An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Tags: AU - Canon Divergence, Hange survived The Rumbling, Floch as well, Slow Burn, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Eventual Smut, Second Chances, Pining, Dual Timeline, Unreliable Narrator, PTSD, Forced Proximity
Commander Hange Zoe survived The Rumbling only to inherit a world balanced on a knife’s edge.
Then Levi reappears. The man who had been her comrade, friend, and lover. After years of silence, he materializes before her without a word of explanation. Unchanged in all the ways that matter, and yet entirely distant.
She’s left to wrestle with an agonizing question: Why did he leave?
And could any part of their relationship have endured in this world built on ashes?
“Will come up with a better option eventually—or not, and it won’t matter, because you’ll keep trying anyway.” Levi slips a strand of her hair behind her ear, the movement so fast she gets goosebumps. “But… But sometimes you should take a break and let yourself… be. What matters is moving forward, isn’t it, four eyes?”
Levi pushes her glasses up her nose with one finger, gaze never leaving hers.
Four eyes. Hange hasn’t heard that nickname in ages. Her chest expands.
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