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Captain Levi One Shot

A/N : Takes place like 10 years before the AOT universe, please don’t fact check my shit I know some of it doesn’t line up with cannon lmao. In this Petra is not yet a part of squad Levi.

I’m thinking about doing a series of one shots for this version of Levi x reader but would love some feedback!

26f reader x 29m captain Levi

content warning: alcohol , hangover vomiting (so sorry), blood, minor injuries, masturbation (both f and m)

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You had worked so damn hard. You had worked so hard for almost 10 years to get where you are.

Graduating as a part of the 95th corps of cadets, (#3 in your class none the less), you took on the challenge joining the scouts. You took on the challenge of knowing your best friends, your adopted family, would die. You could’ve had a cushy life as an MP and never lay an eye on a titan but no, you just had to be brave.

10 years is a long time to last as a scout. Only a few have lasted longer and you’re wondering when it’ll be your turn. You’re nearly 26 at this point, are you going to have to slow down?

Your superiors decided to throw you a party for hitting the 10 year mark. A get together at a pub in town that closed for an evening to be private for all scouts and military that wanted to come. The ones left of your cadet class came, plus most of the scouts since you were a friendly face and a great mentor.

Hange and Petra were two of your closest friends, they made you a cake! Everyone else was buying you drinks and having a great time. You made your rounds to thank everyone for coming and say hi.

You go up to the table in the corner last, being the most intimidating of the group. Captain Erwin, and a few from his troop were seated including Miche, Gunther, Tomas, Eld, and Dieter. Oh, and the dark storm cloud in the corner, Levi. Captain Levi.

Something about that man, you can’t tell if it pissed you off or if you were attracted to his stormy look. He has only been in the scouts for a few years but, he has far surpassed everyone to earn the title of Captain and earn the special operations squad. He didn’t have a ton of respect as a leader, considering his past which always came about in hushed whispers and stolen glances.

“Ah Miss L/N!” Erwin booms as he watches you approach the table “the celebrity of the evening has graced us with her presence!” Yeah, he’s definitely had a few drinks. You give most of the table a hug before Erwin booms “Excuse me,,, Excuse Me! Yeah I’d like to make a toast to celebrate one amazing scout, y/n l/n”

He turns you around to face everyone in the pub and you catch Levi’s eye for a second, letting a soft smile show. Your drinks and shots everyone had been buying you are catching up and you catch yourself blushing at Levi’s lingering eyes on you. If only you knew why.

As Erwin goes on a great toast speech about how much you’ve grown in 10 years, how great you are, etc. you can’t help but feel immense pride, something you’re not used to as a rather insecure person. Then your attention gets roped back in as Erwin places his hands on your shoulders give you a little shake like a proud dad.

“So to finish my toast, I want to congratulate miss l/n on becoming the newest member of the special operations squad under captain Levi.”

Your jaw drops as the pub errupts in loud cheers turning around to give Erwin a huge hug, since he is the highest rank here commander shadis must have trusted him with this information.

The raven haired stoic man stands up from his seat and comes closer to you and gives you a crisp salute which you mirror back. Probably not as crisp with the way you feel a little wavy. He then sticks his hand out for a handshake as you grab ahold he speaks, “welcome to the team kid.”

You smile at him “Thank you sir! The pleasure is mine!” He’s going to teach you to be less formal with him eventually but appreciates your response for the time being.

You are both surprised at your impulsive decision of deciding to wrap your arms around his neck, giving him an enthusiastic hug. You swear you feel his chest let out a chuckle but hear him grunt, “tch, get off”. You pull away ready to apologize but see a little smirk on his face as he sits back down. All of Erwin’s table saw the encounter and chose to avoid eye contact. As you giddy-ly ran over to Hange and Petra to celebrate.

The rest of the night consisted of singing, dancing, drink-offs with some of the men, and if you weren’t crazy you could’ve sworn Levi was keeping a close eye on you.

Once closing time hits you and some of the scouts you were close with stumbled back to your base. Levi, Erwin, and Miche suspiciously decided to leave just as you were. Following not too closely behind you.

—

As you get back to your room and ready for bed you stumble a little as you put on your pajamas of a tshirt, no bra, and booty shorts. You’re humming to yourself as you put the uniform from today aside to wash and about to crawl in your bed that looks soooo comfy when

*knock knock knock* gently taps on your door

Assuming it is Petra or Hange drunk you giggle walking up to the door. You swing open the old wood, creaking to your surprise is your new captain.

“Soldier. Sorry for stopping uh unannounced. I wanted to give you this since you looked like you had fun tonight. Integration starts tomorrow at 8 AM.”

You form a salute, right hand over your breast as your dainty nipples show through your white tshirt. He pretends not to notice, suppressing the urge to look at your body he has never seen outside of uniform.

“Thank you captain. I hope you sleep well. Goodnight,” your voice sounds like silk although raspy from singing and yelling all night. Nobody has ever wished him a good nights sleep and he is a little dumbfounded. “Goodnight l/n” he whispers as you gently shut the door on him.

He brought you fruit and some water in a nice basket, surely that will help with your hangover that you’ll have to figure out by 8 am. You think of all the things people whisper about Captain Levi, how he’s a heartless monster, incapable of feelings, barely human. You can’t believe them and decide to put your utmost respect into your captain, wondering how he put together something special like this in such a short notice.

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The next morning you are awake at the break of daylight, about 7 am. This gives you an hour to get cleaned up eat and get to the training grounds, but god do you feel like shit. As you’re about to get in the shower you feel your stomach bubbling and make it just in time to the bucket to throw up. Well throwing up sucks, but at least you feel a tiny bit better. You get a rather quick shower and throw your hair into a low bun with some pieces sticking out and put on your uniform. Eating an apple and drinking water that Levi brought you in the early hours of the morning. You decide ultimately that this is your fault for drinking too much, and hope since it is the first day of integration Levi would take it easy on you.

Oh, how you were so wrong.

“L/n, you look like shit.” Your captain spits harshly.

“My apologies captain.” You say not looking him directly in the eyes with your hand over chest in salute.

“10 laps around the field to get started.” Oh god you have to run while hungover, but you can’t tell him no. Maybe this is some type of test to him? He knows how much you drank last night because he was keeping a watchful eye on his new team member. You begin running as Miche and Levi chat, quietly enough you can’t hear them over the pounding in your head.

Just as you hit the sixth lap you feel a bubbling in your tummy again. Oh no, not in front of him. Before you can even try to hide it, you’re doubled over throwing up the rest of the contents in your stomach.

And then, silence. No Miche and Levi chatting, no background noise from the base, just silence. This has to be a test. He wants to see if you’ll keep going or give up on the very first exercise. You use the backside of your jacket sleeve to wipe your face and begin the 6th lap. You’re half done, just push through.

As someone who typically doesn’t struggle too much with running you are shocked at your inability to hold yourself to a high standard this morning. You nearly collapsed as you finished the 10th lap. Bent over with your hands on your knees you wait for Captain Levi to address you.

“Next you’ll be timed on your ODM gear maneuvering through the dummies.” Your face goes pale at the thought of flying through the air right now, but you don’t have a choice. “Yes sir” you respond breathlessly standing up fully again.

You don’t notice the goosebumps that appear on Levi’s skin when you call him Sir or Captain, and he tries to ignore them. Watching as you strap on your ODM gear as you struggle with a particular thigh strap, he sulks over, looking down at your gear. Your big eyes look back up at him, still fumbling your fingers at the same time.

“Here,” he takes over where your hands were, grasping the leather straps tightly and fastening it together so that it squeezes your nice thighs just enough.

“You look like shit,” he says lowly, finally making eye contact with you.

“I’m so sorry sir, is there something wrong with my uniform? How can I fix it?” You ask like a good subordinate.

“Don’t drink the night before training.” He says turning around not looking at you anymore.

You scoff in disbelief at his words, and he waits for your next move.

“My apologies again Captain, but I was not aware of my promotion until last night and not aware of this training until I was already home from the pub. I think it’s rather unfair to-” you’re cut off by the lightning quick movements of the captain who is now gripping your collar of your uniform jacket, almost lifting you off your seat.

“Rule number one - don’t talk back to me” he growls inches from your face.

“Rule number two - always be prepared as a part of squad Levi. We are the special operations squad for a reason, we could leave at a moments notice.”

“Rule number three - you must always look and act your best for training.”

All the while he spoke down to you staring into your eyes. You didn’t dare looking away from the steel gray eyes boring into yours. “Yes sir” you squeak out. He drops your shirt collar, brushing off the wrinkles he just created. And your ass collided back down with the bench you were sitting on. He begins to walk away with a “I’ll be waiting” as he heads towards the wooded area of the training grounds.

You’re trying to wrap your head around what just happened and how your superior talked to you like that when most of this was out of your control completely.

It was then you realized this morning was all one big test. To see how much you needed to be broken down in order for him to build you back up and form you into one of his soldiers.

But you didn’t ask for this promotion, you didn’t receive a warning, you didn’t even get to say bye to your old squad leader.

You try your best to hold your head high, cleaning your blades as you walk in the directly Levi walked a minute ago. Trying to push down all of the demons punishing you for your actions from last night. Mentally you need to get with it if you’re going to prove yourself to Levi this morning that you’re fit to be a part of his squad. You don’t think he’s ever watched you before, at least not in battle, per your knowledge. The last thing you need is him thinking you are a weak link in his group.

You finally approach him at the beginning of the course, trying to maintain cool headedness and confidence. After all you’ve done this course thousands of times over 10 years in the scouts. I mean, they change it sometimes but not by a whole lot.

Not even looking over at you Captain Levi says “I’ll start the stopwatch when you start going. Miche is on the other side to signal a flare once you make it to the end.”

You nod to your self, stretching your back and neck a little before you go. You bound off the ground propelling with as much speed as you can. Your technique is a little different from most, whereas you don’t necessarily have as much speed as you do strength. Your cuts are so deep and clean on the nape of the titan that you are sure fire a kill if you can just get there. You move easily from side to side due to your core strength and kind of look like a mix of a ballerina and a ninja on your good days. Your technique is just weird enough they don’t let you help teach the new recruits.

Flying, adjusting to the new dummies that pop up, it actually feels pretty nice and comforting to help your hangover. You finish the course with ease but your ODM gear fails to hook on one side as you hit the last row of trees. You’re thrown off balance and end up hitting the tree Miche was leaning on with a thud. Luckily, as soon as you made contact Miche shot the flare so you would get a better time, but you lay on the ground groaning. A little blood dripping out of your eyebrow and nose, and cuts on the arms of your uniform.

Levi had already begun swinging to where the ending point was but began speeding up after he ended the timer. He landed on his feet so elegantly and precise, making Miche laugh. Neither of the men helped you up for a minute as you laid there with your hand over your face, red from embarrassment but reminding you that you may throw up again or pass out at any moment.

“3 minutes 9 seconds. Not bad for…your current condition” he says leaning down to look at your face. “You’ll be doing this again when you’re through with your hangover, and I expect it to be spotless. With a much better landing.”

“Yes captain,” you groan. Not being able to hold yourself together much at this point. He grabs a cloth out of his pocket and hands it to you. You do your best to clean the eyebrow and whatever nose wound you have, it may very well be broken.

“Up next is hand to hand combat. Since you are already torn up, I’ll let you chose who you fight against rather than myself, but it has to be someone from the squad.”

The rest of the team was finishing up breakfast walking out to the grounds that hand to hand combat training usually takes place. You were supposed to meet the team and then get your ass handed to you by Levi, but I guess he’s feeling nice watching you try to twist your nose back to its original place. As you finally stand up off the hard ground you stumble a few steps before bending over to throw up one last time. Levi happened to catch you off balance and patted your back while you dry heaved a little.

Levi, the clean freak, comforting you? After you just fucked up your integration training? You brush it off and size up your potential opponents as you want over. You then realize, you’re the first woman to be a part of squad Levi . Is that why the captain is making you do all this? A sexist power move to make you feel inferior to the rest?

The squad is chatting as the three of you walk up to them and fall silent, all eyes on you. Levi brushes past you “everyone this is y/n l/n, she will be joining the special operations squad effective immediately. Right now she is sizing all of you up to see who she can handle in hand to hand combat.” You do your best to remain confident and not shy away as all the well accomplished men look over to you.

“Captain Levi” you pipe up with less courage than you thought you had.

“Yes?” He raises an eyebrow at you.

“I want to go against you, Captain.”

The whole crowd of men goes silent, they think you have a death wish or maybe you already hit your head too hard given the dried blood already on your face.

“Fair enough l/n, I’ll give you a few minutes to get ready.” He takes off his uniform cape and jacket and set it neatly down next to where all the men are standing. You are busy unstrapping your ODM gear, moving to the side so you can set it down gently. You sign when you take all of it off, feeling 15 pounds lighter. You following Levi’s suit, you take off your uniform jacket as well.

This leaves both of you in your white button up shirts. You size Levi up and down, trying to determine when his weak spots are. You see the way his biceps move under the tight shirt as he undoes his cravat. The men of squad Levi are still just men, most of them looking at the way some of the buttons on the chest of your shirt are a little too snug so to your growing tits. You note to yourself to get the next size up shirt when you feel this happen.

You and Levi both walk to the center of the training grounds with most of squad Levi surrounding and a few others that happened to be walking around on this crisp Saturday morning. Levi gets settled in a fighting stance and you follow as he does. “Begin” he says in his low emotionless voice. You step closer to him to begin throwing attacks towards his upper body, most getting blocked but an attempt to elbow his side proved efficient. He throws a series of hits towards you and you manage to dodge a few of them, but are struggling to breathe after a solid punch to the stomach. You think this is a pretty fair match up until he says “tch is that all you have? I’m getting bored.” He speeds up his hit combos, giving you less time in between to recover as you do your best to land a kick on him. His reaction time is way better than yours, grabbing your right ankle and flipping you through the air to have you fall onto your back. You see stars as your head collides with the ground. He has not rendered you out yet, grabbing your arm and twisting it go go behind your back, using the fake little dagger they use for training and press it to your neck. Luckily, you both were facing away from the crowd of people.

“You really thought you could take me? I even gave you the option to fight someone else and you were so cocky you thought you could beat me? Tch, your form and performance today disgusts me. Dismissed.”

Levi stands up and walks back towards the barracks by himself, not talking with anyone and rather pissy it seems. The men left there disperse as you lay on your back trying to fight back tears, your hands covering your face. As soon as the coast is clear Hange and Petra run to your side. “We were watching from the building to see what would happen… I’m so sorry y/n”

So embarrassed, the only reaction you have is to grunt as they help you stand and help you back over to where your room is.

You collapse as they help you get into your room, exhausted and defeated.

“Y/n… do you wanna talk about it?” Petra asks softly playing with your dirt filled hair, head hanging in your hands as your slouched up against your desk.

“Please, I love you guys just I need to be alone,” you say back to them, and without looking up you hear them shuffle out and close the door.

You sit there with your head racing, trying to figure out where you went wrong. Yes, you were drunk last night but you didn’t even do that on purpose! And he could’ve told you earlier in the night so you could’ve stopped drinking and went to bed earlier yes, but he didn’t? This had to be a sick test.

What if Levi didn’t know you were joining his squad and this was some plan from the higher ups? What if Captain Levi didn’t want you on his squad at all and was trying to punish you today?

What if this is some type of hazing to get into the squad? And if you show up the next day or last a week you pass?

Why did your ODM gear fail? It had never done that to you before.

And yet, you still couldn’t bring yourself to dislike the stoic man.

You gather the strength and your belongings and head to the showers. Not lifting your head, you walk blindly the hallways to the showers, having walked the same way for 5 years since your 5 year anniversary when you were given your upgraded room. As part of your promotion, you were given access to the superior showers, dedicated to veterans and officers. As you’re about to knock on the door to see if it is occupied, the door swings open.

Of course Captain Levi had just showered, because he had come inside earlier than you and didn’t have to sulk about his performance. You do your best to muster up a smile and move out of the way for him to leave. You can’t help but look over his sculpted shoulders and biceps, down to his chiseled abs, and the v-line with a happy trail up the middle connecting to the pristine white towel covering the rest.

“L/n,” he says with no emotion, “showers all yours.” He remains looking at your face, noting the eye bags and bloodshot eyes. You must have been crying after your performance today, he thinks to himself. Combined with the dried blood around your eyebrow and nose, he thinks you’ll need a long while in there to recupe.

You nod to him, he walks away and you can’t help but notice his little back dimples as well. You proceed with getting undressed and warming the shower up, ready to sit on the shower floor and cry more. Peeling off the dirty white shirt that will need scrubbed and feeling the cold air against your skin was like stripping off the fuck ups of this morning. You relax under the hot water, watching all the dirt and blood wash down the drain.

Your exhaustion and embarrassment from the morning take over and you begin to sob, crying like you never have before. Not even holding it back, if someone was walking past they surely could hear it. You’re not even sure what you’re technically upset about the most, but right now crying is just what helps. At this point you’re leaning on the tile, out of breath, hiccuping like a child that just finished screaming for their lost mother. You work up the strength to begin washing your long hair foaming shampoo into it and scrubbing. After conditioning and washing your body you are officially exhausted. Wrapping in your two towels and begin the walk back to your room which luckily wasn’t too far. Maybe that’s why Captain Levi also wore his towel leaving the shower.

As you return to your room you look at the fruit Levi brought you last night and sigh. Why would he do that just to kick your ass? You throw on some comfy clothes and crawl back in bed with wet hair, drifting off for a nap.

—

Waking in the early afternoon, you stretch and yawn as you climb out of bed. You begin getting dressed to go to dinner in some of your casual clothes, luckily you don’t have to wear your uniform on weekends. You opt for a button up baby blue flowy dress with a navy sweater over top and your non-work boots.

Assessing the damage of your face in the mirror, you notice the bruises forming around your eyebrow and your nose. You have some scrapes up and down your arms which is why you chose to wear the sweater over. Your body aches. After all the years you’ve spent as a scout you’ve hardly ever had injuries this bad. Never from training though.

As you’re about to head out the door you notice a letter slipped under your door. You assume it is a silly note from Hange trying to lighten your mood. Your grin fades as you see who has signed at the bottom.

“L/n,

Please come to my office after dinner to discuss your performance today.

Captain Levi”

Your stomach sinks. In all these years you’ve never been called to your superiors office. You slip the letter in your bra under your dress and begin to walk to go to dinner.

Luckily Hange and Petra are already seated and you try to slip in without anyone acknowledging you. Given the ass beating you received this morning with a lot of the scouts watching, they can’t help but grimace at your bruised face. You opt for some soup, bread, and vegetables and sit down avoiding eye contact of your peers. Hange and Petra go silent as they watch you take your first few bites.

“Y/n,” hange says gently, “you look awful.”

You do your best to fake a smile to her, pretending like nothing is wrong. “Y/n, please don’t pretend like you’re fine…we’re here to talk,” Petra adds.

“I am fine. I had a bad day of training and I was hungover. I am perfectly fine and will be better by Monday.” You snap back at the both of them. With that they decide to change the topic, and talk about events that are happening in the town square tomorrow. Something about a show and food vendors and lanterns, it’s supposed to be a pretty big deal.

“Do you want to go y/n?” Hange perks up, crossing her fingers that you’ll say yes.

“Maybe, hopefully tomorrow will be better than today.” You try regaining your positivity and friendliness everyone knows you for.

“Someone put a letter under my door while I was napping.” You suddenly change the topic. Petra and Hange look at you with eyebrows raised.

“Captain Levi wants to see me in his office after dinner,” you whisper so nobody around you can hear. “What if I’m getting kicked off for my performance today?”

“I’m sure that’s the last thing it is.” hange says rolling her eyes and taking a huge bite of her bread. Petra sighs, “y/n, don’t look but him and Erwin have been staring at you and whispering this whole dinner.”

Of course you look up to meet steel gray eyes looking back into your own. Instead of shying away you hold eye contact, letting him be the one to break first and turning to Miche on the other side of Erwin.

“I’m not some sad puppy. I’m not going to let one bad day in 10 years determine my future. If Captain Levi wants me to put up a fight, then so be it. Just because I’m the first girl on his squad doesn’t mean I’m going to sit back and take their shit.” You are gaining your confidence back and are not going to falter and beg Levi to let you stay.

“We got the old y/n back,” Hange taunts to Petra, nudging you in the arm. You smile and ask them, “so what are your plans for tonight?”

—

After dinner you head back to your room to put a little makeup on. If this meeting goes well maybe you’ll go into town with Hange and Petra for a girls night. You find yourself wanting to look pretty, just in case, although you never cared about that before.

Levi is more than likely in his office now, as you watched him get up to leave shortly after you had the eye contact stand off. His office and sleeping quarters are just down the hall from you. You push down the butterflies growing within your stomach and sweaty palms as you grow closer to the door. You decide to stand there for a few seconds to control how fast your heart is beating and regain your composure.

However, in the time you stand there you hear noises from inside his office.

Typically if Captain Levi is in, he leaves the door opened a crack so people can welcome themselves in, but this time his door is completely shut. You decide to lean your ear up to the door to see if you actually heard something inside his room. Groaning and a slick noise can be heard, and you immediately blush backing away as quietly as possible.

Before you decide to turn around and go back to your room, your curiosity gets the better of you. You return your ear up to the door. Does Captain Levi have a girl over? Is it someone in the scouts? Your mind wanders as you listen to his beautiful groans and…wait… he’s by himself. Oh my god he’s jacking himself off. You hear him sliding his hand over his cock repeatedly.

You know this is wrong, you know you should walk away and pretend this never happened. But yet, you find a different type of butterflies growing in your stomach now. Not the nervous ones, but the horny ones. You’ve never thought about the captain like this and you know you shouldn’t but his voice is so damn sexy.. and the way you saw the water drop off his body after his shower today… you can’t help but imagine what he looks like right now.

“….y/n…” you hear the faintest moan come through the door and all the color drains from your cheeks. Does he know you’re standing there? No there’s no way he could. He’s getting off thinking about you. But isn’t that kind of fucked up considering everything he put you through today? Maybe he’s attracted to you and that’s how you got on squad Levi and it wasn’t your skills at all.

Your brain grows foggy, not being able to focus on all the ‘what if’s’ anymore but only able to focus on the heat growing between your legs. The speed of his strokes and the frequency of his heavy breathing indicates he is getting close. You feel yourself clench around nothing and right when you’re about to leave you hear it again.

“Fuck, y/n…” so faintly yet you couldn’t have imagined it, not twice. You hear a deep groan as you assume is him spilling his seed. Your mind can’t help wonder where he came, and what his cock looks like, and what he tastes like.

With that you are walking away from his door as quietly as possible and hurriedly walking back to your own. As soon as you’ve made it to your room, your cheeks flushed and so horny you can’t think about anything else. You lock the door and throw yourself onto the bed, pulling up your dress around your waist and lowering your panties. You haven’t relieved yourself in so long and you haven’t been touched by someone else in a few weeks. You run your delicate fingers up and down your slit gathering your wetness to spread it around your clit. Rubbing in small circles you let out a meek moan. The only thing taking up space in your horny brain right now is Captain Levi and the past 10 minutes that took place. You start pushing two fingers in and out of your tight hole thinking if it was him fingering you how it would feel. Would he talk down to you like he did when you were training this morning? The thought of that turns you on to a whole new level. You continue to get yourself off when you hear a distant pair of footsteps in the hallway. You can’t be bothered by how foggy your brain is to care if someone hears you. The cute squelching noises your pussy is making would be enough to send any man over the edge. Your climax is building up so fast you don’t notice how the footsteps come to a stop outside of your door. After another minute of keeping up your movements your orgasm washes over you and you can’t help but let out a throaty “Leeviii” as you feel your back arch off the bed.

You put your panties back on, wiping your hands off on a towel in your room and are finally catching your breath when there is a soft knock on the door.

Good god, the footsteps in the hallway, did someone just hear all that? You look in the mirror to check yourself before opening the door. It looks like you just ran a mile with the way your chest is moving and the blush that creeps across your chest up to your cheeks.

You unlock and open the door to find Captain Levi standing there arms crossed. Trying to hide the mortified expression on your face as the reality sinks in of the past 30 minutes you stutter as you go to greet him, “Captain Levi! How can I help you?” Smiling at him with a glow on your face post orgasm.

“I believe you received the note to see me in my office after dinner,” he sternly responds not an emotion in his eyes. Surely if he had heard you he would’ve at least blushed or something?

“Oh y-yes Captain. I’m so sorry, I stopped by but you were-” you cut yourself off realizing what you were about to say. “Um your door was closed so I was going to stop by again in a few minutes,” you hurriedly finish your thoughts, not being able to maintain eye contact with your superior.

“Ah well, I’m free now so if you wouldn’t mind joining me.” If you’re not mistaken he just smirked at you? Is he playing mind games with you? No there’s no way he knew you were outside of his door, but maybe he did hear you moaning.

“Yes sir,” you follow behind him as he begins the walk to his office.

Either Captain Levi is the cockiest motherfucker in the scouts or he is absolutely oblivious. Or is he a master manipulator? All of your thoughts race as you approach his door again. All the meanwhile you think about how you still can’t hate him.

As you enter into his quaint office you take in the scent of tea spices, a well organized desk and bookshelf, and a small table. You notice a garbage can under the desk with tissues in it and can’t help but wonder…

“Can I offer you some tea?” He asks, walking over to a door on the other side of the room with a tea kettle. “Yes please,” you respond and he goes through the door, which must lead to his sleeping quarters and some type of stove to heat water.

“Please have a seat,” he motions to the small table that has some scouts paperwork on it as he enters back into the room. “It’ll take a few minutes for the water to heat.” You nod, sitting as you try to keep your nerves under control. He is walking around the near space tidying belongings and disappears in the next room again. He comes back with a blanket and some firewood. Lighting a fire in the small fireplace. He hands you the blanket, “‘m sorry it gets cold in here when the sun goes down.” You nod to him placing it on your lap as you hear the tea kettle boiling in the next room over. Does he do this when he meets with all his subordinates? Surely not…. Unless he is as nice as you suspected he was?

Captain Levi returns with a tray with two tea cups the boiling water and a variety of tea bags. “Would you like to pick?” He holds the selection out to you. “Whatever you recommend, I don’t know a lot about tea,” you try to lighten the room with a little giggle but his face remains stoic as he picks two of the same tea bags, setting them aside before placing the tea cups on the table, filling them with the hot water and placing the tea bags in the cups. He sits down at the seat next diagonal from you at the square table, so you both are facing the fire. He then grabs the blanket off your lap, spreading it out so it covers both of you. Everything he does is so calculated, and you are at the edge of your seat to find out more about him and what this meeting is about.

Captain Levi sips his tea first.

He sighs and states without looking at you, “I’m sorry about this morning.”

“Please sir, don’t apologize, I understand it was my fault and I will do better.” You do your best to keep a positive smile on your face even though he isn’t looking at you.

“Another thing about being on my team, don’t fucking lie to me. I’d rather you tell me you’re miserable and hate my guts than be fake to me.”

You are taken aback by his words, you have never heard a captain or high rank want to be addressed less formally. “I-I’m sorry?” You stutter out. He ignores your apology. “Our squad eats every meal together. We all have our rooms around the same area which won’t be a problem since you’re not too far from here anyways. We train 6 days a week unless there is a mission or some sort of order from the higher ups. I highly advise no more drinking and no more romantic involvement with any men..er women I guess.” Still not speaking directly at you he is just holding his tea cup to his lips, not by the handle but holding his hand over top the rim.

“Yes, Captain.” You nod, and he finally looks over to you, studying your face. You grow self conscious until he says, “How is your face feeling? That looked like quite the tumble.” You chuckle, touching your eyebrow. “I think it looks worse than it is. I think I was more embarrassed than anything,” you shrug taking a sip of your tea.

“I know you probably think I’m out to get you, given your experience this morning.” He says still looking in your eyes. Before he finishes his thought you cut him off, “oh not at all sir!”

Levi ignores your objection, continuing, “We have to be the best. I treat my team like brothers. We’ll I guess..erm..sister now too.” He looks away with what looks like a slight pinkness on his cheeks.

“You’ve been in the Scouts for longer than most of our team. You have a good head on your shoulders, I just need to make sure you can keep up with us physically. That’s why I wanted to see how your injuries were holding up this evening.”

You nod, as this feels like a mental game of chess. Captain Levi survived in the underground for years, he is calculated, sharp, even scary smart.

“I’d like for you to choose someone to practice your hand to hand combat skills with over the next few integration trainings. You were pretty good but you have to get great.”

“Yes Captain… would you mind helping me with it? I’d like to learn from the best.” You grin and blush up at him.

“Are you trying to kiss my ass L/n? It’s going to take a lot more than flattery to get on my good side.” He looks over at you with a slight smirk on his face and a playful tone, one of the first times you’ve ever seen him like this.

“Then what else would it take? To get on your good side?” You dare start flirting with your captain, feeling awfully bold and somewhat unhinged after all the events that have taken place today.

“You’ll have to figure that out yourself,” he says in a low, sultry tone as his eyes look from yours down to your lips and back. He reaches his hand over and you freeze, but he wipes off some tea from the corner of your lip and retreats his hand back.

“So I have to ask… since you said you stopped by earlier. I heard some footsteps approach my door while I was attending to some … personal matters.. and it seems they stopped and listened for a few minutes. You didn’t happen to see who it was did you?” Levi smirks staring at the fireplace, knowing he has caught you red handed as your face blushes hard.

“Next time, just knock. I could have used some assistance. It sounded like you needed some to,” he has a shit eating cocky grin, being the master manipulator he is looking over to you with your jaw dropped.

Link to part 2

#levi x reader #levi x fem!reader #levi smut #levi ackerman #aot x reader #attack on titan x reader #attack on titan #snk #snk levi

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[Transcript under the cut]

Marcus: counting the boxes? Lucas: oh. no i just… it feels so empty without him Marcus: bet he's around, taking care of you the way only ghosts do. Lucas: im lucky i believe in ghosts. Marcus: hey, what if tomorrow you pay a visit to your neighbors at the end of the hill? they were friends of otto Lucas: the married couple mom mentioned! i almost forgot Lucas: thanks, Marcus Marcus: i'm just doing my deed

Mila: hi pumpkin! WG: we are waiting for Gunther's back to be normal again Gunther: CRACK ah, bollocks. Mila: did it snap? Lucas: it's okay, it's just a couple of small boxes left WG: i can't believe you broke our curse. you're the only one that got to live completely on his own. look, you even got a truck now, i had to steal mine. Lucas: it's scary- wait what WG: eh, you'll be fine. Lucas, you're literally the only one of us three that isn't lame as hell Lucas: awww WG: i have to admit i'm a little jealous. dad would be proud of you Gunther: this has to be a bad omen WG: but that probably makes no sense for you Lucas: no that's… very sweet, thank you Marcus: is he okay Gunther: back cramp. Mila: he's stressed Marcus: are you? Gunther: uh- yeah but- it's because of the baby and… stuff. Mila: we can talk, if you want Gunther: not necessary. WG: ew get up idiot. this is supposed to be about Lucas, not your old crampy body Lucas: mom should we wrap him up in a carpet? MARCUS AYUDA A GUNTHER Gunther: i appreciate your offer but sadly, we have to leave, right Wolfgang? Wolfgang: …really? Gunther: yes really Marcus: so early? Mila: i might just… stay with Lucas then Lucas: oh i don't mind. Mom, you skipped work for this! Mila: but i don't wanna leave you, it's your first night…. Lucas: i'll be okay Mila: are you sure? Lucas nods his head Marcus: if the boy says he can handle it, he can handle it Mila: sigh Gunther: mom? Mila: just- come here, Lukey Mila: my big little boy Lucas: well… it's just the two of us now. Lucas: exciting, right? Strawberry wiggles her tail Lucas: you're so cute Lucas: come inside girlie!

#im honestly in shambles #ts4 #munch #lucas munch #wolfgang munch #mila munch #gunther munch #marcus flex #strawberry the dog

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codyjey · 23 days

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okay so. here's my thoughts on mania night 1! (I completely forgot to live blog bc I was live tweeting lol but take this) SPOILERS, OBVIOUSLY

rhea v becky: really really good! I loved all the counters they had for each other's moves and they both looked absolutely fantastic. I think this will really be a new era for beckys character after her loss and I'm excited! very happy for rhea too!!! her entrance was fucking sick

tag title ladder match: pretty cool spots! I love a-town down under but I didn't really think they should've won, I would prefer if they turned on each other and had a match at payback, but overall good for them! and wow I can't believe rtruth won the raw tag titles by himself! incredible! fr very glad they finally split the titles and truth got his mania moment, but overall I think that match was lacking something but I'm not sure what.

rey + andrade v santos + dom: very veryyyy good match. I absolutely love lucha wrestling and I love rey winning even more!! andrade is insane also. also think the football cameos was a fun little touch. very nice

jimmy v jey: I actually really really liked it, I know controversial. It may just be because I care about the both of them so much but I thought it was nice. I think it wouldve been better if they could go longer. also thier match was never gonna be anything revolutionary, thier rivalry is about fucking story. they are storytellers. I thought it was awesome and I'm glad they got thier mania match they've always wanted and it genuinely upsets me ppl r being so mean abt it.

bianca + naomi + jade v damage ctrl: when bianca came in I feel like it rlly picked up for me. she was killing them bro. but seriously, they all did so good and it's so awesome three strong, beautiful, and powerful black women got to do that, and got to win. I also absolutely loved asukas face paint. that's my wife guys... all of them looked so very good and they killed it. I loved it so much.

sami v gunther: if I'm being completely honest with u all, my favorite match of the night. I genuinely cried and started shaking when sami won because I really didn't think he would! like I'm so so very happy he won I'm so so very proud of him and just. wow. wow wow wow. and thank you gunther for the greatest intercontinental championship reign of all time, god bless u and I know he's gonna move on to do even bigger things.

cody + seth v rock + roman: well. I knew rock and roman would win, because of all the rumblings of people needing to help cody tommrow. It just made sense, and it's obvious they want cody winning and roman losing to be the biggest deal absolutely possible. and they should! it's going to be great! that doesn't mean it still doesn't upset me that cody and seth lost :/ . I know seth is probably losing tommrow as well and that just makes me sad. he's so great and he did fantastic in that match. as did cody. as did roman. and the rock, well. he was there! that's for sure! I did think that match was better than I thought it would be but yeah. so glad seth got his main event and he really showed out.

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purrple-sectors · 1 month

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Wow the Australian gp was truly a wild race (I know I'm late to this but I just watch the races when I can and this is me rambling)

First Max dnf, was surely a suprise. Maybe Red Bull isnt that dominating? Maybe we will have a championship fight? I'm excited to find out!

Lewis's dnf, Mercedes really didnt have a good time this weekend

Why does Stake (Sauber) keeps messing up their pitstops, at this point its getting a bit painful to watch

George crash on the last laps and the fact it wasnt a red flag?! The man was on the MIDDLE of the track, this could have ended up very badly

Carlos winning??!! Wth this man was two weeks ago on the hospital for an emergency surgery... HOW?!

Double points for Haas, HECK YES

So proud of Oscar getting p4 on his home race! And p3 for Lando !!! This is a good day to be a McLaren fan

Alex didnt get any points, and this is for sure going to give alot of backlash to Williams for the decision of giving him Logan's car

Gunther Steiner FREAKING INTERVIEWING THE TOP 3 IN WHAT ALTERNATE REALITY WE ARE IN?!

And lastly SportTV comentators officially calling the cold down room the Max podcast, this is not a drill, they clearly said it and the fact it was on a race Max wasnt on the podium makes it hilarious. "Oh- it seems we aren't getting the Max podcast this week" -them

This is all I remember, I was multitasking while I was watching the race so I probably missed on alot of things haha

#australian gp 2024 #f1 #formula 1 #f1blr #pat.txt

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transrevolutions · 11 months

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sdv gender and sexuality headcanons based off their appearances and the very little I know about them:

alex: straightest straight boy energy. cisgender man. big jock but not homophobic about it. he/him.

elliot: gnc gay man. probably writes love poetry. he/they.

harvey: cis bisexual man. he/him.

sam: pansexual and very loud and proud. super into queer history. cis man. he/him.

sebastian: panromantic asexual trans boy, he/they.

shane: says he's straight but ~dabbles~. cis man, he/him.

abigail: lesbian, trans girl, she/her.

emily: bisexual, nonbinary demigirl, she/they.

hayley: same boat as shane, says she's straight but ~~is she?? cis girl, she/her.

leah: trans girl, she/they. biromantic with a preference for guys. asexual.

maru: technically cis gnc girl who collects pronouns like hairties. she/they/xe/ze. bisexual with a preference for girls.

penny: cis girl, questioning her sexuality

caroline: lesbian cis woman in an unhappy comphet relationship (pierre doesn't know), she/her

pierre: gay cis man in an unhappy comphet relationship (caroline doesn't know), he/him

clint: heteroromantic asexual cis man, he/him

krobus: aromantic asexual ???? gendered (he's a shadow monster) any/all

leo: gender???? sexuality??? what are those? he/him but really doesn't care.

demetrius: bisexual cis man, he/him

evelyn: straight cis woman, will bake rainbow cookies for pride tho, she/her

george: trans elder, he/him, straight.

gus: pansexual cis guy, he/him

jodi: trans woman, pansexual, she/her (kent doesn't know about the pansexuality)

kent: the picture of internalized homophobia (military guy), bisexual if he'd admit it to himself. he/him.

linus: aromantic asexual, cis guy, he/him

lewis: straight cis guy, you'd expect him to be homophobic but he's not. he/him.

marnie: cis woman, lesbian, she/her

pam: lesbian who grew up in a super conservative household, never has long term relationships because she's scared she'll go to hell. hooked up with marnie once, has avoided her ever since.

robin: bisexual, cis butch woman, she/her.

sandy: lesbian cis woman, she/her

willy: gay, cis man, he/him

rasmodius the wizard: genderfluid aromantic pansexual. caroline will occasionally hook up with her on days she's a girl (pierre doesn't know).

birdie: bisexual femme nonbinary person, likes being called 'wife' tho. she/they.

gil: gay cis man, he/him. marlon's longtime partner.

gunther: bisexual gnc cis man, he/him. drag queen.

marlon: gay trans man, he/him. gil's longtime partner.

morris: has a homoerotic rivalry with pierre. he/him.

mr qi: gender is a mystery. nobody knows mr qi's gender, least of all mr qi. any/all. has a thing with the ghost of the pc's grandpa.

professor snail: gay gnc man, he/him.

#sdv #headcanon #just in time for pride month #stardew valley #stardew valley npcs #pigeon.txt

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fawn-wickenshire · 7 months

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Hi, I'm still new to your farmers, so I hope I got them right!! ^^'

For Mel!:

(😐) anyone they tend to avoid, but are generally still nice to? (💍) if they get married, who do they marry? why? (🫣) is there a person they’re too shy to talk to, but really want to? (🌶️) how do they feel about becoming a farmer?

For Syndey!:

(🌈) how do they react when they find their first prismatic shard? what do they do with it? (🦜) does your farmer befriend Leo? what do they think of him? (🍻) does your farmer hangout at the saloon? who do they usually go with? (🌟) what is their reaction when they get their first stardrop?

For Adeline!:

(🌎) how does your farmer's first year in the valley go? (🍙) what is their favorite food? (🤢) how do they react when they're given one of their hated gifts? what do they do with it? (🎉) what is your farmer's favorite festival?

For Fawn!:

(🌶️) how do they feel about becoming a farmer? (☀️) do they adjust to living in the valley easily? (🗡️) does your farmer like adventuring in the mines? (💙) do they have any blue chickens?

I hope I got everyone's names right! 💖 Sorry if it's a lot! I find these questions addicting to ask, hahaha 😅🙏🏻 Anyways, do take your time!! 💜

Hi! Yes, you got them right! I really like these asks for them! Thank you!!!

Mel

(😐) anyone they tend to avoid, but are generally still nice to?

I was going to say Shane at first, but then I realised she's not exactly "nice" to him back. They sort of just...Glare at each other. So, I'll say Sebastian. She doesn't hate him or anything, but he was a bit rude to her when they met, and she doesn't want Sydney picking up any of his...Habits (*cough* "vase" *cough*).

(💍) if they get married, who do they marry? why?

I can't decide if I want Mel to marry anyone yet. She is a BBB (Buff Bisexual Babe), but I don't know who she would date/marry. Not Shane; they're just friends for sure. Maybe Elliott or Maru? I'm not sure. Maybe she doesn't even want to date anyone yet--probably.

(🫣) is there a person they’re too shy to talk to, but really want to?

Mel's not really shy, per se; just introverted and reserved. But if I had to pick, I'd pick Elliott. At first she doesn't really know how to deal with his extravagant and flowery poetic language and mannerisms, so she sort of just avoids him. It's Adeline who is talking to him who mentions that Mel also used to be a big fan of poetry, and Elliott approaches her after that. It's a little awkward, but they soon become friends.

(🌶️) how do they feel about becoming a farmer?

Mel wasn't really looking forward to it. She only did it out of necessity. She's buff, sure, but she also enjoys fine clothes and a bit of wine every now and then, so having to get into some overalls wasn't something she was looking forward to. She's also got a bit of a bad back from her posture sitting at a desk all day during work, so that kind of sucks too with all the heavy lifting.

Still, she gets used to it. She likes the fact that she finally gets to own her own home, let alone a property. Doesn't it just feel great to finally be able to nail things into the walls? And she likes the fresh air every morning and lack of a schedule she hates. She still likes schedules, but this time she gets to pick her own!

Sydney

(🌈) how do they react when they find their first prismatic shard? what do they do with it?

Sydney goes even more wild than Fawn. She probably does get injured because she was too focused on the gem. Once she gets to Harvey's for a check-up she shows it off to him. He's proud of her, but also gives her a stern talking to about paying more attention to her surroundings.

She asks him for advice on what to do with it, and he suggests not selling it until she gets another one. Still, she doesn't know what to do with it so she gives it to Gunther and has him add a note that says "found by Syd" on the description.

(🦜) does your farmer befriend Leo? what do they think of him?

Sydney's approach to befriending kids is to be "hip" and "cool" as much as she can. She does get a bit of cringing from the tweens and teens--after all, she can't keep up with every new trend like she used to, but she does well. She gets along with Leo pretty well, talking to him and taking a genuine interest in him and his life. They play around on the island sometimes and have a good time, whether it be collecting golden walnuts or just making pictures in the sand with sticks.

(🍻) does your farmer hangout at the saloon? who do they usually go with?

Sydney isn't "allowed" to drink (i.e., Mel doesn't want her getting wasted), but she does still go to the saloon on Friday nights and rainy nights. Those are the days she gets to see her friends, after all! Expect Syd to come in during a heavily rainy day completely soaked but still grinning like an idiot. She probably ran there from the mines so she could show off her latest achievement. I half imagine her shaking the water off like a dog LMAO.

She usually hangs out with Sam, Abigail, Sebastian, and Harvey, though she'll probably talk to anyone. If her sisters are there she'll talk to them too.

(🌟) what is their reaction when they get their first stardrop?

The first Stardrop the group gets is a group effort; it's at the Stardew Valley Fair. Mel buys the Stardrop using their combined points, but they split it evenly between them (or, as evenly as they can for a five-pointed fruit among three people; in the end Sydney and Mel get more than Adeline).

As for Syd's reaction, she--like most people--can't describe it. She's never been good with words, but it's literally indescribable for her. It tastes like a vibe, if that makes sense. And the vibe is excitement. Like the thrill of the adventure, or going on a roller coaster! Just something super fun that gets the adrenaline going!

Adeline

(🌎) how does your farmer's first year in the valley go?

I have a rough plan for up until the Dance of the Moonlight Jellies, but so far it starts in 1996. The first person Adeline "befriends" is Haley, who actually gives a decent compliment on her looks. Then she befriends Evelyn, and Alex through her. She befriends Emily during the Egg Festival followed by introducing Elliott to Mel and helping with Elliott's spider problem.

While visiting Joja for sunflower seeds, she's encouraged to get a Joja membership by Morris. There's a Junimo sighting and then that's all I've got, haha. There's some more here and there but I don't want to spoil in case I ever show off my writing publicly!

(🍙) what is their favorite food?

She's a big fan of Idli. She likes savory foods and also enjoys mixing them with other dishes and spices for extra flavour! It's also a great tie to her heritage; something she doesn't know much about. She was passed around from foster parent to foster parent since she was a baby until she was adopted by the Matthews. So, she likes knowing the food she eats is a tie to where she's from.

(🤢) how do they react when they're given one of their hated gifts? what do they do with it?

She may be young, but she's already perfected her customer service smile. Her first reaction might show a bit of hesitance and displeasure, but she quickly covers it up and takes the gift. That is, if it's an actual gift, of course. If someone were to just give her broken glasses from the river she would not be happy about it. She's visibly be annoyed and will ask why you gave her this. You could cover it up by saying it's for the recycling machine, to which she'd lighten up a little, but still be awkward.

(🎉) what is your farmer's favorite festival?

Her favourite festival is the Flower Dance. Adeline loves pretty, preppy, modern dresses, and that festival is just the perfect excuse to go all out! Usually, she'd settle for pink, but white is often something she'll combine with that when she's not doing farm work. Her and Haley or Alex dance and have a merry time.

Fawn

(🌶️) how do they feel about becoming a farmer?

Fawn was so tried of her old life, so she was excited to start a new one! However, she sorely underestimated how much work it would take. She's pretty weak for a farmer, so once she can pay people back she enlists the help of Alex and Elliott to help with the heavy lifting and help her train. She likes watching her work flourish though; it's very rewarding!

(☀️) do they adjust to living in the valley easily?

I'd say she does, yeah. It's not perfect by any means, but they are able to easily manage the move and whatnot. The farm work is the hardest, but once they start making friends it all becomes easier. And the money helps, too.

(🗡️) does your farmer like adventuring in the mines?

She prefers the mining over the combat. Once she reached level ten she found it to be really pretty with all it's leaves and whatnot, but soon was screaming once the bugs started flying. She definitely needed to get patched up after that one. Marlon probably heard her from up the top from how loud she was LOL.

(💙) do they have any blue chickens?

Yes! They have a blue chicken called Berry! She was hatched blue from a not blue, very aggressive hen called Nenny. Berry is blue because once when Shane was helping out on the farm he fed Nenny some Joja Cola. I mean, he did it with his own chickens and they were fine, so he assumed it couldn't hurt. Imagine his surprise when Fawn announced the news! He felt bad, but Fawn checked the chick with Marnie and found no health problems, so they forgave him.

#wickenshire.txt #thank you for your questions!!!!#i really enjoyed answering them!!!#fawn wickenshire #farmer fawn #mel matthews #farmer mel #sydney matthews #farmer sydney #adeline matthews #farmer adeline #received ask #mutual tag #mutual: nimilla #nimillaarts #sdv farmer #stardew farmer #stardew valley farmer

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clanwarrior-tumbly · 2 years

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first ever request so I'm not sure if I'm being specific enough but

could I request something with the main iswm crew and maybe Mack finding out that the planet the colonists are being transported to is actually alien!readers home planet? (with reader's kind welcoming the colonists and crew with open arms) ((if that's too many characters, you can just pick which ones you want to do))

Slerapy anon

Mark

At first he’s stunned that you were an alien this whole time. You did a very good job masquerading as a human.

But does it change his opinion of you as a captain and friend who never gave up on him? Absolutely not.

He’s so excited to meet the rest of your species! And eager for the colonists to rest on the shores of your home planet.

Prior to disembarking you sent a simple request to your people: Never, under any circumstances, are they allowed to call the human named “Mark Iplier” ugly. That word was banned.

You've heard that one too many times from other rude aliens, and your species isn't gonna make the same mistake. No sir.

When Mark finds out about the extra step you took to make him feel more welcomed, he smiles.

And he beams with such pride as one of your planet’s leaders gives him a medal..and then you a medal..and then him a medal..and then you a medal..and that one female crew member a medal.

There’s no one he adored more than you, his alien captain.

Mack (Head Engineer)

On the other hand..

"I KNEW it!! You were an alien all along!!”

Of course, why wouldn’t you know how to reroute power or other troubleshooting measures on your own ship? ‘Only an alien disguised as a human captain wouldn’t!’ He thinks. That’s why he insisted on taking over and treated you so harshly when you refused. He was paranoid.

Now that the truth’s fully out, he plots a revolt against you for “espionage”.

Yet...nobody takes his side. They don’t really care and are just happy to reach their destination in one piece.

You lowkey get offended when Mack assumes you wanna enslave the colonists, so you explain that your people were hosting a festival to celebrate their arrival--and that the two species have been communicating long before this trip. It’s why you orchestrated this trip at all.

When he finally meets them, he remains hostile but soon sees how genuinely kind they are and realizes how wrong he was.

Then he stumbles into your cabin in tears, begging for forgiveness.

Celci

Ngl she was a bit surprised.

She thought the planet you chose was uninhabited and simply had all the suitable conditions for human life.

But the scouting crew discovered an alien civilization and that’s when you reveal your true form to her, smiling as you explain it’s your home and all of them are welcomed.

“We’re a kind species, CC. We’ve been in contact with humanity for a while about establishing a society together. I just..didn’t wanna scare you guys so I stayed quiet.”

Although a bit miffed you kept this hidden she forgives you, still proud to call you her Captain.

“You kept them all safe, and that’s what matters. I’m eager to meet your friends and family, Cap.”

Gunther

“Aliens??? Hm.....do they have high-tech explosive weaponry we can trade?”

Barely bats an eye at the big reveal that his captain’s an alien.

You find it suspicious, especially when you remember the timeline he betrayed you for that exact reason.

When you catch him alone you ask him what he genuinely thinks of you.

“I was shocked, yeah but..shit, you led us well, Captain. Probably better than any other human could’ve. As long as your kind doesn’t try to uh..probe us, it’s all good.”

Burt

You’re a bit nervous about what he’ll think, but he just smiles lightly and reiterates his little poem (from the end of part 2).

“Alien or human or..anywhere in between, you are still a child of the universe. So beautiful to behold. I look forward to the exchanging of our cultures with your species.”

And he just walks away and resumes his duties.

What a guy.

Wug (bc I love him he deserves a spot here)

"You??? Alien???? Alien like Wug????? :DD"

He's so happy when you’re comfortable enough to reveal your true form to him.

But at the same time feels bad for assuming you were human when you first met him.

You let him come onto your transport as you arrive on the planet's surface, showing him around.

"WOAH!!!! Wug find planet pretty..but not as pretty/handsome as [y/n]!”

He’ll use his translator to talk with your species, and after seeing how benevolent they are he might coordinate a meeting with other Wugs.

#clanask #slerapy anon #iswm x reader #iswm 2 x reader #in space with markiplier x reader #iswm mark #space mark #iswm mack #iswm celci #iswm burt #iswm gunther #iswm wug #headcanons #alien reader

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operationslipperypuppet · 9 months

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Wait... Hardwon's dad ALSO resides in Kord's Great Hall... How insane would that feel. To see your son grow older than you ever did and see the maturity and wisdom he's acrued and to see him succeed where you failed. In a way, Hardwon's greatest moment of failure is the exact opposite of Elias Sr.: Elias didn't back down from a fight because he sought glory more than he cared about staying with his loved ones and Hardwon ran away from the fight because it got one of his loved ones killed.

okay but like? stop? because i’m already losing my mind and this is so real and true and goddamn.

the age thing is wild. and hardwon still has life left in him, despite the age. that has to make his meathead dad proud lol.

but also? hardwon has worked so hard to not be like his father when he saw the pain it caused that he made the opposite mistake. but elias was asked to stay. by lydia, by red. probably by gunther. hardwon never gave himself the chance to be asked to stay (note: probably, im of the firm belief that they could have convinced him to at least wait with literally one conversation so i doubt he addressed anything with them before bouncing). but the second he heard an ask, a plea, for him to come back? he tried to teach himself new science to take the chance. so he’s succeeded. he’s not his father. he learned from those mistakes.

#mcfreaking losing in gang #naddpod #naddpod spoilers #ba2mia #asks #anon

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commander-hanji-zoe · 1 year

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What would the vets name their boy/girl when they would have kids?

This took me far longer to write than it should have done... Apologies if it's a bit rubbish, I went for more ideas on the types of names they'd like, along with a brief suggestion for most. Would be interested to hear others take on this ^_^

Erwin would give his child a strong, Germanic name – something that would make his father proud even though he won’t say that out loud. Regardless of gender, Erwin would want his child to have a name that means something and that when said aloud elicits certain imagery. Perhaps a shorter name, but one that sounds bright and hopeful, not just strong and commanding. A few thoughts are Jürgen, Klaus, Ilse, Emma.

Levi would name his child after family, if it’s a girl they’d be named Kuchel. A boy would have the middle name Kenny, but more likely for the first name to be after a friend or one of the Scouts that died fighting beside him. Isabel and Furlan are high contenders.

Hanji – they’d probably give their kid one of the names they’d given to a titan. Or name them after a medicinal plant, a planet or star. Perhaps some names would be Yarrow, Holly, Hazel, Jupiter, Sirius or Andromeda.

Nanaba – Is fond of traditional girls names, something pretty and that reminds her of spring like Rose, Lily, Primrose, Azalea.

Mike – He’s incredibly fond of old names that remind him of folk law and ancient stories, perhaps names that are linked somehow to earth and nature. Potential names would be Rowan, Niamh, Penelope, Finn and Phoenix.

Moblit -Maybe he’d name his kid after Hanji? But probably not, I think Moblit would think about it long and hard and need a lot of input from his partner. I don’t necessarily think he has a specific idea like some of the others do, it isn’t something that’s kept him awake at night or that he’s dreamt of. But I think he’d be fond of slightly more popular names. He wouldn’t want his child or children to be bullied so would want to avoid some of the more complex names. He loves names like Jack, George, Zoe (this also reminds him of Hanji) and Sally.

Petra – Petra would love names which are a blend of traditional meets slightly more quirky or unique takes. Perhaps a double barrelled first name or giving their child several middle names so they can choose which name they want to go by. Ivy-Rose is something she loves the sound of and Archie-James.

Oluo – Definitely would want to name his child partly after himself, not necessarily Oluo junior, but I think he’d want either his name or heritage to be reflected in the name. It sounds obvious too but maybe they’d be a reference to Levi as a middle name, not that he’d want anyone apart from his partner to know this. The sentimental part of Oluo may want to include Petra’s name somewhere.

Gunther – Gunther would want to name his child or children after relatives who were very important to him, perhaps parents or grandparents. But of course, this would only be with the consent and agreement of his partner, in the end the name would be a mix of both their heritage. A few names he’d be fond of include Ulla, Stefan, Hans and Evelyn.

Eld – Possibly the least concerned about the name of their child. It’s not that they don’t care because they absolutely do and they’d love for their child to have a beautiful name, a strong name, a name they could be proud of. But also they are more concerned that their child is happy and healthy, they are simply so excited to be having a child that the name hasn’t really crossed their mind. So they’re happy to allow their partner to make the decision or come up with suggestions and ask his input.

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i-got-a-bad-feeling-about-this · 2 years

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Together (Space Mark X GN Reader)

Chapter 4

Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5

Summary- When you wake up again you are quickly thrown back into being the captain. You also have to deal with the fact you are on bed rest for the next couple of days. You also have to deal with the fact that Burt now knows about whatever is going on between you and Mark.

TWs- mentions of stitches, still in medbay (Hospital), CC being kinda an asshole. 1044 words

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The next time you woke up in the med bay, it wasn't as nice as the first time You heard the voices of CC and Gunther arguing over something and the buzz of the medics working. You let out a small groan, and the arguing stopped as they went to look at you.

You opened your eyes and winced a bit. Once your eyes adjusted to the light you looked around and saw your crew leads. The first person you saw was Mark who sat on the edge of your bed, holding your hand. Then your eyes trailed over to where Gunther leaned on the bedside table, CC right across from him. At the foot of your bed was Burt being Burt.

“You feeling okay captain?” Mark asked softly, gripping your hand.

“Yeah, I feel a lot better. Though I do still have my headache, Though I think I have it because I woke up to arguing” You answered giving a look to Gunther and CC.

Gunther looked away and rubbed the back of his neck. CC turned bright red and quickly said,

“I am so sorry captain, I just needed to get through Gunther's thick head that we can't-” she stopped when you raised your other hand.

“It’s fine, just try not to yell at each other in Med bay. You could disturb the other patients.”

you said and they nodded. You then looked at Mark,

“How's everyone else? I saw quite a few people injured before I went out,” you asked, He smiled. Well, that was a good sign.

“Nothing too serious, the worst case was a few broken bones and CC’s hypothermia, but as you can see she's feeling fine.” You nodded with a small smile,

“Good, I'm glad you're okay CC.” You said and she quickly replied with a thank you.

“What's the state of the ship?” you asked. You trusted your crew leads, but things could happen.

“Everything is working and everything is on schedule, Glad you're okay Captain ” Burt answered, and you gave a smile to him.

“Well, I’m glad you guys didn't burn down the ship while I was out. Good job guys, I'm very proud of all of you.” You complimented them.

“Of course cap’n, you get some rest and we'll take care of everything else,” Gunther stated with an unlit cigar in his mouth (They wouldn't let him light it in medical).

The head doctor walked up to your little group. She cleared her voice, getting everyone's attention.

“Well good news is that you don't have a concussion, Bad news is that we had to give you stitches for your head wound. “She said, closing the notebook.

“It’d be best if you rest and stay here for a few days so we can keep an eye on those stitches. If it would be more comfortable we could move you to your quarters.” She explained. You nodded your head,

“If possible I’d like to be moved to my quarters. Thank you, doctor.” You answered as she nodded and moved on. You let out a small sigh.

“So it looks like I’ll be bed-bound for a bit. I’ll still be able to do remote work, but for anything else, I’ll have you report to Mark. He has the same security clearance as me.” You explained. You saw Mark beamed with the pride of you trusting him so much. CC had a confused and surprised look on her face.

“Captain, you can’t be serious. “ She said. You raised an eyebrow replying,

“I am dead serious Celcionna, Mark is my right hand and I trust him with my life. I expect you all to treat him the same way you treat me.”

You had a stern look on your face, hand gripping mark’s as a surprised (but happy) expression fell on his face. CC's eyes widened and she looked away. You only used her full name when you were pissed and she knew this. She lowered her head and mumbled,

“Yes, captain.” You nodded and looked over at Mark as the others started to leave the room. Burt winked at you both and closed the privacy curtains on his way out.

You looked at Mark with a confused look, He had a sheepish smile and said,

“Burt found me cuddled up next to you in the bed. I was able to get him to promise not to tell anyone, but only after he gave me a 30-minute monologue about love.” He ended with a small laugh, which you joined.

You both came to a stop as you met eyes. He moved closer, placing a hand on your cheek.

“I’m glad your okay captain.” He softly stated, rubbing your cheeks. You smiled and leaned into him.

“Thanks for coming to my rescue handsome,” you replied, a bright blush covering his face. He grinned,

“Always for you captain.” he softly stated. You took his hand from his face and held it in yours. You rubbed your thumb over his knuckles. You shyly looked away before saying,

“You know I wouldn't have minded if Burt had told a few people.” Mark let out a soft laugh,

“ I don’t think Burt could only tell a few people, but.” He hesitated, “ I don’t think I would have minded much, either,” he said. He beamed at you before finishing,

“Though I’d much prefer it if people found out from us.”You turned back to look at him,

“Me too, Mark,” you said before the doctor came back in. Mark stood up from the bed. The doctor and Mark helped you into a wheelchair and moved you to your quarters.

You smiled as you were finally back “Home”. They had moved your normal bed somewhere else and had put the medical bed. The doctor rambled off about things you shouldn't do and what you could do as Mark lifted you into the bed and helped you adjust. You nodded and thanked the doctor and she left.

Now it was just you and Mark alone. You looked up at him as he once again sat down next to you.

“I think it’s about time we talked about us.” You softly said, grabbing Mark’s hand and letting him know you meant no ill intentions. He smiled,

“Yeah, us.”

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[HC] You fell asleep on the ISWM Crew's shoulders

*GIF by u-right.

[FLUFF] Basically to summarize you accidentally fell asleep on the ISWM Crew's shoulder during work because you were a little tired. It was a big ship and all the walking caused it, you know? No? Alright.

TW: Nothing much to trigger you other than a mention of a cigar at Gunther's part.

Word count: alot

This is my first time writing a hc on Tumblr. Hope you will enjoy!

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Mark

▪︎You and Mark were just taking a lunch break before continuing to fix some things in the ship.

▪︎"The sandwiches aren't really that good here. Considering it was made in sp— Captain?"

▪︎There it was. You fell asleep on his shoulder during Mark's ranting to the flavor of (an actually okay) sandwich.

▪︎He is melting. A blushing mess, even.

▪︎He tries to find a pillow, even if you're both in a room that doesn't have pillows.

▪︎"Captain.. sleeping on my shoulder.. on my ship.." He hums, but not loud enough to wake you up.

▪︎Feels proud about himself.

▪︎Makes sure you're comfortable.

▪︎Whispers to the computer to ask for water and maybe fix the temperature to a good state.

▪︎Brags to Celci about it when he gets the chance to.

Celci

▪︎"Ah, Captain! Just the person I needed to see. All colonists safe and steady. Cryo Pods in full and good condition."

▪︎30 minutes pass making sure that nothing really goes wrong and you sit on the ground out of tiredness.

▪︎Celci sits beside you, "Captain, are you okay?"

▪︎You say nothing and just fall asleep on her shoulder.

▪︎She looks at you a little concerned and confused. (You know, because if you just randomly sit on the floor and not respond that would really be confusing.)

▪︎Realizes you're still breathing and became calm. She figured you must've just been sleepy.

▪︎She was content that you trusted her that much that you would sleep on her shoulder.

▪︎Any type of being with the Captain for even a small time made her feel comfortable and happy with her work even more.

▪︎Might even fall asleep too just by seeing you sleep.

▪︎Definitely going to brag to Mark when she gets the chance to.

Gunther

▪︎"And then boom, I blew all those asteroids up by myself." *does his own "blow up" sounds and gestures with his hands*

▪︎He comes to the realization that you have completely fell asleep on his shoulder.

▪︎He removes the thick cigar from his mouth and removes anything dangerous on his item belt on the side you're sleeping on.

▪︎It feels like a compliment to him that his very "cool and real" stories can be enough to be a lullaby to the Captain's ears. Maybe even enough to be sold as baby books.

▪︎Comes to the realization you probably were just tired but still sticks to that other thought nonetheless.

▪︎Makes sure you were okay sleeping on his shoulder.

▪︎Tries to wake you up gently.

▪︎Fails at it and you're still asleep.

▪︎He wears his headset, puts the other bud in your ear, and puts on calming music Burt helped him download.

▪︎You both fall asleep peacefully.

Burt

▪︎He recites one of his favorite poems to you while fixing the war cores' flaws.

▪︎He hears a bit of snoring from the chair behind him and sees his Captain asleep.

▪︎He finishes up adding touches to the warp core and grabs a seat.

▪︎Sits beside you and puts your head on his shoulder. (Because that's probably more comfortable.)

▪︎Continues to recite poems he made while working quietly to help your sleep last long enough for you to be okay when you wake up.

▪︎Makes sure the warp core doesn't explode while you were asleep.

▪︎Kind of insulted because he thought that you thought his poems were boring. Turns out you were just sleepy.

▪︎Humming a little bit.

▪︎Makes sure you're alright and making sure the heat of the core doesn't reach you.

▪︎He was happy that you were okay.

Mack

▪︎"Captain, I— Captain?"

▪︎Tad bit insulted because he specifically told you to not go too close to him but here we are.

▪︎Enjoys it a little bit.

▪︎A little touch starved. Okay fine, he enjoys it a lot.

▪︎He didn't know you would think it was safe enough to just trust him despite him pushing you away.

▪︎Makes sure nobody else gets to see this moment or catches him off-guard.

▪︎He wasn't able to even think of the ship anymore. Just you. That's a Mack guarantee.

▪︎Tries his best to not look at you so that he would be able to still think properly.

▪︎Doesn't work and he is completely flustered.

▪︎Falls asleep too.

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incorrectjane-andthedragon · 2 years

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A Dragon’s Merperson’s Tail

(Do you ever just…feel compelled to write something?) (This is pretty self-explanatory.) (Oh, and as much as I’d like to have the aquatic environment be 100% accurate to nature, this is unfortunately not the case as I’ve been really really busy and haven’t had a lot of time to research) (or write. This was mostly for fun!)

The crab was small and shiny. Its shell glimmered as it slowly made its way across the ocean floor. Gunther had never seen a crab so shiny. He didn’t realize he had been staring at it until he looked up and saw that his father had kept swimming without him. He shot up in the water, accidentally bumping into two mermaids.

“Watch it, Shark!” One spat, scowling.

“Relax, he’s just a child,” said the other. She looked like she was about to swim away, but noticed the look in his eyes. “Is something wrong?”

“I got lost. I can’t find my father.”

“Well, he must be around here somewhere.” She surveyed the merfolk swimming every which way around them. He followed suit. His eyes searched the crowd, but he wasn’t looking at their faces. He was looking for their fins. Gleaming green scales. A smooth indigo one. One with bright yellow stripes.

And then, finally.

Light gray, tipped with black. Lashing furiously.

“I see him,” Gunther gasped, pointing. His father appeared to be clutching a massive shell, and arguing with someone over it as if parting from it would kill him. Typical.

Gunther swam up to his father’s side, panting, silently bracing himself for the bellow of where were you? But his father was so busy bellowing at the merman trying to negotiate prices with him that he didn’t even notice. Gunther wondered if he’d even noticed they’d been separated at all.

Before he could think about what he was doing, Gunther nudged his father’s black-tipped fin with his own. Magnus briefly frowned at him, then returned to the argument. Gunther watched the air bubbles sent up by their shouts float up and away. Following the air bubbles, he saw the towers of the castle above them all.

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“How many times do I have to tell you this? Do not distract me when I’m having a business discussion?”

Gunther knew he was talking about the nudge. “Sorry. I bumped you by accident.”

Magnus huffed. “It didn’t feel like one.”

Gunther sighed. “Fine. I nudged your tail because I had gotten caught in the crowd. We’d briefly been separated. I nudged your fin to let you know I had caught up to you.” He didn’t know why he kept talking. “It was easy to find you. Because your fin is patterned differently than everyone else’s.” He smiled at his father. His father scowled.

“Different. We have been given the gift of stealth and speed and power, and all you have to say is that they are different. We are not different. We are better.”

Better. People who were better didn’t get called shark in the streets. People who were better didn’t have the other children regard them with suspicion and fear after a rumor about shark teeth had been spread. Better. Please.

Father probably had to deal with stuff like that too when he was little. It’s probably why he’s angry all the time. If I could, I would give him a bright red tail. It would suit him. Gunther could imagine it. His father would be so proud of the bright colors of his new tail, and so happy with him. Then Gunther would give himself a new tail, perhaps a red one to match, maybe a different iridescent one, and then they would all be happy.

It was these fins that were the cause of all their problems.

Many years later.

Gunther watched the leviathan recline on its stomach. He’d been in regular proximity with the thing for a while now, but there were still moments when its sheer size caught him off guard. He hoped the leviathan couldn’t see his anxiety.

Right now, its eyes were closed, so it couldn’t see anything. Actually, now that he thought about it, its eyes had been closed for a while now. That made his stomach churn, and he wasn’t sure why. He shook himself off and returned to his duties to distract himself.

The distractions didn’t last long. Soon, word had spread through the castle like a plague that the leviathan was ill, and the only thing that could cure it was a mysterious plant known as Surfaceleaf. In the blur of activity that followed, Gunther was the one selected to help get the plant.

He wouldn’t be alone. Jane, the leviathan’s best friend and his worst enemy, would be alongside him.

Jane. She always had to be the best, and because she wasn’t born with the natural hurdle of a shark tail, she usually was. Her tail was a shade of red-orange so bright it almost hurt his eyes. Once, he’d imagined her in a battlefield, floating victoriously above the corpse of an enemy, and there had been something inexplicably majestic about how her tail contrasted with the darker red of the blood billowing around her. That mental image would stick with him for years, and he would never be able to truly explain why.

Anyway. The Surfaceleaf got its name because it only grew around the very tips of underwater mountains, closest to the sunlight. The tides were rough, so the swim was exhausting, but it was the least of their challenges.

Humans. There were loads of them in these parts, a few swimming, most on boats. The relationship between the humans and the merfolk of the castle was…decent. Decent enough that no one in recent years had feared any sort of all-out war or conflict, but no one wanted to test that by having anyone tied to underwater nobility harm a human civilian, or vice versa. And now Jane and Gunther were going to have to find a way to safely make their way around all these humans, while armored, and not seem suspicious.

This is a disaster waiting to happen. No. We can do this. We can do this.

There was a flash of movement. “What?”

A human swimmer was floating nearby. “What?” She signed. Sign language was the only merfolk and humans could communicate properly. Everyone had learned that the hard way several centuries ago after a miscommunication caused a war that was still a mind-numbingly large section of Gunther’s history lessons.

“What?” The swimmer signed again.

“She wants to know what we’re doing here,” Jane whispered.

“Yeah obviously, I don’t have an anemone for a brain.”

“An anemone? All the creatures you could’ve chosen and you go with an anemone?”

“Are you going to talk to her or not? She’s getting suspicious.”

“All right.” Jane turned to the swimmer and began signing with clean and precise gestures. “We are not here to hurt anyone. We only need a plant.”

The swimmer looked confused and even more suspicious.

“Healing,” Gunther signed. “We need a healing plant.” He pointed to the nearby grove of plants, one of which was clearly Surfaceleaf.

“All right.” The swimmer signed. “Need air.” She signed hurriedly, then swam to the surface.

“It will be best if we do this quickly. Here, hold my sword, I’ll just swim over there and get it.”

“Wait-”

Jane had darted off in a flash of red before he could finish. He groaned. The cloud of bubbles that erupted from his throat traveled up, up, up. He watched as they hit the swimmer’s kicking feet. She was back underwater, and swimming towards Jane, in a flash.

“What is happening?” The swimmer signed. “Why do you need this plant?”

“I need to heal a friend.” Jane’s signs were getting fast and sloppy with emotion. He knew all she was thinking of was the life of Leviathan, which would end tragically without this plant. “I need to heal a friend.”

“I do not know of any ocean plants with healing powers.” A look was spreading over the human’s face, a look Gunther knew all too well.

She sees how important this plant is. She wants it for herself. She wants to sell it for herself.

“That is because you are human. Leave me alone.”

The greed on the human’s face was unmistakable now, but so was her need for air. She swam back up.

Gunther had once seen a shark chase a seal into a crevice in a rock. The shark had tried to worm its snout into the crevice, biting wildly and senselessly in an attempt to get its prey.

That was how Jane looked now, tearing at the plants in an attempt to get the Surfaceleaf. Torn hanks of seagrass floated around her, her nails audibly scraping against stone as she fought to get the plant off the rock. She began muttering and cursing with fury. Gunther shot a look back up at the swimmer. She was visibly preparing to dive back down.

This could end with a civil conversation and everyone agreeing on what to do.

This could end with everyone getting too caught up in their desperation for this forsaken healing plant.

This could end in neither of those ways.

Gunther took off his armor and picked up Jane’s sword.

Jane was audibly sobbing now. She had almost gotten the Surfaceleaf off the rock, it was still clinging to the rock by a thick thread.

He swam over to her with the sword and placed it by her.

She picked up the sword and swung. The thread snapped with ease, the Surfaceplant floating freely in the tide. It hung there for a brief moment, oddly mesmerizing in its beauty.

Gunther’s hand shot out and grabbed it. He started swimming as fast as his tail could take him.

“Hey!” Jane cried. “What are you doing?”

“Getting this to Leviathan.” He gasped.

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“How. Are you. So fast.” Jane wheezed. “Thank you. For saving Leviathan. But. How.”

“It’s a secret.” He couldn’t resist smirking at her. He waited for her cutting remark in return, but she simply sighed.

“Really. Thank you.”

“You’re welcome.”

Both of them seemed rather surprised by their own sincerity, and retreated into exhausted silence.

“Are you going to tell anyone about that swimming human? She seemed like she was up to no good.” Jane finally said, not looking at him.

“I do not know. It looked to me like she thought she could sell the plant for its healing properties. But perhaps she has a sick loved one she hopes could be cured by the plant.”

Jane’s face darkened with visible guilt. Typical of her, to briefly forget her own victory when thinking of someone who also needed help.

“Plants grow back. And I- I could swim back to the surface and- put some back, in case she needs some soon.”

“Really?”

“Yes. And I could do it very fast.”

She snorted and rolled her eyes.

“There you two are,” Sir Theodore came over. “I am impressed by how quickly you managed to return.”

“We were just talking about that,” Jane shot Gunther a look. “He refuses to tell me how he accomplished it.” “It is his fins.”

“What?”

“It is difficult to explain, but as you know, many people’s fins are different. Some are designed for strength, and for others, speed. Gunther, I have known many great warriors born with fins such as yours who were renowned for their fast and quiet swimming, and were eternally grateful for the gifts.”

Eternally grateful for the gifts.

“Thank you, sir.”

Gunther poked his head out of the water and listened closely. There was a person still working by the rocks, seawater splashing around their bare feet. They had the same body shape as the swimmer, but Gunther’s vision was so poor out of the water it was difficult to tell if it was really her.

“You check,” he whispered to Jane.

“It’s her.” Jane responded a moment later.

Gunther swam over to the rocks.

The human only noticed him when his hand slapped against the rock. He needed to work on that aspect of his stealth.

It wasn’t much of the Surfaceleaf, but it seemed to be enough for the human. She darted off.

Gunther sighed. “What if she sells it for nefarious purposes? What if Surfaceleaf only heals leviathans and we accidentally poison someone?”

“Then why did you agree to do this?”

“I-I do not know.”

When Jane came back from patrol with Leviathan the next day, she had a secretive smile on her face as she swam over to Gunther.

“I poked my head out of the water.”

“And…?”

“She was standing in the surf holding someone’s hand. I was about to go back underwater, but she noticed me and smiled and made the signs for plant and thank you. Then she pointed at me and the person with her waved and signed thank you.”

“You’re joking.”

“Why would I joke about something like this? Leviathan can prove it, right, Leviathan?”

“Yep! At least, I’m assuming that’s what happened. Humans have such funny, tiny little hands that I barely tell what they sign. But they seemed happy.” Leviathan said. He was resting on his stomach again, but seemed much more lively.

Without thinking, Gunther nudged her fin with his own. She seemed briefly stunned, but then quickly reciprocated.

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“Why are you telling me this?” Coral asked. Gunther smiled, then nudged Coral’s fin the same way.

“Because I want you to know that just because many think our fins are different doesn’t mean they’re better or worse.”

“I’ve never thought of my fin as better or worse.” Coral said defensively. “Well, there have been some times…” Coral gestured, seeming to reach for the appropriate thing to say. “I just think that it’s- that you did all that stuff-whoa.”

Gunther chuckled.

“I’m sorry people called you a shark and all that.” Coral’s voice had gone soft.

“You don’t need to apologize. They do. If anyone ever makes you feel bad about your family or your fin…”

“A giant angry leviathan will descend on their homes and kill them.”

“That would be nice, but no.”

“He probably would if someone asked.”

“Coral, really, if anyone harassed you because of your fin, you wouldn’t need to ask Leviathan to kill them.”

“You would do it yourself.”

“I would.”

Coral watched a school of yellow fish dart by. Gunther wondered what Coral was thinking.

Coral was still watching the fish. “I love you, Father.”

“I love you too.”

The End.

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