Weak Hearts || A Levi X Reader

Running to a New Home

((y/n) pov)( 6 years ago)

You ran. That was your only hope to get away. It didn't really matter where you ran to, but you had enough. You had lived in an abusive home. Your father beat you and your mother continually. You were sick of waking up with bruises and cuts on your body, every waking moment a continual onslaught of pain. You just wanted to get away.

You heard your father yelling at you, telling you to come back. You ignored him. You ran in your bare feet because you were so hasty to get away. You fell, your feet were bloodied from the fall. You scrambled back up and kept going.

Your father was now only steps behind you. You ran straight to to the main street and stumbled again. Your father caught up to you and started kicking you while you were still on the ground, and he started cursing at you. You went into fetal position and endured the pain. You heard the clop of hooves on the cobblestone and then boots on the pavement. Suddenly the beating stopped. You uncurled and glanced up. Your father was on the ground clutching his nose as blood poured between his fingertips. The man that had saved you was tall blonde and.....HOLY CRAP HOW DID HIS EYEBROWS GET THAT FRIGGIN' BIG!?!?!?!?! He crouched down next to you, but you quickly scrambled away, afraid of what he might do to you.

 "Hey, I'm not going to hurt you" he gently said. You still didn't believe him, being as all the men you had encountered in the past had tried to beat you. He extended his arm and you scrambled away again. A tall lady with glasses came up behind him and gently tapped his shoulder.

"You're scaring her Erwin. Leave it to me"

The guy named Erwin slowly stood up and walked back to his horse. The girl knelt down next to you and stretched out her arm to you. " Hey there! I'm Hanji! What's your name?"

You avoided her gaze and barely whispered," (y/n)"

"Hi (y/n)" she said. " You look like you've taken a beating there." You nodded slowly not quite trusting how cheery she was. "Would you like to come home with me, and we can get you cleaned up?" You looked up into her eyes and saw only sincerity and kindness. You decided that you could trust her for the time being. She seemed a little crazy but pretty nice. You hesitantly nodded your head, and she gently helped you get up. You walked up to a beautiful chestnut colored mare, and she jumped into the saddle. You stood in front of the horse, and it lowered its nose to you. You touched its nose, and it gently headbutted you. You giggled in delight. She leaned over the saddle and looked down at you.

" You like her don't ya? Her name is star." You stroked Star's nose once more and then let Hanji pull you up into the saddle behind her. You trotted through the streets, and you realized that you were headed to the Survey Corps headquarters. You mentally face palmed. You knew you had heard that name somewhere before. Of course. Erwin Smith. Commander of all the Survey Corps. Duh. You should have recognized him. You had only been riding for a short while but your butt was already saddle sore. You finally got to the headquarters and stopped. Hanji jumped off the horse and then helped you down. On top of that, she took your hand and practically dragged you across the courtyard. Some people already there were calling out to her.

"Hey Hanji! Find another experiment?" or

" I think this one's cuter than the last one she brought in."

She ignored them and kept dragging you along. You were brought up a flight of stairs and around a corner, and then you finally reached your destination. She opened the door and brought you inside. The room was amazing. It had a bed, dresser, the whole nine yards. You were used to sleeping on the floor in the attic. Your jaw dropped. She was giving you this!? 

Hanji started laughing at your amazement. She finally decided (after laughing after a few minutes) to made you sit on the bed. She gently took your feet and looked them over. She also looked at your ribs, which had been bruised extensively from your father's kicking. One of your ribs had even been fractured or so she said. She disappeared from the room for a moment and then came back with piles of bandages. She cleaned your feet and wrapped both your feet and ribs. Finally, she left the room, and you collapsed back onto your bed. You didn't realize that you had slept until you heard the knock at your door. You dragged yourself out of bed and stalked across the room to the door. You opened it a crack and peeked out. There stood Erwin. You hesitantly opened the door to him. He stepped in, but only a couple of steps so that he didn't intrude on you too much. You went back to your bed and sat down stiffly. He started quietly.

" (y/n), I would like to let you stay here as long as you need. I have spoken with the other superiors, and they all agree that you're too young to join the army, but you need to have a relative that looks after you here. What I'm proposing is that we could have someone adopt you here and you could stay".

You looked at him skeptically.

" Well who's gonna take me? I mean I don't even know anyone here." You said. He looked back at you with those steel blue eyes and said a little sheepishly,

" I would be willing to take you in if you would be okay with that. I'm not great with children, but I feel bad about your predicament."

 You nodded, quietly agreeing to his proposal.