Until the End || Levi x Reader Insert Fanfiction

A/N: The above picture does NOT belong to me

You are guided to a room where you are set to receive your uniforms before apparently being introduced to the rest of the regiment as new recruits. You look upon the uniform they had set for you, the mark of freedom etched on your chest, yet you feel a pang in the back of your throat. After quickly changing, you found Levi waiting for Furlan and Isabel by the door. You both had barely spoken a single word throughout the whole exchange. You only briefly glanced at each other when you finally reached the surface, wide eyes gazing at the open blue sky, the breeze, and the air you could breathe without feeling like you were choking on filth.

"Levi," you say as you go to reach for his shoulder, and he turns to look at you, eyes widening slightly at your uniform. He looked away quickly, but you sent him a smile. He had been acting tense ever since we reached the surface, despite having made it here, the first step to freedom we had always talked about. "You okay," you ask, it was a stupid question, you could tell Levi didn't like the thought of being used by someone, at least in the Underground we could do as we pleased, if anything this felt more suffocating. "Tch, yeah, just sick of shitty eyebrows dragging us around," Levi's face turns into a pointed glare as he stares at the wall as though it was Erwin himself. You laugh slightly at his proclamation, and he seems to calm down.

You were about to say something, but you looked up in surprise when he finally met your eyes, gaze brimming with hesitance and unease. "Levi?" He turned away once more, as though embarrassed to have been caught showcasing emotion. You frowned again slightly before the pieces seemed to come together, and you gave him a teasing grin that he tried to avoid as you realised why he had been acting so strangely since the Scouts had captured us. "You know," you say, looking out the window to the birds that flew by, "if you were worried, you could have just said so." Levi swivels around, giving you another glare, "I never said I was-"

"Big sis!" he is interrupted as Isabel makes her way bounding over to you and hugs you like the world depended on it. "Look at this uniform; don't I look so cool," she gave you a little twirl, and you laughed airily at her carefree mindset despite being in such an unfamiliar place. You hear Levi mutter something under his breath, all the tension from the prior conversation now lost, as you look at Isabel, "Hmm, the coolest," you grin as her smile widens. "Did you hear that big bro? Big sis said I looked cool," Levi barely acknowledges Isabel as Furlan appears at the door. "Hey, they're calling for us." He gives you a knowing glance as you give him a soft smile.

Everything was alright, we would be alright.

.....

"Attention all hands!" you suddenly found the four of you standing in front of lines of Scouts that stared with curiosity. You felt slightly uncomfortable with all the eyes looking your way but decided this would hopefully be over soon. "I'd like to introduce four new recruits who'll fight with us starting today!" You catch a glimpse of dark brown hair and glasses, whose holder seemed to hold more interest in you all than the others, as you hear the man continue your introductions. "You four, greet your comrades." Silence overtakes us briefly before you hear Levi speak up.

"I'm Levi," you suppress a grin at his bored glance as he looks unbothered by the Scouts that stare back at him. "Levi, the first thing you're gonna learn is discipline," the man who had introduced us didn't look impressed much like the rest of the Scouts, who looked at Levi as though he had grown two heads. "Next." "Isabel Magnolia! Nice to meet you!" You look over to see Isabel giving the crowd her signature grin as she steps forward next to Levi. "Furlan Church... is the name," you turn to Furlan, who stood up next, saluting the crowd half-heartedly.

"I'm [y/n]," you speak up after a brief moment, letting the light shine on your face as you step forward to Levi, who stands next to you. "It's good to meet you," You give the crowd a small smile as you salute them. You feel a bit self-conscious as you now feel everyone's eyes looking at you in awe and muttering that soon arose as they looked at your face. You felt Levi stiffen next to you.