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Serizawa knows quietude intimately–silence, even better–and his own voice sounds strange amidst the chatter of new classmates, of Reigen, of clients.

Katsuya hides under umbrella architecture—opaque vaulted ceiling veined with aluminum; safety is to turn a blind eye toward starless skies.

Jean tastes strange fruit outside the Walls–tart green, sweet peach–but his heart is curled inside an orange rind, a frozen crescent moon.

The first time Levi finds himself underneath Erwin, he expects grunts, sweat, frantic flex of muscle; but not to kiss first, aching w/ need.

Levi knows more ways to kill a man than Erwin has men; but amid the sharp secrets & scars that live under Levi’s clothes, Erwin finds skin.

Levi’s world is made of broken things–teacups, hearts, bones, wills–but Erwin & he bend & twist, pliant strength found in soft touches.

Levi learns that only pawns wear crowns, that kings are cogs in a machine, but that shadows are what Erwin bows his head to reach, to kiss.

854: Armin talks of death, Eren of war, Mikasa of silence. . But Jean tells Marco of salt sea air & sprawling sky, recalls who he used to be.

Bertolt knows that confessions don’t absolve, don’t heal steam burns or clean bloodied hands; but for a brief moment, he finds freedom.

At the beginning, Erwin looks behind him to see if Levi is still there; he is, through jeers, through Erwin’s war drum heart, always close.

Levi wonders what Erwin thinks about after sex–lips against Levi’s neck, arm about his waist–but for once, all is quiet, blissful silence.

Erwin doesn’t recognize himself as he moans LeviLeviLevi, mindless, as he allows himself to be moved, Levi breathing hard over his shoulder.

Erwin gives in order to take; offers in order to own–a means to an end. Only his gifts of tea, kisses, secrets are artless–given to Levi.

Erwin & Levi fuck before they kiss, & when they first kiss, it’s w/ teeth. Softness comes slowly–after shared grief, after forgiveness.

Jean’s first kiss is w/ a boy in the barracks–Marco, tasting of peppermint. At 20, he kisses his blade, promises made around bitter steel.

Levi always cleans Erwin’s office, but after Shiganshina, he lets the past settle, doesn’t dust the desk or wash the sheets. He inhales.