empty spaces ~ armin x reader

chapter thirteen // casting

a/n: hi!! i haven't updated in a while because i'm moving soon. i'm about to pull an eren because i have not told any of my friends yet. anyways, i got tendonitis in my elbow from rock climbing. i'm only in minor excruciating pain at the moment. i've actually got a climbing competition tomorrow so i should probably be resting or icing my elbow, but instead i'm delivering manipulative armin x dom reader fanfiction on a website full of horny people. 

plain chickpeas are so delectable. 

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𝓼𝓾𝓷𝓯𝓵𝓸𝔀𝓮𝓻, 𝓬𝓪𝓷'𝓽 𝓵𝓮𝓽 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓰𝓸

𝔂𝓸𝓾'𝓿𝓮 𝓰𝓸𝓽 𝓼𝓾𝓬𝓱 𝓪 𝓱𝓸𝓵𝓭

𝓱𝓸𝔀 𝓭𝓲𝓭 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓰𝓮𝓽 𝓼𝓸 𝓬𝓸𝓵𝓭?

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I believed it was reasonable to assume that the world had turned its back on me. My luck was a remarkable thing, Truly impressive because of how fucking bad it was. I assumed it was some cosmic retribution for all the lying I had done in the past ten years. Maybe it was for the reason that Hitch was too kind to point out. I had blamed a girl, who was in a crystal prison, for Armin's abandonment. I didn't even consider the fact that I was pushing him away, so he wouldn't go deeper than the surface of my illusion. Maybe that was why the universe had placed me in an intervention with Commander Hange and Armin.

"What's the urgent issue?" I asked impatiently, anxious from the silence that hung in the air.

Whether Hange knew about the viral speculation of my sex life, they didn't let on. If they had summoned us to talk about our public image and the drawbacks of having sex, I was going to split head through the table. The sex talk we had received as Scouts was bad enough. Hange had created a diagram of the anatomy and went into extensive detail about the motions of intercourse. The worst part of it was when Commander Erwin gave us a speech about abstinence being the best way to avoid dying from sexually transmitted diseases. I wished they had given me a warning about the negative impacts of hooking up with a war criminal at a baby shower and fucking my best friend in the same night.

I could tell from their stance that this was purely business. Hange wasn't the kind of person that gave a shit about messy affairs anyways unless it impacted their work. They also had more decency than other commanders. Hange would never suggest that I use my "services" to aid the war. I was immensely grateful that they hadn't called me to talk about that; although, I was still perturbed by the somber look they wore.

I had thought that official meetings like this were behind me. Hange was not big on elaborate meetings intended to feed the egos of the government officials. Something notable must've happened if they had demanded my immediate presence in the Capital.

"The girl and boy from the Liberio raid have escaped," Hange explained in a steady voice. I was surprised that they appeared so calm about the issue.

"Do you know how?"

"Do you know where they went?"

Armin and I both spoke at the same time. We looked at each other for a second and I almost smiled before I thought better of it.

Hange sighed, clearing their glasses on their shirt before responding. "They took out one of the guards and ran into the woods. We have soldiers searching for them, but it is unlikely that they will be found. They are trained warriors after all."

Their acknowledgment of Marleyean strength was the most astonishing part of their report. I gave Armin a look to relay my thoughts, but he kept his gaze firmly directed on Commander Hange.