𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑳𝑨𝑺𝑻 𝑩𝑨𝑻𝑻𝑳𝑬 ⇢ 𝘙𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘹𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳

levi

Your body lay alert in your bed, your eyes fixated on the ceiling above.

Each passing day melted into the other, becoming more boring with schedules and timetables by the hour; after a while, you began to loathe waking up to each passing day and prayed that the hours would swiftly roll into the night when you finally had time to yourself. Not to mention, time away from Reiner.

The snoring of your Comrades stirred you, preventing you from drifting off into sleep. At, currently twelve o'clock at night, you found your body restless.

A groan fell from your lips as you finally sat yourself up, overcome with a boredom.

You grabbed your shirt from your side, then a skirt you'd carelessly tossed to the floor. After finally slipping on your shoes, you ventured outside of your bedroom to find something to entertain you.

Your palm clasped around the crisp wallpaper; the maze-like hallways were barely lit up by the moonlight that scattered on the wooden planks below your feet.

Your fingers traced the edges of the chipped walls, your eyes slowly fluttering shut as you tried to figure out what you could do to fill the time.

Your eyes slowly ran up the corridor before easing at the sight of an open door - a room hazy with the golden light of candles. You curiously sped up your pace, your interest peaked as you almost began to jog closer.

However, you were left ever so slightly disappointed as your pupils ran onto Captain Levi sat in isolation in the Mess Hall. His thin brows were fixed together with agitation, his lips tightly pursed into a frown.

You leant the side of your figure against the doorframe, raising your hand to knock your fist against the wooden door frame.

Your Captain flinched at the sound.

Levi sighed through his nose as his grey eyes ran up your body, "Y/N, what're you doing up so late?"

"I could ask the same to you."

He gestured out his hands towards the stacks of sheets, "Your father has decided to give me a shit load of documents to sort, and he expects me to fill them all in by tomorrow morning."

You closed the double-doors that led to the Mess Hall, "Why don't you just say 'no'?"

"You might be surprised, but that's actually not how it works."

"Well, you're in luck. I haven't been able to get a wink of sleep," You offered Levi a faint smile before pulling a chair in opposition to him: "I'll keep you company!"

"A five-minute break from my work won't hurt," The Captain pushed a large pile of forms away from his chest with a subtle yawn, "Entertain me. How are you finding it being back home? Have you settled in yet?"

"Home? An Army Barracks was hardly a home."

"Still, it's where you were raised." Levi leaned back into his chair, outstretching his arms with a sigh: "In fact, this Mess Hall is where we first met. You were hardly five, so I don't expect you to remember."

Whilst tilting your head to the side, you asked the Captain: "How did we meet?"

"I was sat alone, on that table in the corner of this Hall, following my first expedition." The ebony-haired Captain began to explain, using his index finger to gesture towards a table on the far-right of the Hall: "And, suddenly, a five-year old girl came rushing in through those doors. I thought I was going insane, everyone else seemed completely unfazed by your presence."