeping.” He snapped. You bit your bottom lip and lowered your eyes. “But I even breathe a certain way, she knows if there’s something wrong with me.” He went on becoming more aggravated with himself.

“You’re being hard on yourself again.”

“You’re not denying it.” He countered. You sighed deeply.

“Levi…I have nightmares, yes. But you help me just by being there next to me.” You gave him another squeeze. Before he could say some smart ass remark you cut him off. “You remind me of what’s happening now. I can’t forget the past...I can never forget. But waking up next you eases it and makes it better to deal with.” Levi remained silent.

He couldn’t believe someone like you could ever love someone like him. To this day he would be in disbelief. You were so warm and he was so cold. But here you are sharing a life with him.

“You make it sound so easy.” He mumbled lowly.

“I know when you have nightmares when you hold onto me tight.” You admitted. His eye widened looking over at you. You smiled shyly looking away. You were trying to hide the dark blush on your cheeks but he would always see it. You couldn’t hide it from him.

He could remember the first time he made you blush. It was the first time he saw you with your hair down. When he complemented you ( in his own way that didn’t sound too mean ), you blushed. His heart fluttered how perfect you looked with your cheeks flushed.

“You woke up because I wasn’t in bed this time…” You spoke snapping him out of his own thoughts.

“I thought in a marriage there was no such thing as secrets.” He joked dryly.

You laughed covering your mouth with your hand. He noticed some faint scars on your hand. He remembered that scar. He remembers all the scars on every inch of your body. He would kiss them gently some nights making your breathing hitch. He would kiss the scar on your neck the most. He felt that needed the most attention. The day he almost lost you for good.

You were fighting alongside him against Zeke for the first time.

That’s when Levi realizes his feelings for you.

He stood by your side whenever he can, waiting for you to recover. He would even read out loud to you. When you woke up a few days later, you asked him to re-read the sentence he just read because you couldn’t hear him.

What nearly broke him when he thought you drank the wine with the spinal fluid.

Thankfully you didn’t but he confessed his feelings for you the same night. Yes, it was inappropriate for a caption to be with his cadet but he didn’t care about his title or yours in that moment. Levi just needed you to know in case something happened. He was ready to hear your rejection but when you confessed your own feelings for him, he was relieved.

That’s when Zeke did the explosion, Levi had enough time to push you off the wagon leaving him to suffer the injuries alone. He doesn’t regret it. He’ll do it all over again.

“Is this how you pictured how things would be after?” You asked him gently. Levi closed his eyes for a brief moment before opening them. His dull gray eyes staring into yours.

“Yes and no.”

“That’s not a fair answer, Captain Levi.”

“Name.”

“Sorry.” You held your hands up in defense. He sighed softly.

“Yes, I pictured this after the rumbling. Marrying you, having a normal life with you. Just being with you in peace. What I didn’t expect was to be like this.” He glanced down at his hand again that bandaged up from the fingers he lost from that explosion. “I wasn’t much of a looker then but god look at me now.” He let out a sad chuckle. You frowned, feeling your heart aching. Was he serious right now? You thought Levi was the most handsome man you ever met. You were drawn to his dark gray hues. During the day they would glisten.

“Levi, don’t think that. You’re still handsome to me and always will be.”

“Don’t feed me that shit, name.” Levi scoffed. His stubbornness was still the same as before. You sighed and rested your chin on your hand letting him ramble on his negativity. “Probably see me as a pity case.”

“If that’s so, why do we still make love four times a week?” You questioned. When you looked over to your husband who was silent but red in the face. You felt your lips curl up into a smirk. “Cat got your tongue, captain Levi? Oh I’m sorry, I forgot to mention how we fuck multiple times. All night if I don’t tap out.” You purred in a tone you knew was his weakness. Levi shifted a bit in his seat then brought his left hand to clear his throat.

“Shut it you brat.”

You simply smiled at your victory.

“I love you, Levi. I don’t know why you can’t accept that.”

“You deserve better.”

“So do you.” You replied back. Levi glared at you once again.

“How can you say that shit?”

“Because you’re saying it so why not?” You shrugged then got up to pour yourself that tea you swore it was cold by now. Levi’s eye scanned down to your body how it hid underneath his white shirt. When you would lift to reach something it exposed some of your bare flesh underneath. He held his breath for a moment.

“I just…hope this is what you want.” His voice spoke. You didn’t turn around. Your eyes glanced down at your cup you were holding. Your ring finger was empty but the silver band stood on your nightstand with your glass of water that was empty now. Levi would always bring you a glass of water before bed.

“I want to spend my life with you, Levi. We’re at peace now. You’re at peace. You deserved this. You risked your life so many times. Everyday it’s a struggle for you to live with what happened. But we can do it together, just trust me?”

You turned with glossy eyes staring back over to him. He used his strength to stand up on his own for a moment. Then he made his way over to you. Once he was close enough, he placed his hand on your cheek just studying your face.

“I’m sorry if I hurt your feelings…I’m just scared to lose you.” He confessed not trying to make eye contact with you. You placed your hand on his cheek and stroked it with your thumb. You stroked over the scars left behind by the stitches on his face you did for him. “I don’t know what I would do if I ever lost you.”

“I survived to live a life with you, Levi.”

You whispered then leaned forward to place your lips against his. His arm wrapped around your waist to bring you closer to his body. His lips moved against yours passionately. He pushed his body against yours causing your lower back to press against the counter. You let out a shaky breath when he broke the kiss then started to kiss along your neck. His fingers trailed down to the buttons on your shirt. Just when you were going to close your eyes and enjoy his lips sucking on your skin you were interrupted.

“Mommy? Daddy?”

You both pulled away at the same time to see a groggy toddler with messy dark hair all over the place. He hugged his stuffed bear tightly with his other arm.

“Hi baby.” You greeted him softly making. Levi straighten your shirt making sure the buttons were still in tact.

“What are you doing up, hm?” Levi asked him. The toddler frowned with his gray eyes half open.

“I wanna sleep with you and mama.” He made grabby hands towards him. He shook his head.

“Sorry kid, you have to go sleep in your bed like a big boy.” Your son sniffed and his big gray eyes began to water. Of course you were a sucker but you didn’t expect for Levi to be the one who caved in. “Tsk. Fine. Just for tonight.” Levi grabbed his cane and began to walk back into your bedroom. The little boy’s eyes beamed, making you giggle quietly. You brought the two cups to the sink thinking you were in the clear.

“Clean those damn cups.” Levi’s voice echoed from the bedroom.

You sucked your teeth with an eye roll.

“I’ll clean them in the morning.” You entered the bedroom seeing Levi already in bed. He leaned over to bring his son into bed. He snuggled up against his father, sighing happily feeling his warmth. You went over to your side on the bed to lay next to your son.

Levi always spoke about not wanting children. You didn’t have a clear answer if you wanted them or not. Some days you did but bringing them in a world like this wasn’t fair either. But finding out you were pregnant on your wedding day was a surprise. It meant you were pregnant during the fight that stopped the rumbling.

It was a miracle the child growing inside of you survived. But he’s a fighter like his father.

Asher Levi Ackerman.

A fortunate blessing for you both.

You leaned against the headboard stroking Asher’s hair as his eyes began to close.

“He looks just like you.” You whispered to Levi as you moved some of Asher’s dark hair out of his face. He smiled a bit.

“You think so?”

“Everyone says it. He looks nothing like me.”

“But he acts like you. A brat.”

You reached over to shove him playfully. It made him chuckle.

“Sleep, name. We have a long day at the shop tomorrow.”

“Fuck me.” You mumbled under your breath with a groan.

“Maybe tomorrow.”

Levi laid down and closed his eyes hearing you giggle quietly before drifting back to sleep. You laid down staring at your son and husband cuddling with one another. You could tell Levi’s nightmare was over for the night. You soon drifted into a deep slumber.

And yes, you did forget to wash the teacups in the sink

But Levi washed them before opening the tea shop for the day but he did remember to scold you about it.