[Eren receives no forgiveness, and it's a relief; he doesn't want it, and he wouldn't believe Levi if that's what he tried to give.
[Quick breathing - that's all; for Levi, it speaks volumes. Eren hears it, head still hung. Levi is quiet. Eren thinks he might walk away, and his grip tightens on the man's shirt.
[He can't let him go...
[Eren is brought in, head hitting Levi's chest; there's a muffled bark of grief. He wraps his arms around Levi, shameless, young, desperate. He clutches the back of the man's head, buzzed short - hands hard enough to hurt.]
You have to know...[The words are squeezed out, high-pitched and breaking.] Captain...you have to know...
Despite everything...[He's never dared to even think of saying it out loud.
[Levi is his hero, but that's not all. Back home, Eren never got a chance to know Levi, the famed, feared champion of humanity, like he has in this reality. Levi got to know Eren; he's gotten to know this one, too.
[He's been there. He's cared. He's protected. He's loved.
[Eren doesn't want forgiveness. If Levi truly does come to hate him, it will be deserved; but it doesn't make this any less true:]
I love you. I love you all. Please...believe me...
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[Quick breathing - that's all; for Levi, it speaks volumes. Eren hears it, head still hung. Levi is quiet. Eren thinks he might walk away, and his grip tightens on the man's shirt.
[He can't let him go...
[Eren is brought in, head hitting Levi's chest; there's a muffled bark of grief. He wraps his arms around Levi, shameless, young, desperate. He clutches the back of the man's head, buzzed short - hands hard enough to hurt.]
You have to know...[The words are squeezed out, high-pitched and breaking.] Captain...you have to know...
Despite everything...[He's never dared to even think of saying it out loud.
[Levi is his hero, but that's not all. Back home, Eren never got a chance to know Levi, the famed, feared champion of humanity, like he has in this reality. Levi got to know Eren; he's gotten to know this one, too.
[He's been there. He's cared. He's protected. He's loved.
[Eren doesn't want forgiveness. If Levi truly does come to hate him, it will be deserved; but it doesn't make this any less true:]
I love you. I love you all. Please...believe me...