[ Levi feels his chest lift a little as Erwin returns. He gives him a lingering, complicated look before swiveling back to Hange.
...A tea house? It's one of those things that has briefly and wildly crossed his mind a very small handful of times, when he so rarely indulged in bothering with what-ifs. He hadn't really considered it here, since there already was one, but that didn't mean he couldn't start up something small, at least to occupy his time for a little while...
...it's a better thought than what Erwin's going to say next, so Levi shifts to stand. He braces one hand on Hange's knee, giving it a little squeeze as he leverages himself up off the couch to go to the kitchen to finish making Erwin's tea.
After a few paces he turns back to watch them both for just a moment, the space of a few heartbeats. This is the sort of familiarity he'd been missing for weeks now. Of course he's mind numbingly happy that Erwin is with him, that they get this time together. He wouldn't trade that for anything. But it hadn't stopped him from missing other people for the comfort of moments like this where they're all together.
He knows now that he'll lose them both. The thought is a thousand daggers in his chest. But here he has them both. And he'll hang onto that for as long as possible.
Levi listens to Erwin's answer from the kitchen, setting the kettle to boil again. It shouldn't take long. ]
whoops sorry it's angst o'clock
...A tea house? It's one of those things that has briefly and wildly crossed his mind a very small handful of times, when he so rarely indulged in bothering with what-ifs. He hadn't really considered it here, since there already was one, but that didn't mean he couldn't start up something small, at least to occupy his time for a little while...
...it's a better thought than what Erwin's going to say next, so Levi shifts to stand. He braces one hand on Hange's knee, giving it a little squeeze as he leverages himself up off the couch to go to the kitchen to finish making Erwin's tea.
After a few paces he turns back to watch them both for just a moment, the space of a few heartbeats. This is the sort of familiarity he'd been missing for weeks now. Of course he's mind numbingly happy that Erwin is with him, that they get this time together. He wouldn't trade that for anything. But it hadn't stopped him from missing other people for the comfort of moments like this where they're all together.
He knows now that he'll lose them both. The thought is a thousand daggers in his chest. But here he has them both. And he'll hang onto that for as long as possible.
Levi listens to Erwin's answer from the kitchen, setting the kettle to boil again. It shouldn't take long. ]