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Effigy [LevixReader]

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In every tale, it begins once. It doesn't repeat itself because unlike the fairies that play on for ages, in everything else there is a rise, a fall, and it must repeat. You smell burning. Closing your eyes. Open something else. He coughs. Realise in every legend, it disintegrates to dust, and with time it shrivels to a speck.

Wall Maria fell. Wall Rose got broken, but for once in an event of extraordinary we prevailed. Humanity accomplished retrieving titan-infested land. “Levi?” You hum to yourself. You're calm. He's bent, hands upon his knees, Levi's wiping his face. “...I'm not shaking. This is. Hmm... Weird?” You muse to yourself. He chuckles maliciously. Rising upwards, Levi bares his blades. There's no cravat, no white, nothing.

We're standing on Wall Sina. The roses no longer bloom, they rot. Levi gazed at you with steel-grey  eyes that had bags, wearied, glazed. He murmurs, “...I never did get that date.” You tilt your head, but your eyes elsewhere. The titans scratch. Their smiles. You blinked softly.


“...What do you mean?”


Levi whispered, “My birthday. I'll never... I never got to- Forget about it.”

He was only a thug, you were only you, and yet in the end of it all. You think to yourself, you shall only remember stone, the stone we were standing on, these walls? If water wears away walls, perhaps our dreams of the sea so close would not be fruitless. The human population is closer to nil. There is only wall left.


He licked his lips. Your eyes turned hard. He mumbled, “I'm not ready for this.”


“You're surprisingly chatty,” you said. Levi's locks blown gently astray, their black matched the streets; of cinder, and our bones of ash. He glared at you. A watery glare that took you back to rivers  running deep, his eyes? The sunken pebbles. It's too bad.

He murmured, “Why wouldn't I be? We're going to die.” His voice resembled floating.

“So?”

Your movements practised, your fingers padded with certain callouses that told their tales. Your own story consists of hardship, suffering. Levi stared at you in a world of your own. Metal pierces the air. Only briefly. Only with finesse, and deliberation.

You spoke softly, “If... If I'm gonna go out...” You smile shakily. “Better with a bang, right?” Levi swallows down words. He goes closer. His fingers ghost your own, then to your cheek. You lean into his touch. Levi's never been clean not with his life, but what about you? You have your sins. We all do.

His thumb strokes your cheek briefly. Levi didn't smile, nor did he frown. There wasn't a tenseness in his face, rather it was as the same when he slept. Soft. You said simply, “I have no regrets. I met you. I-I...”

“I was happy,” you whispered into his ear. His eyes widened. You confess quietly, “...Especially with you, but don't tell anyone that.”

He shook his head. Taking your hand, not meeting your face, but admiring the lines of your palm. Levi couldn't tell fortunes, nor did he read that much. So he spoke, “To be honest you're disappointing.” Levi glanced at you. “Fucking mild, fucking...” He sighs. He exhales, “You don't live up to 'title' and...”


You snorted, “Look who's talking.”


“I wasn't finished, moron.” Levi muttered, “I'm glad.” He gulped, you gasped. “I'm glad to have met you, y-you.. You put up with my shit jokes, and you didn't die...” Levi whispered fiercely. You blinked back a painful sensation in your eyes, and you hug. Warm, so warm. He said, “You weren't like the rest of them.” Acquaintances,  friends, comrades...


You choked, “Together.”

He releases you, when the last breath escapes us, we too shall be released from mortal bodies. When you live you fight, to eat, to sleep, to love, to hate, and now? Levi took a deep breath. You rub at your wet eyes.

On year 849, humanity received a grim reminder. Wall Rose had been broken down again, we were reminded that we were doomed to live in these cages called walls. The population has been reduced to 40%, with majority apart of the bourgeoisie, and nobility classes. Resources scare due to the fact majority of the cattle, crops, were located in the 2nd wall.

So we'll fly.

You must realise that whenever there is darkness, it is only the absence of light. Likewise if there is heaven, there is hell, and in our domain, earth; we spin our own legends.


Levi spoke with finality, “Together.”


“I guess since we're both strong. We're both human.” You laughed humourlessly, “We'll be crimson leviathans.” He started walking, and smirked.

'How poetic.'

Everyone bleeds red.
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...I hope I did the ost justice, but yes this fic is dedicated to Crimson-Leviathan since they're experiencing a bad situation so they deserve lots of love, cookies, and milk. 

music: Lily's Theme - Harry Potter OST
art: manga
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My gosh ... this story ... this music...