Lily

Name: Silent Oath

Writer: foolforclown/AO3

Summary: Set in an early 1900s-inspired world scarred by war, this story follows Levi Ackerman and his wife, Lillian.

Once, they were everything to each other. Then the war took more than either of them could bear.

Levi disappeared without a trace, leaving behind only silence, a wife and a 5 years old daughter forced to believe he would never come home. Years pass, and Lillian slowly learns how to survive in a world that has long forgotten peace.

But one day, Levi returns.

Only... he isn't the man she remembers.

The soldier who comes back carries the same face, the same name, yet something inside him was left behind on the mission he was sent. Haunted by the past and changed beyond recognition.

A slow-burn wartime romance about love, grief, survival, and the painful question of whether two people can ever truly find each other again after the war has already took everything from them. 

Additional Tags: Angst, Lovers to Enemies to Lovers, Suicidal Thoughts, Abuse, War, 1900's, Sexual Abuse, AU, Hurt/Comfort, Smut, Violance, Slow Burn

Posted Chapters: 7 (Wrote 12 chapters, total 64k words for now)

How Many Chapters There Will Be: Unknown (Probably more than 200k words)

Fandoms: Attack on Titan

Here comes Levi's POV.

Fine Line

Out Now

Back to You

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Is this my punishment,

Or just the cross I have to bear?

Will this endless vigil,

Never come to an end?

Sign of the Times

Couldn't wait for tomorrow. Chapter-5 will be out this Friday and the story will start to show itself after that.

"Let her go!"

You recognized the voice immediately.

Eren.

Your heart lurched as you twisted your head just enough to see him charging forward before half a dozen Noxen soldiers tackled him to the ground. He fought like a wild animal, throwing elbows, kicking, struggling to reach you despite the rifles pressed against him. He couldn't. There were simply too many of them.

Idiot...

Why would he do this?

You wanted to scream at him to stop fighting, to protect himself instead of you, yet all you could feel was your heart breaking. Somewhere inside you, the little boy who used to run around your kitchen chasing Iris was still there, and seeing him throw himself into danger for you filled you with equal parts pride and terror.

Before another thought could reach you, rough fingers tangled themselves violently in your hair. Your scalp screamed in pain as Zeke yanked your head backward while his other hand clamped around your jaw, squeezing your cheeks so hard your teeth dug into the inside of your mouth. He forced you down, trying to make your knees hit the cold stone beneath you.

Instead...

You spat.

The blood mixed with your saliva landed at the tip of his polished boot.

Silence swallowed the square.

For one heartbeat, no one moved.

Then the blow came.

His fist crashed against your face with enough force to send you sprawling onto the stones. You barely managed to catch yourself before another kick slammed into your ribs.

Zeke roared as he turned toward the crowd, his voice echoing across the harbor while you struggled to draw even a single proper breath. "Do you see this? This is what happens to Valerians who forget their place! Peace is yours if you obey us, but the moment you test our patience—" His boot lifted once again, ready to come crashing down. You closed your eyes because you simply couldn't keep them open anymore. Every part of your body burned. Blood stung your eyes, your ribs screamed with every shallow breath, and for one exhausted moment you wished everything would simply stop.

Then a single voice cut through the harbor.

"Enough."

It wasn't loud. It wasn't angry. It didn't have to be. Somehow, that one quiet word silenced an entire harbor. The whispers disappeared, even the music seemed to fade beneath it. Your blood ran cold. 

No.

That couldn't be possible. 

Your heartbeat became deafening as you slowly forced your eyes open through the blood clouding your vision. Everything around you blurred together, faces dissolving into colors beneath the sun, but there was one thing your body recognized long before your mind ever could.