Broken Hearts, Severed Limbs (Levi x OC x Erwin)

|35| Looking for Answers

The morning light that entered through the windows, slowly started to penetrate her eyelids. Nathalie could once again focus on nothing but Levi’s rhythmic heartbeat beneath her ear. Her head rested on top of his chest. A hand was thrown around his belly. She felt his arm was around her waist, keeping her against him. The breeze brushed cold against her exposed shoulder, right before he drew the blanket further up to shield it.

Levi pressed a gentle kiss on her forehead. He had probably awakened before she did. Nathalie looked up at him with a smile. Their noses touched as he turned and looked at her. He could feel the weight of her chin on his shoulder as his eyes met her own, and he realised, he didn’t want to look anywhere else. She couldn’t believe it. He was smiling too. She had seen him smile before. It was a pretty rare thing for him to do. She always forgot how much it suited him. She couldn’t believe she was probably the reason he was smiling for.

She cupped his face, returning his smile with one of her own. “It suits you,”

He hadn’t realised he was smiling until she told him that. He sighed. He couldn’t hide anything from her, could he? “We slept in,” he chose to change the subject.

Nathalie buried her face in his neck. “No wonder why,” She chuckled. Although, it was no problem. They didn’t have anywhere to go and they had nothing to do until next week when Jean and Mikasa would have fully recovered, and they’d be moving to a new HQ for the new Special Operations Squad. Still, she wouldn’t believe what happened last night if she wasn’t naked now.

Wait. NAKED?! Nathalie panicked. She was naked and pressed against his own naked body. OH, MY FUCKIN’ GOD! She couldn’t tell how red her face must’ve been when she pulled away from him with her hands grasping the bedsheets tightly around her body. Levi got in a sitting position just to turn and look at her with both a worried and a surprised look on his face. His eyes almost widened.

“Uh… I- I need t- to… get some clothes,” Nathalie stuttered as she looked at his now exposed chest. The perfectly built muscles and abs that spread beneath that were brought to light by her pushing all the bedsheets to herself. A few scars spread on his body. She had seen him shirtless before but that was a whole different feeling.

“Oh,” Levi sighed in relief. His shoulders visibly relaxed. “I didn’t hurt you, did I?” He asked, just to make sure.

“No, not at all, you’d never-” Nathalie tried to say before her hand traced her neck absentmindedly. She lost her words and her eyes widened. She jumped off the bed and with a little effort, she stood in front of the nearby mirror. She gasped upon seeing the bitemarks and the swollen hickeys. She groaned. “Looks like I’ve been stepped on by a carriage,” she whined.

It was going to be a pain trying to cover these. Maybe she should follow Mikasa’s lead and put on a scarf. She turned around to walk. She hadn’t realised how unstable and wobbly her legs were. She let out a yelp. She would have collapsed on the floor if Levi hadn’t caught her. An arm found its way around her waist, pressing her back against his bare chest, and keeping her up on her feet.

Her hands reached for his own that was tightly wrapped around her waist for support. “Are you sure I didn’t hurt you?!” Levi asked again. He had already put his pants on, so she didn’t panic as much as before.

“Not so sure anymore,” Nathalie teased as she turned and looked at him and he sighed before he picked her up. She let out another yelp. Her hands reached immediately around his neck and let go when he placed her back down on his bed.

“I’ll go grab you some clothes,” Levi exited the room and headed for her own, whilst Nathalie just lied down and she groaned when she remembered she did have something to do for today.