Erwin walked down the hall of cells, coming to the last one and peering inside. There lay the small figure of the man they’d taken hostage, the one they were planning on making a trade for: Levi Ackerman. But it wasn’t the Levi that Erwin knew. No, the Paradis Levi had been taken hostage by Marley months ago now. This was their Levi- Marley Levi- and Erwin had ordered his kidnapping so that he could make an exchange to get his Levi back. He had learned of the clones through Zeke, who had vaguely introduced him to his own clone on one occasion during a negotiation meeting. The other Erwin was incredibly smug, rude, and just plain evil. The way he treated the Marleyan Levi was just disgusting, in Erwin’s mind, and the broken way the other Levi had responded was just plain pitiful. It made Erwin all the more worried about his Levi, being in the company of such an awful man.

But Erwin stood in front of Marley Levi now, and the smaller man looked up, tugging lightly on the restraints that chained him to the wall. His face lit up upon seeing Erwin, and for a moment perhaps he thought that this was his Erwin, not Paradis Erwin. But his smile didn’t falter, and Erwin noticed his glasses were cracked on one lens, his face slightly bruised from the possible roughness involved in kidnapping him.

“You’re not my Ervy, are you?” the other Levi asked quietly, “You’re one of those devils.”

Erwin didn’t flinch at being called a ‘devil’, as he was used to it by now. He slowly unlocked the cell and stepped inside, closing it behind him so that there was no chance for escape. He walked over to the other Levi and kneeled down in front of him, taking his face into his hands gently and beginning to inspect his bruises.

“They really roughed you up, didn’t they?” he murmured softly, running his fingers along a particularly bad bruise along the man’s chin. He was so similar to his own Levi, and it was certainly a temptation, especially when the other Levi began to blush profusely at Erwin’s actions.

“Y-Yeah,” he mumbled, “It hurts.”

Erwin sighed a little, “If you behave, I’ll have the doctor come inspect you, alright? Perhaps they’ll have something you can take for the pain.”

Levi nodded, a smile on his face, which was unusual for Erwin to see. His Levi almost never smiled, and he couldn’t help but admit that he found it quite endearing. He tried to remind himself this wasn’t the person he was in love with. This wasn’t the same Levi; he shouldn’t be feeling so sympathetic and warm towards someone he didn’t even know. But his heart was fighting him, the lost puppy dog look on the other Levi’s face starting to get to him.

“You look just like my Ervy,” Marley Levi whispered, examining Erwin’s face carefully, “But you’re a lot nicer than him.”

Levi’s eyes suddenly flashed with fear, and he looked down at the floor as he muttered, “D-Don’t tell anyone I said that. I’ll get in trouble.”

Erwin could feel the man’s words tugging at his heartstrings. This poor, helpless man had been bullied his entire career by the other Erwin, but Erwin wasn’t sure of the extent to which the Marleyan Erwin had treated his subordinate.

“Levi,” Erwin sat down in front of him more comfortably now, crossing his legs and placing his hands in his lap, “Tell me. What are some bad things your Erwin has done to you?”

Levi looked hesitant, his eyes widening slightly at the question. He bit his lip and shook his head, “I... I can’t-”

“It’s just you and me, Levi,” Erwin reassured him, “Nobody’s going to punish you for telling the truth. And I’ll make sure this information stays between us.”

The other Levi stared at Erwin through his glasses before looking away. He looked almost terrified to share that information, still nibbling on his lower lip until it started bleeding. Erwin waited patiently, knowing it would take a lot for this man to share something like this with him. But Erwin was sure it would help the other Levi to trust him more if he could get this off his chest.

“He... He beats me,” Levi started in a small voice, “If I do something wrong, I get punished.”

“And how does he punish you?” Erwin wondered, watching tears begin to swell in the other Levi’s eyes. His heart sank, and he couldn’t help the pity he felt for the small man.

“He-um...” Levi explained, “He usually ties me down and whips me until I bleed. Sometimes he’ll put out his cigars on my skin.”

Erwin couldn’t help his eyes from widening. He reached out and gently placed a hand on the other Levi’s shoulder, rubbing his arm soothingly. Levi initially flinched at the touch before leaning into it, and Erwin supposed the man might’ve never been comforted in this way before.

“What else has he done?” Erwin asked, squeezing Levi’s arm gently to reassure him it was okay to continue talking.

Levi’s eyes darted around the cell uncomfortably, shifting a little in his spot on the floor as he mumbled, “He makes me have sex with him whenever he wants. It’s always rough, and it hurts. And if I do something really bad, he sends me to Zeke to be experimented on.”

Erwin’s breath hitched at the mention of sex, and he realized now that the other Levi had tears flowing down his face. Erwin couldn’t even imagine the kinds of torture Zeke might’ve put him through by experimenting on him. His heart went out to the smaller man, who was quivering as he tried to hold back his tears. He must not be allowed to cry often , Erwin thought to himself, and quickly moved next to the other Levi, rubbing his back gently.

“It’s okay,” Erwin murmured softly, “It’ll be okay. I won’t do those things to you. I’ll take good care of you, okay?”

He was suddenly wondering how on earth he would be able to just trade this Levi for his own. He couldn’t send this Levi back to such a horrid monster, not after finding out just how brutal things were. Erwin realized he’d have to work out some way to get his Levi back, while keeping the other Levi with him. The other Levi sighed in some relief at Erwin’s words before letting the tears flow more openly, a shaky sob leaving his mouth.

“You didn’t deserve those things, Levi,” Erwin whispered, using a hand to stroke Levi’s cheek and wipe away his tears, “You don’t deserve to be treated that way.”

Levi sniffled, more frequent sobs leaving him now. Erwin had never seen his own Levi cry, and it was a little bit of a shock to see this Levi cry. But Erwin felt awful for this man, and it didn’t help that he looked exactly like the man he was in love with. It made it all the more worse, in fact. He couldn’t help himself; this other Levi clearly only wanted to be loved, and Erwin had the urge to give him as much of it as he could.

Erwin held his arms out and wrapped them around the smaller man, who gasped at the feeling before burying his face in Erwin’s shoulder and sobbing freely. Erwin just held him and rocked him gently, repeating soothing things into his ear to help calm him. He listened to the sobs slowly start to subside, being replaced by small sniffles and the occasional hiccup.

“How about we get you out of these shackles and get you in a warm bath?” Erwin asked, “How does that sound?”

He knew he still had to be cautious. Levi was an Ackerman, after all, but Erwin didn’t feel very threatened by this Levi. The man was clearly far too soft, and appeared to be afraid of his own Erwin to the point where he likely wouldn’t retaliate like Paradis Levi would.

Levi pulled away slowly, looking up at Erwin with wide, hopeful eyes, “Really? You... You’d do that?”

The hopeful look on the man’s face was making Erwin’s heart skip a beat, and he was starting to realize how much he wanted to give this Levi the world. He was far too sweet and precious to have been under the care of someone as awful as Marley Erwin.

“Of course,” Erwin replied, caressing Levi’s cheek gently, “Just promise me you won’t do anything to try and escape, yeah?”

Levi nodded quickly, “Yeah. I promise, Ervy- or... can I call you Ervy?”

Erwin blushed slightly at the nickname. His Levi had never come up with nicknames for him; didn’t even like using loving nicknames like ‘honey’ or ‘darling’. He had to admit he liked ‘Ervy’; it was cute and endearing.

“Yes,” Erwin smiled, “You can call me whatever you’d like.”

He took out his keys and started undoing the handcuffs, releasing the shorter man from his shackles that were attached to the wall. Levi began rubbing his wrists at the feeling of finally being free from them, and he smiled down at them before throwing his arms around Erwin’s neck and hugging him tightly.

Erwin was taken aback. For a split second, he thought the man was trying to attack him. But once he realized it was merely a hug, a tight hug at that, he almost melted. He wrapped his arms around Levi and hugged him close, sighing contently. This sort of thing was rare with his own Levi. He’d let Erwin hug him, but he would have never thrown his arms around Erwin with the fervor that Marley Levi had.

“Thank you,” Levi muttered as he pulled away, looking a little embarrassed from the enthusiastic hug he’d just given Erwin.

“Of course,” Erwin smiled, “As long as you behave, I’ll give you everything you want, okay?”

Levi’s expression changed into a frown, “What... What happens if I don’t behave?”

Erwin shrugged a little, “I’ll have to put you back in this cell, I suppose. But I promise I won’t do what your Erwin does to you.”

Levi gave him a tender look, and Erwin almost could’ve mistaken it for infatuation. He started to lead Levi down the hall, and felt the smaller man clinging to one of his arms. He could feel himself blushing as the two of them headed up the stairs and down the hall towards his quarters. Erwin opened the door to his bathroom, starting to fill the tub with warm water, as the smaller man sat on the bathroom counter and simply watched him.

“You should get undressed,” Erwin instructed, “Unless you’re uncomfortable with me being in here. I can give you some privacy.”

The bathroom had no windows or vents, so Erwin was sure that Levi wouldn’t be able to escape except out the door, which he would guard while Levi was inside. But Marley Levi shook his head, hopped off the counter, and began to take off his jacket and shirt along with his slightly broken glasses.

“I don’t mind,” he said quietly, and Erwin couldn’t help but stare at the man’s perfect body as he stripped.

He looked exactly like his Levi in every way. Though, as this Levi shimmied out of his pants and boxers, Erwin noticed the bruises and burn marks on his torso and legs. He had surgical scars on his stomach, likely from being experimented on, and bruises and cuts littered his skin. When the man turned around to place his clothes on the counter, Erwin saw the deep welts of whip marks on his back. It made him furious to know that his counterpart had done this to the other Levi.

“I’m sorry,” Levi mumbled when he saw Erwin staring in shock, “I know I look ugly. Ervy- my Ervy told me so.”

Erwin’s expression immediately softened, and he shook his head, “You’re not ugly, Levi. You’re beautiful.”

Levi’s face immediately lit up red, and he covered it with his hands, protesting softly, “N-No! Don’t say that, please .”

Erwin couldn’t help the small smile that appeared on his face at Levi’s adorable antics, “It’s true, Levi. You’re absolutely gorgeous. Come here, love.”

Levi slowly uncovered his face, still red, and walked over to Erwin obediently. Erwin traced a finger along one of the surgical scars gently before leaning forward and pressing a soft kiss to one of the burn marks on Levi’s stomach.

“These marks don’t make you ugly, Levi,” Erwin whispered against his skin, “You’re still beautiful to me.”

Levi whimpered quietly at the kiss, and Erwin was suddenly feeling a little guilty, wondering if Levi wanted to be touched or kissed like this. He didn’t want to pressure the man into anything, and he pulled back after the single kiss he’d left.

“Th-Thank you,” Levi smiled sheepishly before climbing into the bath.

“Do you want my help?” Erwin asked, picking up a bar of soap and some shampoo.

“Would you?” Levi replied, looking up at him in some surprise. Erwin supposed the other Levi had never been pampered before, and Erwin wanted to find a way to show him a loving side that he’d never experienced.

Erwin nodded, lathering up the bar of soap and starting to scrub Levi down as gently as he could, making sure to be extra careful around his scars and wounds. Levi had his eyes closed, humming and sighing contently at being treated so nicely. He had a genuine, soft smile on his lips, as if he was truly enjoying himself, and Erwin was glad for this. He washed every bit of Levi, taking care around his sensitive areas. Then, he poured some water over Levi’s head before starting to wash it with the shampoo, massaging Levi’s scalp and listening to the man below him almost moan from the good feeling. He made sure to wash all the suds out before helping Levi out of the bath and wrapping him in a towel.

Levi put on his glasses and stared at his old uniform, which had blood and dirt all over it, and Erwin realized he should probably find some other clothes for the shorter man to wear. He took Levi’s hand and led him out of the bathroom, going into his wardrobe and handing Levi a t-shirt that would surely be more like a dress on him. But it was good enough for the moment, and Erwin was sure he’d be able to find something in Levi’s old room for this Levi to wear later.

The other Levi pulled on the shirt, and Erwin was right, it went down to his knees. Erwin smiled a little, thinking this was adorable, and watched the Marleyan examining his room, looking around and trying to take in all the books and knick-knacks Erwin had on his shelves.

“Are you hungry?” Erwin asked curiously, “I can have someone bring food to us, if you’d like.”

Levi shook his head a little, “I don’t really eat much. I’m not hungry yet.”

Erwin nodded, sitting down on the edge of his bed and watching the other Levi explore his room. The shorter man walked over to his bookcase and started reading the names on the spines of the books. Erwin was a little surprised he knew their written language, as it was different from Marleyan, but he supposed Levi had probably been taught a lot of languages growing up.

“Ervy?” Levi piped up after a short moment of silence, his back turned to Erwin.

“Yes, Levi?” Erwin replied.

“I... I want to thank you for being so nice to me,” Levi said quietly before turning around, a more determined look on his face, “Nobody’s ever been nice to me like that before.”

“You don’t have to thank me, Levi,” Erwin assured him with a smile, “I just want to treat you right.”

But the other Levi was already walking towards him, and Erwin wondered what he was doing until the shorter man got on his knees in between Erwin’s legs, using his cheek to nuzzle at Erwin’s bulge. He let out a short gasp of surprise before biting his lip at the feeling, his dick twitching in his pants.

“L-Levi,” Erwin stuttered, “You don’t... You really don’t have to do that.”

“But I want to,” Levi replied, licking gently at the clothed bulge that was starting to harden, “I’m good at it. I promise.”

Erwin bit down on his lip a little harder, looking away from the shorter man as he tried to decide whether this was okay or not. He didn’t want the other Levi to think he had to do this in return for him being nice, but at the same time, the man had said he wanted to do it, so why shouldn’t he let him? Right? But Erwin wasn’t so sure; something about it felt a little wrong.

“You know that you don’t have to return the favors I do for you, right?” Erwin asked, finally gaining the courage to look back down at the man, who was lapping eagerly at his growing erection.

Fuck , he thought to himself, only getting more turned on by the second. Levi’s cheeks were getting redder with each passing moment, his eyes half-lidded with lust as he nodded in response to Erwin’s question.

“I know, Ervy,” Levi murmured, “But I want to. Please, can I?”

Erwin could feel his dick pulsing now, as he was getting incredibly hard from Levi’s nuzzling and licking, even though it was through his pants. He sighed in some frustration at how turned on he was. He hadn’t intended for things to go this way, but surely it was okay, right? He and Paradis Levi had never done anything sexual before, as they had only recently discovered their feelings for one another. So surely, it would be okay to indulge with this Levi, right?

He finally nodded, seeing the other Levi smile at his decision, before starting to undo the button and zipper on his pants. He pushed his hand into Erwin’s boxers and pulled out his dick, his mouth practically watering at the sight. Erwin couldn’t help the content sigh that left him when the man started lapping at the tip, sticking his small tongue out and licking at the veins along the shaft. He’d always pictured doing this type of thing with his Levi, and now it was happening, but with someone who looked exactly like his Levi. It was strange, Erwin thought, but he would let it slide for a moment of pleasure.

The other Levi’s tongue felt so soft and warm, and it’d been ages since Erwin had been given a blow job. He was used to masturbation being the only sexual activity he engaged in, so this was definitely something new for him. Levi sucked on the tip before engulfing as much as he could into his mouth. He could only fit about half of his cock inside, using his hands to cover the rest of the skin. Erwin had to look away; the sight was too much for him. He thought he might cum on the spot if he continued staring at Levi sucking his dick so wonderfully.

The shorter man began bobbing his head and sucking eagerly at his erection, his hand working in time to twist at the rest of his dick. Erwin groaned, his hands falling gently into Levi’s damp hair. Levi hummed around his cock, taking it in a little deeper and breathing heavily through his nose as he held back his gag reflex. Erwin could feel the pleasure coursing through him from the warmth of Levi’s mouth, and he was starting to get worried he’d cum embarrassingly soon from Levi’s actions.

He gripped Levi’s hair a little tighter as the man made obnoxious slurping noises with his mouth, clearly trying to get his attention. Erwin finally looked down at him, and the sight was almost too much to bear: Levi was staring up at him with blushing cheeks, his eyes pricked with tears from taking Erwin’s dick in as far as he could. His eyes were also half-lidded, gazing up at Erwin with both the most innocent and seductive look possible.

Erwin let out a low moan and tried hard to keep control of his hips, which were seeking more pleasure and wanting to buck into the shorter man’s mouth. Erwin didn’t want to be rough with him, seeing as Levi had clearly been through enough rough sex in his life with the other Erwin. He wanted to show him a gentle kindness, show him that these things didn’t have to be rough or hurtful.

Erwin could see pre-cum leaking down Levi’s thighs and felt himself getting more turned on by the sight. He was clearly enjoying himself too, and that made Erwin even more horny. Levi pulled away with a small gasp, trying to catch his breath.

“E-Ervy?” Levi mumbled shyly, “Can we do other things too?”

Erwin was still trying to catch his breath and find his sanity from getting a blow job. His brain was turning to mush, and he couldn’t even think of what other things they could possibly do together.

“Like what?” he asked stupidly, his mouth slightly agape as he stared down at the red face of the man below him.

“Like... will you fuck me?” Levi wondered, glancing up at him nervously through his foggy spectacles.

Erwin put a hand to his forehead, wondering suddenly if this was all a dream. This couldn’t really be happening, could it? First the blow job, and now this? It’d been a long time since he’d engaged in sex, and he was very tempted.

“I...” Erwin looked around the room, anywhere but at Levi. He knew if he looked at the man’s wanton eyes, he would say yes in a heartbeat. He needed to answer without anything getting in the way and tempting him.

But soon, Levi’s hands were on his thighs, and Erwin looked back to see a pleading look in the man’s eyes as he begged, “ Please , Ervy? I want you to show me what it’s like... how it is to have loving, gentle sex. I’ve never... I want to know how it feels.”

Erwin couldn’t help but feel pity for the other Levi. He’d probably never known love a day in his life. He sighed deeply, thinking about what consequences could come from doing this. He did say he would give Levi anything he wanted if he behaved, right? And he wanted to give Levi all the love the man was missing in his life.

He sucked in a deep breath before muttering, “Okay, come lay on the bed with me.”

Levi’s eyes lit up in excitement, which made Erwin’s heart skip happily. The two of them settled down in the bed, laying next to each other. Erwin wrapped an arm around Levi’s waist and tugged him closer so that their pelvises were touching, before leaning his head in and pressing the most gentle kiss to Levi’s lips. The shorter man practically melted into his touch, kissing him back sweetly and nibbling at his lower lip. He rubbed Levi’s lower back softly, grinding his hips at a slow pace against the shorter man’s. A low groan from Levi vibrated between their lips at the feeling, and Erwin could feel Levi’s erection against his own. He caressed his lips against Levi’s, trying to be as sweet and loving as he could. He wanted to do this right.

Levi began sucking lightly on his lower lip, the two of them sharing saliva as they opened their mouths to tongue at each other. Levi’s tongue still felt so soft against his rough one, and he gently ran his tongue along Levi’s lips before moving the muscle a little more eagerly against Levi’s. The two shared soft, open-mouthed kisses with each other for a good minute or two, just breathing in each other’s scents and enjoying the taste of one another’s mouths. Erwin moved his hand to palm gently at Levi’s erection through the t-shirt he was wearing, and listened to the shorter man moan in response.

“More kisses, Ervy,” Levi requested quietly, resting his forehead against Erwin’s, “They’re... They make me feel so good.”

Erwin smiled softly before capturing Levi’s lips in another deep kiss, nuzzling their noses together lovingly. His heart was completely melting under Levi’s tender kisses, as he’d only shared a couple of kisses with Paradis Levi. It was like he was finally living out his dreams, though it wasn’t with the Levi he’d hoped it would be with. It still felt so close, though, so real.

Erwin reached his hand underneath the t-shirt and began pumping Levi’s erection, realizing just how turned on he was by the amount of pre-cum that had dribbled down his dick in the time they were kissing. He’d really never felt anything like this before, had he? Levi mewled at the feeling, catching Erwin’s lips in another couple of quick kisses before he bucked into the man’s hand.

“ Ah ,” he gasped out as Erwin ran his thumb over the slit and tugged at him a little faster, “E-Ervy, I-”

“Shh, love,” Erwin whispered in his ear, “Just lay back and enjoy it, okay?”

Levi nodded, laying back in the pillows as Erwin propped himself up and leaned over the shorter man, still jerking at his erection while he planted gentle kisses all over Levi’s face. Levi’s expression was almost euphoric; his eyes half-lidded and cheeks flushed, mouth slightly ajar.

“Ervy, I’m gonna cum,” he whined, “You gotta stop.”

Erwin slowed his hand, pressing a loving kiss to Levi’s lips before pulling his hand away and asking, “Can you lay on your side, darling? Facing towards me.”

Levi shifted so that he was facing Erwin on his side, and Erwin quickly pulled open his bedside table drawer, sifting around inside before he found the small bottle of oil he kept in there. He turned back to Levi and poured some on his fingers before reaching around and pulling the smaller man closer by one of his ass cheeks. He slowly ran his fingers along Levi’s quivering hole, watching Levi shiver and mewl at the feeling.

The shorter man placed his arms around Erwin’s middle and laid his head on Erwin’s chest, which Erwin thought was incredibly adorable. Erwin wrapped a leg around Levi’s so that he couldn’t move away from him, and started pressing a finger inside as he pushed past the ring of muscles. Levi let out a quiet gasp and dug his fingernails into Erwin’s back; not too hard, though. He started moving his finger around inside, listening to Levi’s breathing growing heavy with each passing second. He placed a couple of quick kisses to the top of Levi’s head, feeling the small man’s dick desperately bucking against his own, causing both of them to groan.

Erwin added a second finger to the first, slowly pumping them in and out before scissoring at the opening. Levi whimpered and ran his fingernails down Erwin’s back, likely leaving red marks in their wake. Erwin didn’t mind, though, as it felt incredibly good to him, especially when he knew Levi was enjoying himself. He wiggled his fingers around before pushing them deeper and grazing them against Levi’s prostate, causing the shorter man to jolt in his arms and moan in pleasure.

“Oh god, Ervy ,” Levi whined, “You’re making me feel so good.”

Erwin added a third finger, holding Levi close as he moved them in and out, pressing against Levi’s prostate with every other thrust. Levi was squirming and groaning from the feeling, arching his back into Erwin’s touch. Erwin hesitantly removed his fingers once he was sure that Levi was ready, listening to Levi whimper at the loss of contact.

“How do you want it, love?” Erwin asked quietly, pulling away from him slowly and tugging down his pants and boxers.

Levi looked up at him in confusion, “I... I don’t know. My Ervy always fucks me from behind. He said he doesn’t like looking at my face when we fuck.”

Erwin’s heart sunk at that. How could someone treat this sweet man so horribly? What had he done to deserve something like that? Erwin decided he was going to do the opposite of the Marley Erwin, and give this Levi all the things he’d been missing out on. He placed a hand on either side of Levi and propped himself up before tossing Levi’s legs over his shoulders.

“You’re too beautiful to fuck from behind,” Erwin murmured, lining up his dick, “I want to see your gorgeous face when I’m thrusting into you.”

Levi was completely red in the face from Erwin’s words, covering it with both hands again. Erwin chuckled and pressed a kiss to the back of each hand before requesting, “Move your hands, baby. Let me see that pretty face.”

Levi slowly removed his hands, looking up at Erwin with a soft smile, which Erwin kissed gently, “There it is. You’re so incredibly handsome, Levi.”

He started pushing in slowly, watching Levi gasp and groan as he held onto Erwin’s arms for comfort. Erwin let out a grunt as he pushed in until he was flush against Levi’s ass. Levi was staring up at him in some shock, and Erwin wondered why he was making such a face.

“It... It didn’t hurt,” Levi said incredulously, as if he was surprised.

“Well yeah,” Erwin replied coolly, “That’s why I fingered you. Didn’t he ever prepare you?”

Levi shook his head, “N-No. He would just bend me over and put it in whenever he wanted.”

Erwin could feel himself getting furious at the other Erwin, and the more he found out about the man, the worse he felt both for this Levi, and for his own Levi that was now under the man’s care. But he tried to push those thoughts far into the back of his mind, wanting to focus instead on Levi’s pleasure. He held onto Levi and laid on top of him so that Levi’s thighs were pressed between their bodies, starting to thrust in short bursts. Levi whimpered and laced his fingers together around the back of Erwin’s neck, pulling his head down for a deep kiss.

The two shared a sloppy kiss before Erwin pulled away and pressed their foreheads together, watching Levi’s face twist with pleasure as Erwin pumped into his prostate over and over. The shorter man gasped and tossed his head back, a low moan leaving his mouth. Erwin was breathing heavily, pulling out all the way and pushing back in with one deep thrust that had Levi crying out and whining.

“ Ah! ” he moaned, “E-Ervy, I- oh fuck! ”

“Shh, darling,” Erwin purred, “So beautiful for me. You’re so fucking gorgeous.”

Levi whimpered at Erwin’s words, almost as if he didn’t believe them, and Erwin watched the man’s pupils dilate from pleasure before he pressed another kiss to Levi’s lips, ordering, “Levi, look into my eyes.”

The shorter man looked up into Erwin’s deep blue eyes curiously, and Erwin waited until they were staring at each other before whispering, “You are so beautiful. So beautiful, Levi. Don’t let anybody tell you different.”

Erwin continued thrusting into him deeply, watching the other Levi’s eyes fill with tears from Erwin’s words. He looked away, covering his mouth as he moaned loudly from Erwin’s movements. Erwin’s eyes widened slightly, not having intended to make the shorter man so emotional.

“You okay?” Erwin asked, slowing his movements, “Do you want me to stop?”

Levi shook his head quickly, “N-No! Please, keep going. It feels so good, Ervy.”

Erwin nodded, holding Levi carefully in his arms and starting to alternate between long, deep thrusts and short, quick thrusts. Every time he started fucking into him in those short bursts, Levi’s mouth dropped open, small ‘ah’ noises spilling out of his mouth. And when he thrust long and deep, Levi would let out whines and moans. The sound of his balls slapping against Levi’s ass filled the room, and he could feel himself growing closer by the second.

“E-Ervy, I-” Levi cried out, “I need to cum- c-can I?”

Erwin was a little confused as to why he was asking permission, but he figured it was probably something he picked up from Marley Erwin. He began to roll his hips into him deeply, pressing kisses all over his face.

“Of course, love,” Erwin replied, “Cum whenever you please.”

Levi let out a choked sob as he came, spilling across both of their stomachs and shaking through his orgasm. Erwin continued fucking into him, asking, “C-Can I cum inside you?”

“Y-Yes,” Levi whined, “ Please , Ervy.”

Erwin only needed a few more thrusts before he came inside Levi, breathing out a deep sigh as he pulled out. He sat up and sat back on his legs, looking around the room as he tried to calm his beating heart. He heard a sniveling noise, and looked down to see Levi with his face in the crook of his elbow, shaking with sobs. Erwin’s eyes immediately widened, and he moved to lay next to the other Levi, pulling him into his arms.

“Did I hurt you?” Erwin asked worriedly, “Are you okay?”

Levi shook his head, wrapping his arms around Erwin and sobbing freely into his chest, “I... I’ve never... nobody’s ever... m-made me f-feel like th-that.”

Erwin couldn’t help but smile sadly, rubbing Levi’s back and kissing the top of his head, “Is that a good thing?”

Levi nodded, sniffling and looking up at Erwin through teary eyes, “You made me feel so loved.”

Erwin held him close, knowing now that he had to protect this man at all costs. There was no way he could return the poor Marley Levi back to the hands of Marley Erwin. He would get his Paradis Levi back some way, somehow, but he would never let Marley Levi leave him.

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Levi was bent over the desk, being fucked for what felt like the millionth time by Marley Erwin. He hated every damn second. But he would put up with it until he was rescued, or until he could escape, whichever came first. Marley Erwin was far rougher than his Erwin back home in every sense, even though he’d never had sex with his Erwin. The other Erwin didn’t even use lube or prep, but Levi had numbed himself to the pain long ago. He waited until he heard that familiar grunt that meant Marley Erwin was close, and felt the spilling of hot liquid throughout his insides.

“ Fuck ,” the other Erwin muttered, pulling out slowly and smacking Levi on the ass, “Always so sexy for me.”

Levi stood up and started to pull his pants back up, but was quickly pushed back onto the desk with a loud thud. He gasped in some surprise before rolling his eyes a little, thinking the man was simply going for round two, which happened occasionally.

“I’m going to break you today, my little pet,” the other Erwin growled, “After all this time, I’m finally going to fucking do it.”

Levi wanted to scoff, but knew it would only get him into more trouble. He stayed silent, waiting for the other Erwin to attempt to break him. He knew he wouldn’t break. He wouldn’t let this man break him. He was too resilient.

Marley Erwin smacked Levi’s ass hard, causing him to jolt forward on the desk. He yelped quietly, clinging to the edge of the desk and waiting for more to come. But they didn’t, and Levi was a little surprised, hearing the man walking away from him before returning shortly. Something large, larger than Erwin’s dick, was shoved unceremoniously up his ass, and Levi could feel the tears at the corner of his eyes as he bit down hard on his cheek to adjust to such a thing. He assumed by the shape of it that it must’ve been some sort of sex toy.

“You’re going to cum for me,” Marley Erwin purred, “Over and over and over again.”

Levi grit his teeth, his dick already getting hard from the feeling of his prostate being abused repeatedly as the other Erwin pumped it in and out. Levi could feel a moan escaping his mouth despite himself, and he bit his lip to prevent more from escaping.

“That’s right,” Marley Erwin snarled, “You’re such a little slut for it, aren’t you?”

Levi didn’t respond, feeling blood trickle from his lip from how hard he was biting down on it. He refused to give this other Erwin the satisfaction of his pleasure, even if his growing erection was giving it away. Marley Erwin pulled the object all the way out before shoving it back in roughly, causing Levi to shriek despite his best efforts to keep quiet. It was just too much.

“Tell me you’re a slut,” he snapped, sounding impatient.

Levi knew not to test this man’s patience. He’d been beaten and torn down plenty of times already over the past couple months for doing so. Though he hated being obedient, he still knew when it was best to just follow along with what the man wanted.

“I’m a slut,” Levi managed through a grunt, his fingernails scraping into the wood of the desk below him as he was rutted against it heavily with every thrust of the object.

“Good boy,” Marley Erwin cooed, ripping out the wretched thing with one harsh movement and tossing it onto the floor, “Now beg.”

Levi tried hard to cling to his dignity as he muttered, “Please.”

“You can do better than that,” he heard the man laughing behind him, “Come on now, I know you want something in that greedy hole of yours.”

Levi wanted so desperately to strangle this man, but for now he was trapped, and he knew it. And of course he wanted some relief for his erection, but begging was not part of the equation in his mind.

“Please,” he tried again, “Put it back in.”

Marley Erwin chuckled before slapping his ass hard, causing Levi to cry out in surprise, “I’m getting impatient, Levi. Beg me . Do it better.”

Levi sucked in his pride as best he could, letting out a quiet whimper when he felt a finger prodding at his hole. He was beginning to think perhaps he was a slut, as he desperately wanted that finger inside him. But he knew it was only because he was horny from his prostate being played with, which wasn’t his fault.

“P-Please, sir,” Levi begged, “Please put something in my slutty hole. I need it.”

“That’s better,” Marley Erwin mumbled before shoving his dick into Levi’s opening with one powerful thrust, “Now take that dick like a good little slut.”

Levi cried out at the feeling and rested his head on the desk, starting to breathe heavily from the sudden intrusion. The blonde didn’t let up, starting to pound into him at a powerful pace that had Levi drooling in pleasure. His dick was incredibly hard now, Marley Erwin purposefully hitting his prostate with every thrust.

“Yeah, you like that, don’t you?” the other Erwin teased, “Are you going to cum for me, pretty baby?”

Levi shook his head stubbornly, still trying to hold back as best he could. This was the first time Marley Erwin had focused on Levi’s pleasure and not just his own. It was certainly causing some difficulty for Levi, who was becoming desperate with each passing second.

He felt a sharp smack to his ass cheek before there was a low growl in his ear, “You’d better cum for me or we’re going to have a problem.”

Levi whimpered quietly, feeling his orgasm growing nearer, whether he wanted it to or not. He was trembling as he tried to hold back, his legs and ass quivering around the other Erwin’s dick as it was slammed into him repeatedly.

“Come on,” he heard him murmur, “Cum for me. Just let go.”

Levi let out a shaky moan as he finally let himself go, unable to hold on anymore. His orgasm struck him hard, causing him to toss back his head as his eyes lulled back into his skull. He shuddered violently as strings of white painted the desk, panting as he came down from it.

“That’s it, just like that,” Marley Erwin grinned devilishly, continuing to fuck him through the orgasm, “That’s the first time I’ve made you cum, Levi. How did it feel?”

Levi was too busy trying to catch his breath to answer, feeling disgusted with his whole body for reacting to the man’s actions in such a way. He knew he couldn’t control it, and that was the worst part.

“ Levi ,” the man barked, causing Levi to wince in some surprise, “How did it feel? Be honest.”

“G-Good, sir,” Levi muttered, knowing that no other answer would suffice. This Erwin wanted to hear specific things from him, and Levi knew not to test those waters.

“That’s right,” the blonde smirked, “I know just how to make you feel good, baby.”

Levi whimpered as the man continued rutting him against the desk, even in his sensitive state. He was twitching, and feeling dread in his stomach as he remembered Erwin’s words about making him cum over and over again.

“I-It’s sensitive,” Levi tried, “Please stop.”

He heard laughter behind him before a hand was placed on the back of his neck, pressing his face into the wooden surface as the man began fucking him wildly, “You’re not going to get out of this one, Levi. There’s no escape.”

Levi squirmed under his hold, whimpering and feeling his dick fighting to get hard again. It’s as if his body was betraying him, and he couldn’t do anything about it. He could feel the tears in the corner of his eyes, and swallowed thickly to try and adjust to the constant pounding in his ass from the blonde, along with the pulsing of his dick as it began to harden.

He heard that familiar grunt soon enough, and the warm liquid inside him before the man pulled out. Levi sighed in some relief before he realized this was far from over as he felt something else being shoved up his ass, different from the first object. It was smaller, less phallic shaped. It felt more like an oval shape with a string attached. That’s when the object began to vibrate, and Levi gasped in some shock, not having expected it.

“Let’s see how many times I can make you cum,” Marley Erwin whispered in his ear, pushing a second vibrating oval-shaped object inside next to the first.

Levi could feel his erection was fully hard all over again, and moaned openly at the pleasure coursing through him. He was starting to let go with each passing second, unable to hold back from enjoying himself, as much as he hated to admit it.

“Every moan you make is so sexy, Levi,” the other Erwin growled, gripping Levi’s hair roughly and ripping his head up, “You don’t sound as pathetic as my other pet.”

Levi knew he was talking about Marley Levi. The man had been captured by Paradis a couple of weeks ago, and Levi could've sworn Marley Erwin missed him, even if he would never say so out loud. The other Erwin had treated him far rougher since Marley Levi had been kidnapped, almost as if he was taking it out on him.

He began to pant, the vibrations coursing through him and making his dick leak pre-cum onto the desk. A third was shoved past his rim, causing the first two to finally be pressed into his prostate. He cried out, his legs starting to quake again as his orgasm drew nearer by the second. Marley Erwin had been his first sexual experiences, so he wasn’t able to last very long since he wasn’t used to it.

Levi came a second time with a loud moan, already feeling exhausted. He didn’t know how many times this Erwin planned to force him to orgasm, but he was losing control over his mind fast. He felt Marley Erwin’s dick at his entrance again, and shook his head quickly.

“N-No!” he pleaded, “It’s too much- I can’t!”

“You can,” the blonde growled before pushing in all the way, “And you will.”

The vibrators jolted against his prostate with every thrust the other Erwin gave him, and Levi could feel tears running down his cheeks now from how overwhelmed he felt. It was too much; he felt so full. He placed his forehead against the cold wooden surface of the desk, trying to take in some deep breaths to calm himself. But his cock was already getting hard, and he could feel sobs building up in the back of his throat now.

“Shit,” Marley Erwin groaned, “Such a cock slut. Always want it so bad, don’t you?”

Levi sniffled and nodded quickly, starting to become a little more afraid of the consequences, “Y-Yes, sir.”

Marley Erwin chuckled, pumping into him relentlessly. It wasn’t long before Levi was shrieking as a third orgasm washed over him, his entire body quivering from the overwhelming feeling.

“Please, sir,” Levi let out a quiet sob, “I can’t do it anymore. It’s too much.”

He was starting to finally let himself go, sobs racking his body from the over stimulation. But he could hear Marley Erwin laughing behind him, not concerned with his pain as he continued ramming into Levi over and over.

“You’re doing so good, Levi,” he praised, “Such a good little pet for me.”

There was a moment of silence before a loud smack rang throughout the room, the man having hit Levi’s ass again as he ordered, “Say thank you.”

“Th-Thank you, sir,” Levi obediently replied, hiccuping and rubbing his eyes.

“That’s right,” Marley Erwin muttered, “Now thank me for my cock.”

Levi couldn’t believe how relentless this man was, but he managed to calm his sobbing enough to get out, “Th-Thank  you for your c-cock, sir.”

“Good boy,” the blonde murmured, continuing to fuck him at a rough pace.

Levi came dry the fourth time, hearing the other Erwin moan and feeling him cum inside him for a third time. His hole was dripping with semen, fully abused at this point. He didn’t know how he could take anymore, but the vibrators were still buzzing away inside him.

Marley Erwin pulled out, smacking his ass again for no good reason. Levi could feel his walls breaking down as the vibrators pushed against his prostate. It was too much, it was all just too much . He couldn’t handle it anymore, and maybe if he just allowed himself to finally give in, allowed himself to break, it could all be over with. Maybe if he begged, if he was just eager enough, the other Erwin would grant him mercy.

He shortly felt another dry orgasm, causing him to almost scream from the feeling, his vision blacking out for a second. Levi was letting the sobs out freely now, feeling his walls cracking open with each passing moment. Then finally, finally , he let go. Something snapped inside him; a switch flipped, and he was suddenly a completely different person.

Levi’s tears began to dry up, and he moaned desperately, rutting back against air as if it would drive the vibrators deeper and begging, “Please, sir. Please fuck me again. I want it- I need it. Need your cock so bad.”

He could almost feel Marley Erwin’s grin, and soon felt the man’s erection against his hole. He’d never wanted something so bad in his life, and groaned when it was pushed back inside him. He clung to the desk, eagerly pushing back against the other Erwin’s dick as he sought out his sixth orgasm.

“Look at how slutty you’ve become for me,” Erwin teased, “I knew you’d be begging for my cock by the end of this. Such a good boy.”

Levi nodded quickly, “Yeah, yeah. Need you so bad. Need you fucking me so good.”

Erwin fucked him mercilessly, not letting up. Levi was moaning and drooling onto the desk, and he could feel the last dry orgasm pass over him with a loud shriek, Marley Erwin’s cum shooting into him for a fourth time. His vision went black for more than a few seconds as the man pulled out, breathing heavily, while Levi silently prayed this would be the end.

There was a light pat on his ass before he heard Marley Erwin snarl, “Look at you. You’re dripping with my cum. Such a fucking slut.”

Levi nodded again, “Y-Yes, sir. I’m your slut. All yours.”

Marley Erwin grabbed him by the hair and tugged him back to his feet, which he was barely able to stand on after so many orgasms. He was given a harsh kiss by the man, unloving and jarring. But Levi kissed back, sighing contently. He was fully into it now. Fully broken under Marley Erwin’s hand.

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Erwin gave Marley Levi access to Paradis Levi’s old room for the time being, and allowed him to stay there. The man was so infatuated with him, so sweetly in love, that Erwin just didn’t have the heart to reject him. He had to admit, he was falling for this Levi too, though he still cared greatly about Paradis Levi and his wellbeing.

He showed up the next morning to Marley Levi, who was lying in bed drinking a coffee (he preferred coffee, unlike Paradis Levi), with a bouquet of roses. The other Levi’s face lit up at the sight, putting his coffee down on the bedside table and sitting up a little more.

“Are those for me?” he asked in excitement, his face starting to turn red.

Erwin nodded, walking over and handing the flowers to him before pressing a sweet kiss to Levi’s lips, “Yes, they’re for you. I also have something else for you.”

Levi looked up at him with wide, curious eyes, “You do? Why do I get such nice gifts?”

“Because you’re my sweetheart,” Erwin murmured, watching Levi’s face turning even redder from the statement.

He pulled out a rectangular box from his pants pocket and held it out to Levi, who looked up at him in some confusion before taking the box and opening it. Inside was a duplicate pair of his glasses, since his old ones had been broken on one lens.

“Oh, Ervy,” Levi sighed happily before leaning up and pressing a deep kiss to Erwin’s lips, “You shouldn’t spoil me so much.”

“You deserve everything, Levi,” Erwin whispered against his lips, “Now, try them on. Let’s see how they look.”

Levi nodded, taking off his broken glasses and picking up the new ones before putting them on. He blinked a couple of times and looked around the room, smiling happily, “They’re perfect! Just like my old ones.”

Erwin smiled, running his fingers through Levi’s hair before he heard someone clearing their throat behind him. He turned to see Hange standing in the doorway, crossing their arms and motioning for him to come out into the hallway.

“I’ll be right back, my love,” Erwin said to Levi before walking towards Hange. The two convened in the hallway, Erwin closing the bedroom door behind him.

“What’s up?” Erwin asked curiously, eager to get back to Levi.

“Erwin, this is getting ridiculous,” Hange sighed, “Listen, you know that’s not your Levi. But you’re pretending it is just because he’s easier to fall in love with. We have to get our Levi back, and he’s our bait. You’re only going to get heartbroken when you turn him back over to Marley.”

Erwin’s eyes widened slightly at Hange’s words, glancing between them and the door. He rubbed his arm to soothe himself from having to think about returning this Levi to Marley. It was something he didn’t want to do. But how else was he going to get his Levi back? Hange did have a point, but he didn’t want to hear it.

“Hange, we can’t just send him back to Marley,” Erwin argued, “Do you know what they do to him there?”

Hange bit their lip and looked away from him, “Listen, Erwin. I’m sure it’s very sad how they treat him. But he’s not ours. We already have our own Levi, and we’re failing him by not bringing him back through a negotiation with the Levi we have!”

Erwin frowned, knowing they were right. He’d been putting off contacting Marley for a trade simply because he’d been trying to figure out how to keep Marley Levi with him. In doing so, who knows what further torture Paradis Levi had had to endure because of him. It made Erwin sick to his stomach.

“Hange, I can’t...” Erwin sucked in a deep breath, “I can’t just give him back to that monster! He doesn’t deserve a life like that!”

“Erwin,” Hange tried again, sounding almost desperate, “ Please , we can figure out a way to rescue Marley Levi again later. Meanwhile, our Levi is suffering because of our lack of action! So let’s fucking do something to get him back!”

Erwin could feel his heart pounding in his chest, knowing Hange was completely right about everything they’d said. He’d let himself grow too infatuated with Marley Levi, even though he didn’t belong with him. Erwin didn’t know what he was going to do; or how he was going to live with himself afterwards, but he had to give Marley Levi back, just so that he could get his Levi to come home.

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Erwin had set up a meeting with Zeke and Marleyan Erwin. He’d continued visiting Marley Levi every day, bringing him sweets and showering him with gifts. He wanted the man to feel as much love and joy as he could before he was sent back to Marley. Erwin knew it was wrong, but he just couldn’t bear to tell the shorter man what their plan was for him. It was eating him up inside, but he knew that he had a duty to at least give Marley Levi as much happiness as he could until they turned him over in exchange for their Levi.

Today was finally the day. Erwin brought Marley Levi a coffee with sleeping medication in it, and the poor man was none the wiser. He drank it, sharing sweet kisses with Erwin, telling him how happy he was with him, and soon he was falling asleep against the pillows. The guards came in to get him, shackling his hands behind him and bringing him to the carriage. Erwin and Hange got into their own carriage, and Erwin felt like he was going to throw up.

Hange patted him on the shoulder, giving him a sad smile, “You’re doing the right thing, Erwin.”

But Erwin wasn’t so sure. Of course, he wanted his Levi back, but giving up Marley Levi - it was almost too much for his heart to handle. He spent the whole carriage ride twisting the bottom of his cape in his hands, guilt consuming him. He was feeling incredibly ill, and they had to stop halfway through so that he could throw up on the roadside.

“You don’t usually get travel sick, do you, Erwin?” Hange had asked him once he’d gotten back on the carriage.

He’d merely shaken his head, putting his hood up and pretending as if he was going to sleep for the rest of the ride. Every mile closer to their destination was making him feel worse, and all he wanted to do was take Marley Levi from the carriage behind him and run off with him. But he couldn’t do that. He missed Paradis Levi too, and couldn’t live with himself if he let his Levi continue to suffer under Marley’s torment, whatever that may be.

The carriage slowed to a stop after a couple of hours, and Erwin hopped out, seeing a small camp set up with a few tents. Marleyans , he thought to himself, subconsciously putting his hand to his blades. Zeke emerged from one of the tents, smirking upon seeing Hange and Erwin pulling up.

“Ah, you’re here,” Zeke murmured, clasping his hands together, “Come along, let’s start our negotiations.”

Hange and Erwin stared at him with narrowed eyes, not trusting the man. He was incredibly manipulative, and insanely smug. Sure, he was a smart guy, but his self-assured attitude sometimes got in the way of his plans. The next person to emerge from the same tent was Marley Erwin, and Erwin was always shocked when he met this man. Shocked by how alike they look, yet how different they were personality-wise.

“Where is he?” Erwin immediately growled, “Where’s our Levi?”

Marley Erwin grinned devilishly, “Oh, don’t worry. You’ll see your little Ackerman soon enough.”

Zeke chuckled, “Now, now. Let’s not fight. We have plenty to talk about.”

Erwin clenched his fists at his sides, glaring at Zeke, “I want to see him before we start our talk. I want to know you have him.”

Zeke sighed in some annoyance, snapping his fingers and ordering some guards to “bring out the prisoner.” The guards walked into one of the tents before bringing out a small figure, and Erwin craned his neck to try and see what kind of state his Levi was in. As they brought him closer, his skin went cold, his blood boiling. Levi looked incredibly weak, barely able to stand. He was dressed in only a white pair of briefs, and bruises and burns littered his skin. He was looking exactly like Marley Levi now with all the wounds on his skin, and the small man was shivering from the cold, not even looking up at Erwin. He looked broken, and Erwin never thought he’d see such a sight in his life.

“Levi,” Marley Erwin barked, and Erwin watched his Levi flinch from the noise, “Show them what a good pet you are.”

Paradis Levi fell to his knees, crawling towards Marley Erwin as if he’d been practicing this. He nuzzled at Marley Erwin’s thighs, staring up at him with a pleading look. Marley Erwin smirked down at him before placing his thumb on Levi’s lower lip. Levi opened his mouth wide, and Marley Erwin spit into it, Levi swallowing the spit before opening his mouth up again as if he craved the saliva. Marley Erwin spit again into his mouth before petting his head and muttering ‘good boy’.

Erwin felt fury overtaking his entire body. He was numb from how angry he was, and Hange had to grab his arm to remind him where he was and what would happen if Erwin tried to swing on his counterpart now. Erwin sucked in a shaky breath, trying to calm himself down. His fists were clenched so hard at his sides that his knuckles were turning white. Marley Erwin looked over at Erwin smugly, chuckling at how angry Erwin appeared.

“We want to see our Levi too,” Zeke demanded, “Otherwise, no negotiations.”

Erwin gritted his teeth before ordering his guards to bring out Marley Levi. The guards brought out the man, who was still passed out between their arms. Erwin suddenly remembered what they were here for, and how bad he felt for what he was about to do.

“What’s wrong with him?” Marley Erwin asked.

“He’s just sleeping,” Hange explained, “We gave him medication for the trip.”

Zeke nodded, “Alright, we’ve seen that we’ve both held up our parts of the bargain. Now, let’s begin negotiations.”

The four met inside the biggest tent of the group, sitting around a small fire and staring each other down. The two Levis were brought inside by the guards, the sleeping Levi being set on the floor while Paradis Levi crawled over to Marley Erwin and sat in his lap, causing Erwin to grow increasingly enraged. His Levi would never do such a thing. What the hell had Marley Erwin done to him?

They began their negotiations, talking war politics and land treaties. Zeke and Hange were busy arguing over land on a map they had out, and Erwin was busy watching his Marleyan counterpart, who was now being straddled by Paradis Levi. Marley Erwin was groping Levi’s ass, and the smaller man was mewling in pleasure. Erwin had his arms crossed as he watched them, Levi whispering something in Marley Erwin’s ear.

“Right now?” Marley Erwin smirked, “You little slut.”

Erwin bit the inside of his cheek hard, wanting to snap at his clone for calling Levi that. Marley Erwin muttered something about how he’d ‘be right back’ before getting up and carrying Paradis Levi out.

“Hey, he can’t just leave!” Erwin protested as he watched Marley Erwin walk out.

“We haven’t finished negotiations,” Zeke argued, looking up from the map, “He can do whatever he wants with your Levi until we’ve come to an agreement.”

“Then let’s come to an agreement already,” Erwin grumbled impatiently, “Hange, what’s taking so long?!”

Hange shot him a small glare, “I’m trying- pay attention, Erwin. Don’t worry about what they’re doing.”

Erwin could feel himself getting increasingly pissed off with everyone around him. How could he not worry about what Marley Erwin was doing with his Levi?! He tried hard to pay attention to what Hange and Zeke were saying, but it was difficult. He sucked in a deep breath before he heard a loud moan from outside the tent: his Levi’s moan.

As soon as he heard it, there was no stopping him. He scrambled to get up, hearing Hange call out his name in a futile effort to stop him. He stormed outside, stopping in his tracks when he saw Marley Erwin, pressing his Levi against a tree and fucking into him harshly. Erwin saw red after that, screaming, “You bastard!” as he rushed at them. He felt the Marley guards holding him back, and swung wildly as he tried to free himself.

“ Erwin! ” Hange yelled somewhere in the mess, slapping him hard to get him to snap out of it, “Get it together. The sooner we reach an agreement, the sooner we get him back. You’re making things worse.”

Erwin shook his head, trying to calm down as his vision slowly returned to normal. Marley Erwin hadn’t let up, still fucking into Levi, while Levi was moaning and drooling as he held onto the tree, repeating ‘yes master’ and ‘please master’ over and over.

Marley Erwin was grinning evilly at Erwin, clearly trying to provoke him as he growled in Paradis Levi’s ear loud enough for Erwin to hear, “You like that cock, don’t you? Such a fucking slut for it.”

“Yeah, yeah ,” Levi gasped out desperately, “Such a slut for your cock.”

Erwin turned around and stormed back into the tent to prevent himself from fucking tearing Marley Erwin apart with his bare hands. Hange was already sitting back down across from Zeke, the two appearing to have reached an agreement. Erwin barely heard Hange when they went over the plans with him, just nodding to everything as he desperately wanted to get his Levi back. This wasn’t like him. Usually, he was so calm and collected; so good at negotiating. But he’d never had to negotiate for Levi, and it was making him lose his cool quickly.

“Alright, so we have a deal?” Zeke asked, holding his hand out to Erwin.

Erwin shook his hand, “Deal. Give me my Levi back, now .”

“ Mmph ,” he heard from behind him, and turned in some dread to see that Marley Levi was waking up. He’d hoped he would stay asleep until they turned him over, so that he didn’t have to deal with the consequences of Marley Levi learning what they were doing to him.

“Give us back our Levi, then,” Zeke said, “We can make the exchange outside.”

The guards helped Marley Levi up as he slowly woke up, looking around in some confusion. They all congregated outside, and Marley Erwin was in the middle of pulling up his trousers, having just finished his sex with Paradis Levi. He walked over to the group, Levi obediently trailing behind him. Zeke and Marley Erwin stood on one side with their guards and Paradis Levi, while Hange and Erwin stood on the other side with Marley Levi and their own guards.

Marley Levi was starting to realize where he was, and he was looking to Erwin for answers, “E-Ervy? Ervy, what’s going on?”

Erwin couldn’t look at him. He felt too awful. Listening to that hopeful voice, that voice that trusted him so much, was painful. He ignored the shorter man, looking down at his boots as he listened to Marley Levi whimper.

“E-Ervy? Why won’t you talk to me? Did I do something wrong?” he asked shyly.

Erwin bit his lip hard to hold back his emotions, listening to Zeke order, “Hand him over.”

Erwin looked at the guards holding Marley Levi and nodded at them to give them permission to do so, and they began to walk him over to Zeke and Marley Erwin. Erwin could see the shock and terror in the small man’s eyes, and felt guilt consuming him when the man began to struggle hard against the guards.

“N-No! Ervy! Ervy, help me!” Marley Levi begged, his voice breaking as a desperate sob escaped him, “Don’t let them take me again! Please! I don’t want to!”

Erwin had to turn away. He couldn’t look anymore, and felt tears forming in his eyes at the painful pleading of Marley Levi’s voice. Hange placed a hand on his shoulder for comfort, giving him a small look of sympathy.

“Ervy, Ervy please! ” Marley Levi sobbed, “I’m scared- I’m so scared, please save me! You said we could be together! You... You said-”

There was a sharp smack that echoed throughout the clearing, and Erwin whipped around to see Marley Erwin having just slapped Marley Levi across the face, hard , silencing the shorter man except for his sobs.

“Shut up,” Marley Erwin growled, “God, you’re fucking pathetic. You know you belong to me, what do you think you’re doing saying all those things?”

Erwin clenched his fists at his sides, watching the Marley guards drag Paradis Levi across the dirt and throw him down in front of Hange and Erwin. Hange instantly kneeled at their Levi’s side and started checking his vitals to see how bad his condition really was. Erwin couldn’t move, as much as he wanted to hug his Levi, to hold him and tell him he was safe now, he couldn’t do it. He was too busy staring at Marley Levi, who was on his knees in front of Marley Erwin, crying his eyes out as he looked at Erwin with desperate, pleading eyes.

“Have you been fucking him?” Marley Erwin snarled angrily, “What the hell do you mean when you say you two could have been ‘together’, hmm?! Did you open your slutty legs for that bastard?!”

Marley Levi shrieked and held up his hands in a futile effort to protect himself as Marley Erwin kneed him directly in the face hard , causing his nose to bleed. Erwin couldn’t stop watching, his heart pounding heavily in his chest. He’d never felt so sick before. He knew this poor man couldn’t defend himself from such a monster.

Marley Erwin was furiously kicking every bit of Marley Levi he could get to, while the smaller man screamed and begged for him to stop, sobbing out apologies in a hopeless attempt to save himself. The Survey Corps guards lifted Paradis Levi off the ground and headed towards the carriages, and Hange patted Erwin on the shoulder, trying to get him to come with them.

“I... Hange,” he whimpered quietly, “I can’t.”

“Erwin, you have to,” Hange frowned, grabbing Erwin’s arm and starting to physically lead him away from the scene. Erwin hesitantly let them lead him away, hearing the echoing cries of Marley Levi along with the heavy thuds and smacks of Marley Erwin’s kicks. He got into the carriage and the door closed, the carriage starting to move after a few short moments. He could still hear Marley Levi screaming, and the sound slowly drowned out the farther away they got.

Erwin shakily brought his hands up to his face, muttering, “I’m a fucking monster.”

He covered his face and finally let go, sobs racking his entire body. He felt Hange’s arms around him soon after, and leaned against their chest as he let the tears and the guilt finally overtake him.

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As soon as they’d gotten back to base, Erwin had Levi washed and fed and brought into his old room. Usually he would’ve done these things himself, taken care of Levi himself, but he was so torn up over losing the other Levi that he couldn’t bring himself to even look at any Levi, regardless of whether he was his or not.

He knew he’d have to go see Levi at some point, though, and he waited until the next morning to pull himself together and go see the man. According to Hange, Levi had only needed a few hours away from Marley Erwin to knock him out of his broken, almost brainwashed state. He knocked on the door to Levi’s room lightly, hearing a ‘come in’ before he entered. Levi was sitting propped up on the bed, a cup of tea on his bedside table. He had a usual unemotional look on his face, not bothering to smile even as Erwin entered the room.

“I was beginning to think you’d never come see me,” Levi muttered, “What took you so long, anyways?”

Erwin shrugged a little, “I apologize. I’ve been busy.”

“Too busy to see me after I’ve been gone for months?” Levi asked, sounding mildly irritated.

“I’m sorry,” Erwin repeated, trying not to sound too dead inside, which is how he felt.

Levi immediately sensed something was wrong, and he shifted uncomfortably in the bed, “What’s wrong, Erwin?”

Erwin sat down on the edge of Levi’s bed, resting his head in his hands as he sucked in a deep breath. He shook his head briefly before removing his head from his hands and looking up at Levi with a pained look.

“I... I betrayed him,” Erwin whispered, his voice not even sounding like his own, “He trusted me, and I just handed him over to those bastards like it was nothing.”

“You... You’re talking about the other me, aren’t you?” Levi asked quietly, looking a little self-conscious, “What happened between you two, anyways?”

Erwin sighed deeply, not sure if he wanted to tell Levi what had really happened. He didn’t want Levi to be angry or jealous; didn’t want to piss him off, especially since he was sure the shorter man had been through much worse than his petty issues.

“It doesn’t matter,” Erwin mumbled, “Really, how are you? You’re the one who’s been through hell and back. Don’t worry about me.”

Levi stared at him for a short moment, leaning back against the pillows, “I’m fine.”

Erwin almost wanted to explode at the man’s answer. How could he be okay? Erwin thought angrily. After all he’d been through in Marley, how the hell was he still so nonchalant about everything?

“You’re not fine,” Erwin insisted, “ Please , Levi. You know you can talk to me.”

Levi just shrugged, picking up his tea, “Not much to talk about. I said I’m fine.”

Erwin felt fury coursing through his veins. He didn’t understand why his Levi was so cold, so unable to open up to him. He was craving that openness, that loving feeling he’d felt with Marley Levi. Why couldn’t his Levi be more like that?

“Levi,” Erwin stood, turning to him, “I watched him spit into your mouth! I watched him fuck you against a tree! You can’t seriously tell me that you’re just fine!”

Levi shot him a small glare, “I know the things he did to me. You don’t have to repeat them.”

Erwin sucked in a heavy sigh, feeling incredibly frustrated. He didn’t want to push Levi, but he just didn’t understand why the man couldn’t open up to him. It was as if nothing at all had happened to him.

“Why does it matter so much to you?” Levi snapped, “Do you want me to tell you I’m not okay? You want me to be pathetic and just cry into your arms?”

“That’s not being pathetic!” Erwin argued, “It’s being open and honest with someone who cares about you!”

The two of them stared at each other heatedly for a moment, Levi breathing heavily as he took in Erwin’s words. Erwin didn’t know how to make him understand. He just wanted to be able to share his emotions with the person he loved. But if Levi couldn’t reciprocate, then he didn’t know how to feel about their relationship. He supposed it was a silly thing to be angry about in this moment, but he was flooded with emotions at the prospect of having lost the other Levi.

“Leave,” Levi ordered, “Get out.”

Erwin walked to the door quickly, turning to Levi with a pleading look, “Levi, I just want to be able to talk to you. I want us to have an honest relationship.”

Levi didn’t hesitate, shouting, “ Get out! ” and pointing at the doorway. Erwin walked out, shutting the door behind him. He felt more than awful now. He started sniffling, the sound of Marley Levi’s screams echoing throughout his head as he walked back to his office.

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Erwin was laying in his bed crying that evening, when he heard his bedroom door open and close. He looked over his shoulder, seeing Levi’s small figure standing in the darkness of his room. He turned back over, not really wanting to see him at that moment.

“Erwin?” Levi whispered into the darkness, and Erwin heard him shuffling closer, soon feeling the weight of the bed shifting as Levi got onto it.

“What do you want?” Erwin asked.

“I’m sorry,” Levi murmured, snuggling up to Erwin’s back, “I’m... I’m just scared... to open up.”

Erwin could feel himself blushing and turned to face Levi, seeing Levi’s tearful face before him. His heart sunk immediately, and he wrapped his arms around the shorter man, hugging him close.

“Go ahead, love,” Erwin whispered, “Cry, open up. Do whatever you need to. You don’t need to be sorry. I shouldn’t have pushed you if you weren’t ready.”

Levi sniffled and clung to Erwin’s shirt, looking up at him, “Are you crying too?”

Erwin nodded a little, and Levi asked, “Why?”

To be honest, he wasn’t really sure why he was crying. Was it because of their fight earlier? Or was it because he was still incredibly guilty over handing Marley Levi back to his captors? Erwin decided it was probably a mix of both, tugging at his heart and causing him to be so emotional. Levi held him tighter, rubbing his back as if to comfort him, which Erwin found surprisingly nice.

“I... Levi, when the other you was here... I wanted him to feel loved,” Erwin explained quietly, “Because he’d never experienced it before. He’d only been beaten and torn down. So I wanted him to feel happiness, to feel what it was like to be cared for. And... And now, I sent him back to that horrible man.”

Levi listened quietly, taking in every word Erwin was saying. Erwin was grateful for his patience, as he was feeling a little sensitive while opening up to the man with such intimate information.

“I think I was... starting to fall for him,” Erwin admitted, “He was just so sweet, so adorable, so-”

“Everything I’m not,” Levi interrupted, sounding insecure.

Erwin quickly shook his head, his eyes widening at Levi’s words. Sure, there were a lot of things that Marley Levi was that Paradis Levi wasn’t, but that didn’t mean Erwin cared for Marley Levi more because of it.

“No, darling,” Erwin tried to correct himself, “It’s not like that-”

“Did you do anything with him?” Levi wondered, looking up at Erwin suspiciously.

Erwin swallowed thickly, unable to look Levi in the eyes now. He knew the answer, and wasn’t sure how Levi was going to take it. He didn’t want to hurt him, but he knew he should be honest.

“Yes,” Erwin answered quietly, not bothering to elaborate.

There was a deep sigh from Levi, before the shorter man asked, “What did you do with him?”

Erwin finally built up the courage to look down at Levi, who had a questioning but pained look in his eyes. Erwin was feeling all the more guilty now. How could he have done such a thing? He had his own reasons: he’d wanted to give Marley Levi all the love he could. But now that he was with his Levi, he was realizing how his actions might affect him.

“We had sex,” Erwin admitted, “A couple of times.”

Levi nodded as he took in the information, his face still remaining neutral, though Erwin could sense the hurt behind those eyes. He moved to hug Levi closer, but the shorter man pushed him away softly with both hands on his chest.

“Is that...” Levi sucked in a deep breath, “Is that why you like him so much more? Because I won’t put out?”

“No!” Erwin answered quickly, not wanting to hesitate on that response. He would never expect Levi to have sex with him if he didn’t want to, and that didn’t at all contribute to his liking of Marley Levi.

“I don’t like him more,” Erwin clarified, “I just like him. That’s all. It has nothing to do with what you’re not, or with having sex.”

He watched Levi sigh in some relief before he looked away from Erwin’s gaze, tears still present in his eyes. Erwin wiped at the ones dripping down his cheeks and pressed a kiss to his forehead, wanting to do anything to quell his sadness.

“Erwin?” Levi said softly.

“Yes, my love?”

“I think... I think we should try it,” Levi spoke in a quiet voice, as if he was scared of what he was saying, “You know... sex.”

Erwin raised an eyebrow, a little curious as to why Levi was bringing this up now. Was he insecure that Erwin had engaged in sex with the other Levi and not him? Or was he genuinely interested in having sex with Erwin?

“Levi...” Erwin murmured, pressing another kiss to his forehead, “We don’t have to have sex just because I had sex with the other Levi. You don’t have to feel pressured to-”

“I don’t,” Levi reassured him, the hands on Erwin’s chest gently moving to grip his shirt collar as he finally looked into Erwin’s eyes, “It’s just... I lost my virginity to Marley Erwin and now... I just want to forget all that. All the things he did to me. I want to get lost in you, Erwin.”

Levi wasn’t usually one for poetic words, but what he had said was beautiful, causing Erwin to almost tear up. I want to get lost in you, Erwin . The words echoed in his mind, a soft smile appearing on his face as he brought Levi in for a tight hug.

“If you’re sure, then we can do anything you’d like, Levi,” Erwin whispered against his ear, “You just tell me what you’re comfortable with.”

Levi nodded into his chest, sniffling quietly. He must not have been used to this kindness after so long with Marley Erwin, as he was practically melting into Erwin’s embrace. The two just lay there for a moment, holding each other.

“Can we do it now?” Levi asked, pulling away a little to look up at Erwin.

Erwin was admittedly shocked that Levi wanted to move along so quickly, but he supposed he shouldn’t question it too much. Perhaps Levi was just missing him, and maybe he’d been wanting to do this for longer than Erwin knew.

He responded, “If you’re sure you want to. Remember, you can tell me if you want to stop at anytime, okay?”

Levi gave him a short nod, leaning up to kiss Erwin on the lips with some fervor. Erwin was surprised that Levi was so eager, but he kissed back with just as much hunger, caressing the shorter man’s lips with his own. Every time he kissed Levi, he was always surprised by how soft and tender his lips were.

The two shared a few closed mouth kisses before Levi parted his lips and allowed Erwin to press his tongue inside, the two organs fighting for dominance for a moment before Levi gave in and let Erwin take over. Levi was still holding Erwin’s shirt tightly in his hands, and Erwin had his arms wrapped around the shorter man, holding him by the small of his back.

Erwin pulled away to place sweet kisses along his jaw before moving to his neck, running his tongue gently along his sensitive spots before grazing his teeth back over it. Levi shivered from his actions, his fists clenching around Erwin’s shirt and tugging at it a little.

“My good boy,” Erwin spoke softly into his ear, reaching down to cup the man’s growing erection in his palm, “My beautiful little Levi. Already getting so hard for me, aren’t you? Your cock is leaking through your pants, sweetheart. You’re getting all messy.”

Levi whined at his words, bucking his hips into Erwin’s hand and burying his face into the crook of the man’s neck. His breathing is already getting heavy, just from this one touch. Erwin couldn’t help but chuckle under his breath, reaching his hand into Levi’s pajama pants and gripping his cock in his fist. He started pumping gently, listening to the soft pants of the shorter man in his ear and the gentle twitches of his legs as Erwin continued to tug at his erection.

“That’s it, baby,” Erwin purred, “I’m going to give you everything you want. Make you feel so good. Take such good care of you.”

Levi whimpered, already leaking pre-cum onto Erwin’s hand, which Erwin used to make the slide of his hand even slicker. He continued to whisper sweet nothings into Levi’s ear, feeling him shiver and moan at his touch. Erwin moved his hand away, reaching over to his bedside table and retrieving the oil he needed. He poured some on his fingers before wrapping his hand around Levi and pushing it into the back of Levi’s pajama pants, prodding a finger at the shorter man’s hole before starting to push a finger past the ring of muscles.

“ Ngh ,” Levi mewled as Erwin’s knuckle passed into the opening, “‘W-Win, I-”

“Shh, shh,” Erwin soothed, wriggling his finger around the tight walls, “Just take it, my sweet boy. Good little thing. So tight for me.”

Levi groaned as Erwin explored his inner walls with his digit, pressing a second one inside and using them to scissor at the opening. Levi was breathing hotly in his ear, little whines escaping his mouth with every thrust of Erwin’s fingers. Erwin could feel his erection poking at Levi’s stomach, Levi’s little noises starting to get to him.

“Such beautiful noises you’re making for me,” Erwin cooed, “What a tight little cunt, I can’t wait to be inside.”

Levi let out a low moan, rolling his hips back against Erwin’s fingers as he added a third one, “E-Erwin, I... I want it.”

“Oh, you want it?” Erwin teased, sucking and nibbling at his ear lobe, “Tell me what you want then. Go on.”

Levi whined, squirming in Erwin’s arms, “I... I want your cock, ‘Win. Want it inside me so bad. It hurts- how bad I want it.”

Erwin stretched his fingers out to open him up more before removing them slowly. Levi had completely crinkled the usually iron-pressed collar of Erwin’s pajama shirt in his hands from how excited he’d gotten.

“I’m going to give it to you,” Erwin murmured, “Going to give it to you so good, Levi.”

“Can... Can you take me from behind?” Levi wondered, “I’m used to it that way.”

Erwin nodded, wanting Levi to be comfortable. He sat up on his legs, watching Levi shuffle onto his hands and knees, his ass up in the air. Erwin tugged Levi’s pajama pants down to his thighs, exposing that pert ass he was so eager to be inside. He pulled his own pants down and gripped Levi’s hips in his hands, rubbing them soothingly.

“You sure you want it?” Erwin asked, taking his dick into his hand and pressing it against Levi’s entrance.

Levi nodded, letting out a loud moan as Erwin began to push into him. Erwin’s breath hitched, sighing contently as Levi’s warmth surrounded him. He began with a few short thrusts, listening to Levi mewling in pleasure.

“There you go, baby,” Erwin muttered, “There it is. Such a good little boy, taking my cock like that.”

He began rocking into Levi’s opening, pulling out all the way before pushing back in with one powerful thrust. He heard Levi grunt, and started pumping into him at a slow pace at first. Levi was quiet for a moment, and Erwin initially thought that maybe he was just in so much pleasure he couldn’t make noise.

But that’s when Levi shrieked, making Erwin jolt in some surprise as the shorter man cried out, “Stop! Stop! I’m sorry- I won’t do it again- I’m sorry! Please!”

Erwin’s eyes widened, pulling out quickly and stepping back, his hands up in innocence as he tried to figure out what the hell was going on. Levi was shaking horribly, and Erwin quickly realized the man must have been experiencing some sort of flashback to his time with Marley Erwin.

“Baby,” Erwin tried, climbing back on the bed and placing a hand on Levi’s back gently, “Levi, you’re not there. You’re here with me. I’m not going to hurt you.”

“ Please ,” Levi let out a sob, curling up on the sheets, “Don’t hurt me anymore- I’ll be good, I promise!”

Erwin scrambled to take Levi’s face into his hands, “Levi, Levi . Look at me, baby. I’m here. I’m here, I won’t hurt you. I’m not him.”

Levi stared into his eyes, looking frantic and completely panicked, before some calmness passed over him as he began realizing just where he was and what was going on. Erwin stroked his cheeks, whispering ‘shh’ over and over to try and get him to quiet down.

“‘W-Win?” Levi sniffled, “Is it really you?”

Erwin nodded, “It’s me, Levi. It’s me. You’re here with me.”

Levi’s eyes were still wide, filled with tears now that were threatening to spill over his cheeks, “I... I’m sorry, I... I thought-”

“No, baby,” Erwin whispered, pulling him close, “Don’t be sorry. You had a flashback. It happens. It’s okay.”

Levi let out a quiet sob as he clung to Erwin’s shirt, “But I-I ruined it.”

Erwin began rubbing his back soothingly, “You didn’t ruin anything, love. We can try again another time, okay? You just go ahead and cry, love. Let it all out.”

Levi was trembling as he held back his tears, fighting it hard as small sobs still racked his body. Erwin could see his lower lip quivering as he tried to keep himself from crying. Erwin continued to rub his back, whispering things like ‘it’s okay’ and ‘you can cry’. Finally, the flood gates opened, and Levi began to sob openly, burying his face into Erwin’s shirt as he shook with the overwhelming feeling of tears streaming down his face.

Erwin just held onto him, letting the man cry into his chest. Levi wasn’t one to cry, and Erwin hadn’t seen him like this before. But he welcomed it, hoping that it would bring Levi some relief to get his emotions out like this, and to have someone comforting him through it, so that he didn’t have to go through it alone.

“I-I hate that b-bastard,” Levi muttered against Erwin’s shirt, hiccuping from his constant sobs, “I’m gonna k-kick his ass.”

Erwin couldn’t help but chuckle at Levi’s words, pressing a kiss to the top of Levi’s head, “He would definitely deserve it. I hope you get your chance to do so.”

Levi looked up at Erwin with tearful eyes, “We have to go back there. To Marley.”

Erwin raised an eyebrow, “You want to go back?”

He was surprised that Levi was suggesting such a thing. Erwin thought that Marley would be the last place Levi would ever want to go after his experiences there. But Levi sounded insistent, and he was looking up at Erwin with a determined face.

“Yes,” Levi said decidedly, “You can rescue the other me, and I can get my revenge on the other Erwin.”

“You want me to bring the other you back here?” Erwin asked skeptically, “I didn’t think you’d want him here.”

“I wouldn’t wish that treatment on anyone, Erwin,” Levi explained, “Even if I’m not a fan of your relationship with him. I still think he deserves to be rescued.”

Erwin nodded, a small smile appearing on his face as he pulled Levi closer, “We’ll go back there, I promise. You’ll get your revenge, Levi.”

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Marley Levi gulped in a huge breath before his face was pushed into the tub of water again. They’d been at this for twenty minutes, and it was beginning to effect his sanity. He could feel his lungs fighting to breathe as he was kept under the water for far too long before he was pulled back out, sputtering and sucking in as much air as he could.

“Have you had enough?” Marley Erwin growled in his ear, and he lulled his head up and down in an exhausted nod before his head was brought under the water again. When he finally came back up, he coughed and swallowed in deep breaths of air, his hair dripping water down his wet face and making it difficult to see.

Erwin threw him to the bathroom floor, delivering a harsh kick to his stomach that had him curling into the fetal position to protect himself. Since they’d gotten back from Paradis, Erwin had spent hours torturing him for allowing Paradis Erwin to have sex with him. He’d already been whipped and burned with cigars, and now he had been water-boarded in the bathroom. His begging was of no use; Erwin didn’t want to hear it.

“I’m giving you two minutes to get undressed and come bend over my desk,” Erwin huffed before storming out of the bathroom and slamming the door shut.

Levi stood shakily, starting to peel off his clothes. He knew that if he didn’t get out there within the time limit, there’d be hell to pay. His shirt was soaked from being shoved repeatedly into the bath water, and his hair was dripping all over the floor. Levi quickly dried his hair with a towel and finished stripping, folding his clothes and setting them on the countertop before exiting the bathroom in the nude.

Zeke was standing there with Erwin, and Levi swallowed thickly as he went to cover himself. It wasn’t as though Zeke hadn’t seen him naked, as the man had experimented on him countless times, but Levi still wasn’t comfortable just standing there naked in front of the two men.

“Come here, Levi,” Erwin ordered, and Levi immediately walked over to the blonde.

Levi eyed Zeke curiously, wondering what he was there for. He was silently praying Erwin wasn’t planning on turning him over to Zeke for experimentation. Not today, he thought to himself anxiously, Not now .

“Zeke is going to join us today, pet,” Erwin muttered, “So bend over the desk.”

Levi’s eyes widened slightly, hesitating before he went to bend over the desk like he’d been asked to do. He didn’t particularly like Zeke. He knew the man was friends with Erwin, but he was very manipulative and rude, much like Erwin was. He wasn’t nearly as bad, but the experimentation he’d done on Levi had left the shorter man mistrustful of Zeke.

Join us? Levi wondered, not really understanding what Erwin had meant by that. He supposed Erwin was talking about sex, or some sort of sexual activity, but Zeke had never joined them in their endeavors before. So why now? Perhaps Erwin owed him some sort of favor.

Levi listened to Erwin undoing his belt buckle behind him, and a small whimper escaped his mouth as he asked cautiously, “E-Ervy?”

“What?” Erwin replied, a hint of annoyance in his voice.

“Can... Can you finger me before you put it in?” Levi inquired hopefully, turning his head back to gaze at Erwin with pleading eyes.

Erwin raised an eyebrow, “Why should I?”

“Because,” Levi tried, “The prep will make it not hurt as bad.”

Erwin reached his hand out and placed it on Levi’s head, turning his face frontward again. Levi gasped out as he felt Erwin shove in roughly with one powerful thrust, leaning over him and growling in his ear, “Whores don’t get prep.”

Levi could feel the tears in the corners of his eyes, and he bit his lip hard, feeling a set of fingers on his chin. He was brought to look up at Zeke, who was licking his lips as he stared down at Levi with lustful eyes. Levi simply stared at him, whimpering from Erwin’s beginning thrusts behind him.

“You’re going to take Zeke’s cock too,” Erwin explained, “Open that mouth up.”

Levi watched Zeke undoing his own belt buckle, opening up his zipper and taking his dick out. He knew not to protest, but this was something they’d never done before, and Levi couldn’t help but feel anxious. He was used to getting fucked like this, but having two men shoving into him from both ends? It was nerve-wracking.

“Come on,” Zeke muttered, tapping his cock on Levi’s lower lip, “Open up.”

Levi hesitantly opened his mouth, feeling Zeke slide his dick inside. It wasn’t as big as Erwin’s, but it was certainly long and girthy anyways. He tongued at it, being almost choked on it with every thrust from Erwin. One of Zeke’s hands fell to his hair, stroking it gently and sighing contently.

“Shit, you don’t know how long I’ve wanted this, Smith,” Zeke murmured.

“Trust me, I know,” Erwin chuckled, giving Levi a couple of short thrusts in a row, “Maybe if you’re lucky, I’ll let you switch with me.”

“You do owe me,” Zeke responded.

This was one of Levi’s least favorite things about his situation with Erwin: when Erwin would talk about him with people as though he wasn’t even there. Talked about him like an object, like he had no autonomy.

Levi gagged a little on Zeke’s dick, feeling him pet his head affectionately and coo, “Shh, shh. Just take my cock. Just like that, there you go.”

Levi whined and started sucking on it, feeling pleasure course through him as Erwin hit his prostate. His eyes were half-lidded now, a cock stuffing both his mouth and his ass. Though he didn’t particularly like the men who were doing it, he did enjoy the activities themselves for the most part. When Erwin wasn’t too rough with him, it wasn’t so bad. For now, this certainly felt more like a pleasure than a punishment.

Erwin issued a sharp slap to Levi’s ass, picking up the pace as he rolled his hips into Levi over and over again, “That’s a good boy. Such a little slut, I bet you love being stuffed full from both ends like this.”

Levi whimpered and nodded around Zeke’s cock, knowing from the way Erwin spoke that he expected an answer, and a specific answer at that. He felt Zeke’s grip in his hair tighten, and tried to prepare himself for what was coming, sucking in a deep breath through his nose as Zeke began fucking into his mouth harshly. He couldn’t help himself; he moaned around the pulsing dick as it fucked in and out of his mouth, causing him to drool all over the place.

“Shit,” Zeke groaned, ramming his hips into Levi’s mouth, “He’s such a cock slut, isn’t he?”

Erwin smirked as he continued thrusting into Levi’s hole from behind, “Yes, he is. No matter how many times he gets fucked, nothing ever satisfies him.”

“Fuck,” Zeke sighed, “Do you think we can switch now?”

“Depends,” Erwin replied, “I don’t owe you after this, right?”

“Right,” Zeke agreed.

Levi wondered what Erwin owed the man for, but he didn’t question long, as Zeke violently pulled out of his mouth very suddenly, making him cough and sputter. Erwin was still fucking into him, a little more stuttered now, which Levi knew meant he was getting close.

“Hold on,” Erwin grunted, “I’m almost there.”

He slammed into Levi over and over with long, harsh thrusts that had Levi rutting against the desk, moans and whimpers spilling out of his mouth. Levi tossed his head back, crying out as Erwin’s breath hitched, his hips pausing inside Levi as he spilled into the man.

“Shit,” he mumbled, pulling out slowly, “Such a sloppy cunt. What a slut.”

Levi yelped as Erwin smacked his ass again before moving away. Levi could feel Zeke’s cock lining up with his hole, and he clung to the desk as he felt it pushing past his entrance. There was the sound of a lighter, and Erwin soon appeared in his line of vision, sitting down in one of the chairs and smoking a cigar as he stared at Levi with a smug look on his face.

“ Ohh ,” Levi moaned as Zeke pushed in all the way, his breathing growing heavy.

The blonde was hitting his prostate just right, causing him to repeatedly let out little erotic noises with every thrust. He could feel his erection pulsing from Zeke’s movements, but it was trapped against the desk and wasn’t getting too much friction where it was at, which was extremely frustrating.

“You like Zeke’s cock?” Erwin asked, puffing on the cigar, “Hmm?”

“Y-Yes, sir,” Levi answered, mewling contently as Zeke continued to fuck into that spot that was driving him wild.

“Maybe I’ll have to bring you to our next meeting,” Erwin huffed, a smirk on his face, “Throw you over the edge of the conference table and let everyone take a turn.”

Levi let out a moan like he was dying, the threat being almost too good to be true. He could picture himself getting fucked over the edge of the conference table, men lining up to fuck him. Something about it was an incredible turn-on.

“He seems to like that idea,” Zeke laughed softly, sounding a little out of breath as he continued fucking away into Levi’s hole.

“I bet he does,” Erwin chuckled, “I told you, he’s never satisfied. He could take the cocks of a whole regiment up his ass, and he’d still be begging for more.”

Levi groaned, wanting to shake his head, but finding himself unable to. He knew he was a bit of a slut, but Erwin didn’t need to rub it in like that. It made him feel ashamed, and a bit humiliated, to be honest. Zeke was jolting him against the desk with every thrust, pounding into his prostate and causing him to cry out.

“Shit,” Zeke muttered, “Such a fucking slut for it, aren’t you?”

Levi looked to Erwin with a whimper, unsure if he was allowed to answer Zeke. Erwin simply nodded, sucking on his cigar and blowing out the smoke in Levi’s direction, causing him to cough.

“Y-Yes, sir,” Levi answered, his head moving up and down in a desperate nod.

Zeke was panting now, clearly growing close as he eagerly fucked into Levi. The shorter man could feel himself growing closer by the second, but he needed more. He looked up at Erwin again with a pleading face.

“E-Ervy,” he begged, “Can I touch myself? Please?”

Erwin shrugged, “Ask Zeke.”

Levi whimpered, turning his head to look back at Zeke, whose glasses were fogged up from his actions, “C-Can I please touch myself, sir?”

Zeke nodded, completely focused on fucking into Levi’s hole, “Go ahead. Touch your little cock. But don’t cum until I say so.”

Levi groaned and reached down to start jerking himself off, trying not to go too fast, as he was sure he’d cum very soon, and he didn’t want to know the consequences of disobeying Zeke. He had a feeling it wouldn’t go down well. Zeke’s thrusts were starting to become spastic as he came closer to orgasm, and Levi couldn’t help the erotic noises leaving his mouth as he was pounded into from behind.

“C-Can I cum?” Levi asked, knowing he needed Zeke’s permission.

“No,” Zeke said shortly, his breath heavy as he rolled into Levi’s prostate over and over.

“ Please ,” Levi cried out, stroking his cock as he grew closer and closer, “I need to- oh god, Zeke! ”

Zeke gripped him around the throat, pressing down on his Adam’s apple and causing him to choke lightly. He arched his back, the feeling turning him on as Zeke continued. He was still jerking at his erection, and could barely hold on as he waited for Zeke to tell him to cum.

“Say my name again,” Zeke demanded, pulling his hand away from Levi’s throat to smack his ass harshly, “And keep begging.”

“Z-Zeke!” Levi whimpered, “Please let me cum!”

Zeke let out a loud groan before spilling inside Levi, pumping into him a few times before pulling out. Levi whined, shaking his ass as he hoped to get the taller man’s attention. He still needed to cum, and he prayed Zeke would do something to help him with his pulsing and painful erection.

“Shit,” Zeke muttered, “You’re so fucking hot, Levi. Do you want to cum, baby?”

Levi nodded eagerly, “Y-Yes, sir. Please, sir.”

“Shh, shh,” Zeke shushed, “Keep tugging at your little cock, I’m gonna help you, okay?”

Levi sighed in some relief when he felt Zeke’s fingers ghosting over his hole, pushing back against them with fervor. He was so desperate for something, anything to help him bring him over the edge.

“Did I say you could do that?” Levi heard Erwin say, and he looked up at the man, who was still calmly smoking his cigar, “Just leave him.”

Zeke pulled his fingers away, “You sure? I don’t mind taking care of him.”

“He doesn’t deserve it,” Erwin puffed on his cigar, “Let him suffer.”

Levi could’ve cried from how frustrated he felt, and he was still stroking himself as a choked sob escaped his mouth, trying hard to hold back. He watched Zeke come into his line of vision next to Erwin, both men simply watching him in his distress.

“Levi, stop touching yourself,” Erwin ordered as he ashed his cigar, and Levi slowly removed his hand from his dick, starting to sniffle now from how overwhelmed he was.

Zeke and Erwin exchanged goodbyes before Zeke walked out of the room, and Levi could feel the tears rolling down his cheeks now. Erwin rose to his feet, going to stand in front of him. He gently held Levi’s chin in one hand, bringing it up so that they were looking at each other.

“Are you sorry for what you did?” Erwin asked, “Are you sorry for being a whore?”

Levi sniffled, “Y-Yes, Ervy. I’m sorry. I won’t let anyone else touch me again, unless you want them to. Just please , I need to cum. It hurts so bad.”

“I’m sure it does,” Erwin chuckled cruelly, circling the desk, “But I think I’ll just tie you to the bed and leave you there for the rest of the day. How does that sound?”

Levi shook his head, a quiet sob escaping his mouth, “P-Please don’t- I said I was sorry.”

Erwin ran his fingers along Levi’s ass, gripping one cheek in his hand and jiggling it softly, “Hmm, I don’t know. I don’t think you’ve been punished enough.”

Levi twitched just from Erwin’s touch, his dick pulsing painfully against his stomach, “Ervy, please . Please, I’m begging you.”

Erwin pulled his hand away and lifted Levi off the desk, starting to carry him to the bedroom. Levi was shaking, sobs racking his body as he held onto Erwin’s shirt and buried his face into his shoulder. At least, perhaps, he could pretend this was Paradis Erwin holding him. Maybe that thought would bring him some momentary comfort.

But soon, he was tossed onto the bed, and Erwin went to his closet to retrieve the rope he used for times like this. Levi lay there, tears streaming down his face as he waited for Erwin to tie him up.

“E-Ervy?” Levi whimpered as Erwin grabbed one of his hands and started to tie it to the bed post, “Why... Why do you hate me so much?”

Erwin paused, looking down at him in brief confusion before he shook the look and continued tying him up, muttering, “I don’t.”

“Then why do you hurt me like this?” Levi asked, watching Erwin circle the bed to tie his other hand up.

“Stop asking questions,” Erwin snapped, causing Levi to wince.

But Levi couldn’t help himself, and he continued, “I just... I don’t understand what I did to deserve all this. I know I’m bad sometimes, but I-I...”

Levi could feel himself breaking down, the sobs that were already escaping him starting to grow uncontrollable now. He felt himself shaking as Erwin worked to tie down his left leg. He finally broke as Erwin put the last tie on his right leg, sobs spilling out of him uncontrollably.

“The fuck are you crying for?” Erwin grumbled, pulling on the rope to make sure it was tight enough.

“I-I don’t w-wanna h-hurt anym-more,” Levi practically wailed, tugging at his binds.

Erwin clicked his tongue in disappointment, “Pathetic.”

“ You’re pathetic! ” Levi shouted suddenly, unsure where this anger had come from. He was just so fed up, in so much pain, and so exhausted from Erwin’s antics. Erwin’s face turned dark and cold, and Levi knew then that he’d fucked up.

Erwin climbed on the bed and gripped Levi’s dick in his hand before sinking his nails into the skin, causing Levi to scream out in pain. He writhed against the rope, head tossed back, as he sobbed loudly.

“You want to say that again?” Erwin growled.

“N-No!” Levi shook his head frantically, “Let go! Let go, it hurts!”

Erwin sank his nails in deeper, blood starting to ooze from where they met the skin. Levi’s vision was blacking out from the pain, and he couldn’t handle this for much longer without passing out. He shrieked, struggling as hard as he could.

Then, as if nothing had happened, Erwin let go, wiping his hand on the sheets before heading to the door. He turned to Levi with a smirk on his face, turning off the lights so that Levi was in the dark.

“Have fun, Levi,” Erwin teased, leaving the room and shutting the door behind him.

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Paradis Erwin walked into Paradis Levi’s room a week later. The two of them had spent every night together since Levi’s flashback, as Levi didn’t want to be alone, and Erwin wanted to keep him safe. Plus, Levi kept waking up in the middle of the night due to nightmares about his time with Marley Erwin, and Erwin would be there to comfort him when that would happen, to assure him that he’s home, and that nobody was going to hurt him again - not under Erwin’s watch. But since they had tried to have sex last week, they hadn’t tried anything again, as Erwin didn’t want to push Levi, and Levi didn’t seem ready.

Levi looked up from the newspaper he was paging through, a small smile appearing on his face when he saw Erwin. Erwin smiled back and climbed into the bed, already in his pajamas. Levi put the newspaper down on the bedside table and scooted over to make room for the blonde, instantly clinging to his side once he was settled down under the sheets. Erwin sighed contently, holding Levi close and kissing his forehead.

They’d become much closer over the past week, and Erwin was sure their bond of trust was stronger than ever now. His thoughts were still somewhat filled with Marley Levi, though, and he worried about the man. But they had a mission in the next few days to rescue him, and Erwin prayed that the other Levi hadn’t been too abused while he was there.

“Are you thinking about him?” Levi asked, nuzzling his head into Erwin’s neck.

Erwin swallowed thickly, hugging Levi closer, “I’m just worried. That’s all.”

Levi nodded, “It’s okay. We’ll rescue him soon, and then he’ll be safe.”

Erwin pressed a kiss to Levi’s cheek, “But for now, I’m all yours, love. Did you want to cuddle?”

Levi was blushing from Erwin’s words, and he laid down, holding his arms out to Erwin. The blonde smiled down at him before snuggling under the sheets and pulling him close. He’d learned over the past couple of days that Levi was very, very cuddly, and very clingy. It melted his heart every time Levi clung to him like this; it was just too sweet.

“What will you do when he gets back?” Levi wondered, looking up at Erwin with curious eyes, “Will... you won’t leave me, right?”

Levi looked away, clearly self-conscious. There was a frown on his face now, and Erwin felt the need to hold him closer, to assure him that this wouldn’t be the case. He didn’t know what he was going to do when Marley Levi came back, but he knew for certain that he would never leave his Levi. He loved him too much.

“Of course not, baby,” Erwin murmured, “I’d never leave you.”

Levi glanced back up at him, a skeptical look on his face, “You promise?”

Erwin nodded, leaning down to kiss Levi’s lips gently, “I promise.”

The smile soon returned to Levi’s face, and he wrapped his arms around Erwin’s neck, kissing him deeply. Erwin sighed and kissed back, holding Levi around the waist and tugging his hips closer. Their pelvises unintentionally rubbed together, and Levi let out a quiet whimper at the feeling. Erwin could feel his dick twitching just from the accidental grinding, and he could feel his face growing red from the whimper Levi had let out.

The two of them were silent for a moment as they pulled away, Levi avoiding Erwin’s gaze nervously. Erwin gently placed a hand on Levi’s cheek, turning it so that they were looking at each other. Levi stared up at him, curiosity and fear in his eyes.

“Levi,” Erwin whispered, “We don’t have to do anything you don’t want to, remember?”

“I know,” Levi responded, “I just... I want you, but I’m scared. What if I have another flashback?”

Erwin caressed Levi’s cheek carefully in his hand, pressing their foreheads together as he thought of how to respond. He, too, wanted Levi, badly , but he didn’t want to press the shorter man into anything, especially when he was clearly so traumatized from what had happened with Marley Erwin.

“How about this?” Erwin finally spoke, “How about you face me this time? That way, you can look into my eyes, and you’ll know you’re not with him.”

Levi thought about it, putting a finger on his chin and tapping it lightly before he nodded slowly, “I suppose we could try...”

“Are you sure?” Erwin asked, wanting to know he wasn’t pressuring Levi.

Levi smiled softly, leaning up to kiss Erwin on the lips, “I’m sure. We can try.”

Erwin returned the smile, moving his hands from Levi’s waist to his ass and beginning to grope him through the fabric of his pajama pants. Levi whined, his fingers finding Erwin’s shirt and ready to crinkle the ironed collar all over again, like he had a week ago. Erwin brought a hand up to Levi’s lips, knowing Levi wouldn’t have any oil in his room like Erwin did in his own. Levi wrapped his lips around Erwin’s fingers, sucking and lapping at them with his tongue.

Erwin used his free hand to affectionately pet Levi’s head, muttering, “Good boy. That’s a good boy, Levi.”

Levi groaned quietly at Erwin’s words, his eyes already becoming half-lidded with lust as he coated Erwin’s fingers with plenty of saliva. Erwin finally pulled his fingers out of Levi’s mouth, pushing the hand into the back of Levi’s pants and running a digit over his hole. Levi shivered at his touch, tugging at Erwin’s collar and biting his lip.

“Shh, baby,” Erwin cooed, “I haven’t even started yet and you’re already a little mess for me, aren’t you?”

Levi turned a deep shade of red, burying his face in Erwin’s chest and grumbling, “Just get on with it, will you?”

Erwin could only chuckle in response, his index finger circling the rim before he pushed it inside, one knuckle deep at first, prodding it around, before pushing it past the second knuckle. Levi was mewling with pleasure, wriggling his ass back against Erwin’s finger as he pulled it out and pushed it back in. The blonde stretched his hole enough to push a second finger in, scissoring them and listening to Levi’s little panting noises as he did so.

“You enjoy it so much, don’t you?” Erwin teased, stroking around at his insides carefully, “I’m certainly enjoying the little noises you’re making, darling.”

Levi moaned quietly, “‘W-Win... please - I need you.”

Erwin slowly added a third finger to the mix, pumping them in and out as he stretched Levi’s opening to the fullest, preparing him to take Erwin’s cock. Levi held tightly to Erwin’s collar, his face still buried in Erwin’s chest as quiet erotic noises escaped him from Erwin’s movements.

“You need me, do you?” Erwin smirked, reluctantly releasing his fingers from Levi’s hole, “Are you sure?”

Levi nodded eagerly, laying on his back as Erwin went to sit up, positioning himself over Levi and tossing the shorter man’s legs over his shoulders. Levi stared up at Erwin with hopeful, trusting eyes, taking one of Erwin’s hands into his. Erwin smiled softly and squeezed that hand, wanting to reassure Levi that everything was okay.

With his other hand, he guided his erection to Levi’s entrance, lining himself up and pushing in slowly. Levi let out a groan as Erwin began to go in all the way, until he was flush against Levi’s ass. Erwin watched Levi’s eyes suddenly grow panicked, darting around the room as if he didn’t know where he was.

“Shh, look at me,” Erwin directed calmly, “Look at me, love. You’re here with me. I’m not going to hurt you.”

Levi’s eyes locked with Erwin’s, starting to calm the more he stared into the blonde’s eyes. Erwin stayed seated inside him, just waiting for Levi to remember where he was and what was going on. Levi sucked in a deep breath, holding onto Erwin’s arms for comfort.

“I’m okay, ‘Win,” Levi muttered, “I’m okay, you can move.”

“You sure?” Erwin asked.

Levi whined, trying to push down on Erwin’s dick, “Y-Yeah. It feels good.”

Erwin gripped Levi’s thighs, starting to roll his hips into the shorter man in long, slow thrusts, where he pulled out almost all the way and pushed back in. Levi groaned, tossing his head back against the pillows.

“Oh god ,” Levi whimpered, moving his hands to the sheets below him and clinging to them.

Levi was a beautiful image: squirming under Erwin’s thrusts, his eyes half-lidded and his mouth hanging open as moans spilled out of it. Erwin sighed contently, pushing his hair out of his eyes as he continued his deep strokes, feeling Levi’s hole clenching around him as the man cried out with pleasure.

“ Ah! ” Levi groaned, “‘W-Win, h-harder.”

Erwin paused, “Are you sure? I don’t want to hurt you.”

“ Harder ,” Levi repeated, desperately trying to fuck himself on Erwin’s cock.

Erwin was admittedly surprised Levi wanted it like that, but Erwin obliged anyways, picking up the pace and thrusting deeper, harder against his prostate. Levi moaned loudly, knuckles turning white from gripping the sheets so tightly.

“Is that good?” Erwin asked, “You like that, baby?”

Levi nodded, mewling as he stared up at Erwin with a lustful look, reaching down to start tugging at his erection. Pre-cum was dripping onto his stomach, and Erwin smacked Levi’s hand away lightly, taking the shorter man’s erection into his hand and jerking at it roughly.

“ Ohh ,” Levi groaned, “Oh fuck- oh fuck! I-I’m close-”

“You’re close?” Erwin cooed, “Cum for me, honey. Come on, let go for me.”

Levi whimpered, Erwin stroking his dick faster as he pumped into his prostate over and over. He could feel Levi clenching around him again as he neared orgasm, the feeling causing Erwin’s eyes to roll back and a groan to escape his mouth.

“ Fuck! ” Erwin moaned, starting to fuck Levi unrelentingly as he too was close, “I-I’m gonna cum too. Can I cum inside you?”

Levi nodded, letting out a loud cry as he came, white painting his stomach and thighs. Erwin thrust a couple more times before cumming inside Levi, letting out a deep breath and pulling out slowly.

He took Levi’s shaky legs off his shoulders and lay down next to him, pulling him close and kissing all over his face. Levi had a small smile on his face, hugging onto Erwin tightly and sighing happily at the kisses.

“I love you,” Levi whispered, and Erwin could feel the shock coursing through his system from those words.

Levi... loves me? He thought to himself, his heart beating faster. Do I love him back? He wondered. His immediate thought was that yes, he did. But when he opened his mouth to say it back, he hesitated, thoughts of Marley Levi were on his mind. He knew he wasn’t being fair to his Levi, pitting the two Levis against each other. He knew he wasn’t in love with Marley Levi; just liked him, but he still didn’t think it would be fair to his Levi if he said he loved him while crushing on his counterpart.

“Levi...” Erwin started, pulling away to look Levi in the eyes, “I... I can’t... I don’t want you to get hurt.”

Levi’s eyes filled with surprise, and a pained look came across his face as he realized Erwin wasn’t going to say it back. He immediately untangled himself from Erwin’s arms, turning over to face away from Erwin.

Erwin reached a hand out, “Levi, don’t-”

“ Don’t touch me,” Levi snapped, “You should just leave.”

Erwin sucked in a deep breath, “I just don’t want to hurt your feelings-”

“Well, it’s too late for that, isn’t it?” Levi growled, “If you love him so much, then you shouldn’t have had sex with me.”

Erwin frowned, “I-I don’t love him, though. I just like him, and I don’t think it’s fair for me to tell you I love you when I’m crushing on somebody else at the same time.”

There was only silence from Levi, and Erwin watched in horror as Levi’s shoulders began to shake with quiet sobs. He hadn’t meant to make Levi cry - in being honest with Levi, he’d hurt him anyways.

“I... I want you out,” Levi sniffled, sounding exhausted, “Please, just go.”

Erwin got out of the bed, starting to get dressed. He watched Levi crying silently, knowing how much it probably took for the shorter man to admit that he loved Erwin. Levi didn’t often admit his feelings, and Erwin was feeling incredibly guilty that he hadn’t said it back. He left the room to give the man his space, regretting how the situation had gone down.

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Levi walked into Erwin’s office the next morning without a word. Erwin didn’t want to wait. He’d spent most of the night thinking about what he’d done wrong; how he could make things better. He realized he owed Levi many an apology, and was ready to make those apologies as soon as Levi entered his office.

“Levi, sit down,” Erwin requested, watching Levi sit in the chair across from his desk and cross his arms in annoyance.

“I want to apologize,” Erwin began, “Starting with last night. I... I feel awful for making you cry, I shouldn’t have-”

“It’s fine,” Levi interrupted, avoiding eye contact, “I was stupid for crying. I feel like an idiot for letting something so simple effect me like that.”

Erwin frowned. He knew Levi was trying to separate himself from his feelings, trying to suppress whatever had made him cry in the first place. It wasn’t fine. Erwin knew that simply from how aggressively Levi had insisted it.

“It’s not fine,” Erwin tried again, “You clearly cried for a good reason. You don’t just cry over nothing, Levi.”

Levi’s eyes darted around the room as he bit his lip, admitting quietly, “I’ve never told anyone I love them before. And nobody’s ever said it back to me, so I was... what you said, it caught me off guard.”

Erwin’s heart pounded in his chest, his guilt only worsening with Levi’s words. Of course, he was smart enough to suspect this might’ve been the reason for Levi’s tears. The shorter man hadn’t had much love in his life, and now the first time he’d confessed his love, he’d been rejected.

Erwin got up from his desk, walking over to Levi and placing his hands on Levi’s shoulders, ordering, “Look at me, Levi.”

Levi hesitantly looked up at him, and Erwin could already see tears welling up in his eyes as the shorter man swallowed thickly. Erwin needed to apologize, to let Levi know that he did love him, he just was afraid of hurting him.

“I love you,” Erwin said strongly, rubbing Levi’s shoulders soothingly, “I love you very much. The reason I didn’t say it back was because I was worried about hurting you. Because... well, I haven’t exactly been the best person lately.”

Levi raised an eyebrow, “What... What do you mean?”

Erwin sighed and let go of Levi’s shoulders, kneeling down in front of him and taking Levi’s face into his hands, “I... I’ve been just as much of a monster as that stupid Erwin in Marley. I shouldn’t have waited to come get you; I was afraid to send Marley Levi back there and was hesitant about making the exchange. You probably endured more torture because of me, and I know there’s no amount of apologies I can make that will take that away.”

Levi was staring at him with wide eyes, mouth opening and closing, as if he didn’t know what to say to that. But Erwin wasn’t done. He was only just beginning his apology, and he caressed Levi’s cheek gently as he continued:

“When you finally got back, I was neglectful of you because I was so wound up in Marley Levi. I should’ve come to take care of you immediately. But I was so depressed over giving back the other Levi, and I apologize for abandoning you when you needed me most. Then, I unfairly compared the two of you, when you two are separate people. You can’t be compared, and I just keep making mistake after mistake when I let myself think of Marley Levi. I love you , not him, and I despise myself for the horrible things I’ve done. I don’t deserve your forgiveness, Levi. I don’t... I don’t deserve...”

Erwin trailed off, tears filling his eyes as he took his hands away, looking down at his lap in shame. He felt awful. He had known for a long time that he was a bad person, and he truly hated himself for that, but he had never allowed himself to treat Levi like this before, and all for what? A crush on some clone he’d only met once? Erwin was completely guilt-ridden.

“I don’t deserve you,” Erwin finished in a weak voice, trying to hold back the tears.

He didn’t want to make Levi feel sorry for him by crying, so he held back as best he could. But soon, he felt Levi’s nimble fingers on his cheeks, and was brought up to look at the shorter man. Levi, too, had tears, which were now flowing down his face from Erwin’s words.

“I... I forgive you,” Levi sniffled, “I forgive you, Erwin. I know you were lost and confused.”

“I don’t deserve it,” Erwin shook his head, “I don’t deserve that forgiveness, Levi. Please, just... yell at me, tell me off, hurt me if you want to- I deserve that more than anything.”

Levi’s eyes softened, as if he felt pity for Erwin, which Erwin didn’t understand in this moment. Why was Levi pitying him?

“I’m forgiving you, Erwin,” Levi whispered gently, “So please don’t hate yourself anymore. Please , for me?”

Erwin stared up at Levi with some disbelief, before tears started pouring down his cheeks. He couldn’t help himself, and Levi held him close, Erwin’s head buried in Levi’s lap as he shook with sobs. Did Levi really love him that much? That he was willing to just forgive and forget what had happened? Erwin couldn’t believe it at first, but he knew he would have to live up to this forgiveness. He couldn’t disappoint Levi again. He loved him too much to do so.

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Marley Erwin could hear his Levi’s pathetic moaning and begging from the bedroom next door as he worked. He sighed in some annoyance. Why can’t that brat shut the hell up? He thought to himself as he signed some documents. He tried to bury himself in his work, but the idiot wouldn’t shut the hell up, calling for Erwin and begging him for help with his painful erection. Erwin sighed in annoyance. He supposed it was his own fault he was in this situation, but it was still annoying to hear the man pleading.

Erwin thought back to Levi’s question: Why do you hate me so much? He had to admit, he’d been caught off guard by the question. Did Levi really think he hated him? That was far from the truth. In fact, Erwin was in love with Levi to the point of violent possessiveness. This is why he was so cruel to the shorter man. He wanted to keep him in his place, make sure he knew who he belonged to.

When he’d heard that Levi had let the other Erwin fuck him, he’d been heartbroken, and that heartbreak had shown itself in the form of fury. He knew he was a monster; he’d accepted that fact long ago. In fact, Erwin could pinpoint the exact moment of when he’s snapped, when he’d turned into that monster:

“Please,” the 20-year-old Erwin begged, “No more, please.”

He was in a stockade, completely naked, being fucked brutally from behind by his superior officer. His ass hurt so badly; they’d been at this for hours now. Erwin didn’t understand what he’d done wrong. All he did was give some of his food ration to a starving Eldian on the streets. Why was that such a bad thing?

“You know that Eldians are the scum of the earth,” his superior said, grunting as he gave Erwin a few harsh thrusts, “Why do you think you should be kind to any of them?”

Erwin wanted to answer with: “Because I’m one too,” but he refrained, knowing that no answer would please this man. He simply remained silent, legs shaking as his ass was pounded by the older man.

“As a Marleyan Warrior Candidate,” the man continued, “You are to be brutal, harsh, and cruel to any Eldian you come across. Is that understood?”

Erwin sniffed and nodded, “Yes, sir.”

The man groaned quietly, a few stuttered thrusts before he came inside Erwin for the third time that day. He pulled out slowly, tapping his dick on Erwin’s ass cheek before pushing it back into the warmth and sighing contently. One thrust, then two, and he pulled out again.

“You want to know what we’ve done with that Eldian you decided to feed?” he asked darkly.

Erwin was sure they’d had him killed, but he nodded anyways, knowing that’s what the man would want to hear. He listened to the ‘flop’ sound of the man tugging at his own dick, trying to get it hard again.

“We kidnapped him,” the man explained, “And we’ve decided to make him your little slave.”

Erwin’s eyes widened. My what? He thought to himself, confused and concerned. He felt an erection at his hole again, and sucked in a deep breath as it was pushed past the rim. He was already well-stretched out by the hours of fucking, so it didn’t hurt much, but he was definitely sore.

“You are to treat him as such,” he growled, slamming into Erwin’s prostate, “If you are ever nice to him, you’re finished. And you know what happens to you then? I’ll remove you from the warrior program, and make you my personal little cock warmer.”

Erwin couldn’t help but groan at the stimulation, his own cock hardening from the feeling, “Y-Yes, sir.”

He could feel himself breaking. Everything in his body ached, and he was feeling exhaustion and humility in his bones. He knew he had to follow through on these orders. He was terrified of the consequences, not wanting to spend another second with this horrible man. But how would he be able to do this? How could he treat someone so mercilessly, especially a stranger?

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“Here he is,” his superior led him through the halls a few days later, bringing him to a cell where the small Eldian he had fed was sitting, chained to the wall, “Your little pet. Honestly, you should be thanking me. He’s incredibly pretty, and that little ass must be tight. I’m sure you’ll enjoy yourself with him.”

The small man was glaring at the two of them, his face dirty and his clothes torn. He looked like he’d been beaten, bruises on his arms and legs. Erwin couldn’t help but feel guilty; he had brought the man into this situation by simply offering him food.

His superior unlocked the cell and let Erwin in, patting his ass lightly to encourage him to go inside. Erwin blushed and cringed at the feeling, uncomfortable memories of a couple of days ago playing through his head. 

Erwin walked into the cell, kneeling in front of the man to examine his face. Pure hatred resided there, and the small man spat in his face. Erwin wiped the saliva away, his superior grabbing the smaller man by the hair and tugging on it harshly, bringing his face up to look at Erwin.

“He spit at you,” his superior noted, “Now what are you going to do about it?”

Erwin didn’t blame the man for spitting on him. He probably deserved it. But he knew his superior was watching, and his eyes darted around as he tried to figure out what the hell he was going to do.

“What? You want to be disciplined too?” his superior threatened, putting a hand to his belt buckle threateningly.

Erwin’s eyes widened slightly, and on quick reflex, he smacked the shit out of the small Eldian, growling, “How dare you spit on me, you scum.”

“Good, Smith,” his superior praised, a smirk on his face, “Now, ask him for his name.”

“What’s your name, little one?” Erwin murmured, starting to mold into the man his superior wanted him to be. He didn’t know where this was coming from, what inner demons he had that was making this come out of him. Perhaps his torture the other day had made him so fearful of a repeat that he was breaking, changing right before his superior’s eyes.

“None of your goddamn business,” the shorter man bit back, his teeth clenched in anger.

Erwin glanced up at his superior, who nodded to him in encouragement, and stood up. He grabbed the man’s face in his hands and slammed it against his knee, hearing a yelp and seeing blood pouring from the shorter man’s nose, likely broken now.

“You want another?” Erwin snarled in a threatening voice, part of him unable to believe he could sound so cruel.

The shorter man shook his head, breathing heavily as he stared up at Erwin with a dangerous glare. Erwin gripped the man by the hair and pulled him to his feet, slamming him against the wall and raising his fist.

“Then tell me your damn name,” Erwin ordered.

The shorter man flinched when Erwin raised his fist, looking down as he mumbled, “It’s Levi.”

Erwin let him go, watching him crumple to the ground. His superior clapped him on the back with a grin on his face, “Good job, Smith. You really are cut out for this, you know that, right? I think I can leave you two alone now.”

But before his superior walked to the door, he grabbed Erwin by the ass and tugged him close, whispering in his ear, “But remember. I’ll always be watching, and waiting for you to screw up. And once you do, you’ll be all mine, Smith.”

Erwin couldn’t help the whimper that escaped him, the fear that built in his chest as he nodded quickly, “Yes, sir.”

His superior left the two of them alone, and Levi was still looking down at the ground, seeming defeated and pissed off. Erwin knew he would have to break this man, make him obedient to his every whim. But how? He’d never so much as gotten into a fight before, let alone tortured someone into submission. But Erwin realized he had no choice. He had to. That was the simple fact of the matter. He would just have to play pretend until he could figure his way out of the situation.

But somewhere along the way, he’d stopped playing pretend. Erwin was now a ruthless man, just like the superior who had taken his virginity and assaulted him for hours that day. The superior was still around, and Erwin still lived in fear of that threat: becoming the man’s personal bitch. He was still intimidated by his superior, and terrorized by the thought of what could happen to him if he were to stray from his orders.

In the passing years, the part of Erwin that was still human had grown to enjoy his pet’s company, had come to fall in love with the man. But he knew he wasn’t allowed to have these feelings, and pushed them so deep down that he would get angry with himself if he ever allowed himself a loving glance or a smile in Levi’s direction.

Erwin paused when he heard Levi sobbing, a loud sigh escaping his mouth. Why can’t that little bitch stay quiet?! He thought to himself as he got up from his desk and walked heatedly towards the bedroom. He opened the door and swung it open, seeing Levi desperately rutting his hips into the air, his erection still hard against his stomach despite the dried blood there from Erwin’s nails.

Erwin growled, “Can’t you shut the hell up?!”

Levi whimpered, frustrated tears rolling down his cheeks, “E-Ervy... Ervy, please . Touch me, fuck me good, let me cum. I just want to cum, please! I’ll be quiet after that, I promise! I won’t bother you anymore!”

Erwin let out a huff and shut the door before crossing his arms, “Well? You gonna beg me for it, or what?”

Levi bit his lip and nodded, hips still humping the air, “E-Ervy- Ervy please - please fuck me- touch me, anything . Please make me cum, I need to so bad. Please , I’ll do anything for you- I promise I will.”

“Anything?” Erwin raised an eyebrow, tapping his chin, “Okay, if you promise you’ll do anything, then I’ll make you cum.”

“Thank you,” Levi breathed a sigh of relief, “Oh god, thank you, Ervy.”

Erwin smirked, walking over to Levi and starting to undo his bindings. Once he was completely free of the ropes, the shorter man got on all fours, ass up face down, using his hands to spread his cheeks wide open, just how Erwin liked it.

The blonde palmed at his already-growing erection before tugging down his pants and boxers to his thighs, freeing his cock into the cold air. Levi was muttering desperate pleas of ‘yes, do it, Ervy’ and ‘give it to me good’.

Erwin rubbed his cock against Levi’s waiting entrance, eliciting a moan from the sex-hungry man. He started pressing in, listening to Levi practically howl when he pushed in with one long thrust, rubbing up against his prostate.

“ Yes! ” Levi moaned, panting hard as he’d been waiting for this for hours now, “Yes, Ervy! Give it to me! Fuck! ”

Erwin started a brutal, punishing pace as he thrust into the gaping hole over and over again, hearing Levi squealing in pleasure, his breathing heavy with lust. He’d let go of his cheeks by now, gripping the sheets beneath him in his fists for dear life as Erwin fucked him harshly from behind. Erwin took over, holding Levi’s cheeks open so he could see his veiny cock going in and out of the hole that so eagerly sucked him in with each movement.

“That’s a good slut,” Erwin cooed, “Taking my cock so well. Tell me how much you love it.”

Levi didn’t hesitate, loud moans spilling out of his mouth, “I-I fucking love it , Ervy! It’s so big, it’s tearing me apart- fuck . So good, Ervy, so good.”

Erwin chuckled softly, pulling his hand back and smacking Levi’s ass roughly. The shorter man cried out, pushing back to meet Erwin’s thrusts. He was likely very close already, as he’d been waiting so long to cum, and Erwin was slamming into his sensitive prostate.

“You wanna cum?” Erwin teased, “Hmm? You gonna make a mess of my bed?”

Levi nodded, his head bobbing up and down in exhaustion as he neared his orgasm, “Yes. Yes , can I? Can I please? I promised I’d do anything, remember? So please let me!”

Erwin pounded into him unrelentingly, grunting at his effort as he ordered, “Cum.”

Levi practically screamed as his orgasm washed over him, spilling white liquid all over the sheets. Erwin had to hold his hips up so he wouldn’t collapse, and continue to fuck into his sensitive hole even after Levi had cum, chasing his own release.

“Oh god, Ervy,” Levi whined, “It hurts- please hurry-”

“Don’t rush me,” Erwin snapped, shutting the shorter man up instantly, “I’ll fuck you all goddamn day if I want to.”

Levi nodded quickly, “Y-Yes, sir. I’m sorry, sir.”

Erwin gripped Levi’s hips so hard they were sure to have bruises by morning, and fucked him like his life depended on it.

“Fill me up, Ervy,” Levi pleaded, knowing Erwin liked it when he said those types of things. He was clearly trying to get Erwin to cum faster, probably due to the over stimulation he was feeling, “Fill me up. Come on.”

Erwin groaned, and his breath hitched, cumming inside of Levi with a couple of stuttered thrusts. He rode out his orgasm, slowly grinding into that warmth that felt so good around his dick, as he let spurts of hot cum shoot into the man below him.

“Good boy,” Erwin praised, “That’s a good boy. All filled up like that.”

“Feels so good,” Levi whimpered, “I’m stuffed with it, Ervy.”

Erwin moaned softly at that, pulling out slowly and starting to do his pants back up. Levi collapsed on the bed as soon as Erwin let him go, his legs trembling. He looked content, though, happy to finally have been allowed to finish.

But Erwin had an evil plan in mind. He laid on top of Levi, pressing his chest against the man’s back and grasping him by the hair. He pulled Levi’s face up and growled in his ear, “You said you’d do anything for me, right?”

Levi nodded, “Y-Yes, Ervy. Anything.”

Erwin grinned from ear to ear as he whispered, “You’re going to kill the other Erwin for me.”

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Paradis Erwin pulled down his hood once he’d rounded the corner of the military building, glancing around to check that nobody was around. He pulled out and unfolded the map of the Marley military base, double-checking that he was in the right spot. He was close to the Warriors’ quarters, as he knew from Paradis Levi that during the day, Marley Levi would be kept in Marley Erwin’s bedroom. Marley Erwin himself would be in a conference room at the other end of the building, which is where Paradis Levi was headed at the same time.

Erwin put his hood back up and pushed the door open slowly, checking that nobody was coming down the hall. The quarters seemed empty, most of the Warriors probably out at meetings or breakfast, as it was fairly early in the morning. He snuck down the hall, coming across a door with his own name on it. It was odd, thinking this person who was so similar to him lived such a different life. He took a pin out of his pocket and picked the lock easily, pushing the door open.

Marley Levi was nowhere in sight, the office being completely empty. Erwin went inside and closed the door behind him quickly, hearing footsteps coming down the hall. He locked the door behind him and heard a humming noise from the bedroom. Aha, he thought. Got him.

Erwin was still cautious, pulling out his blade from its sheath just in case. It could be the case that Marley Levi wasn’t the one in the bedroom, and then he’d have to deal with the consequences of such a thing.

But he pushed the door open to see Marley Levi, leaning over the dresser and inspecting his face in the mirror. Erwin’s heart flipped. The man was okay, he was alive and breathing. That was something that Erwin had prayed for. He could deal with the bruises and wounds of the other Levi later on, could nurture him through his trauma. But he couldn’t bring him back from the dead, and that’s something that had worried him since he’d left Marley Levi in Marley Erwin’s care again.

“Levi,” Erwin murmured, trying to catch the man’s attention, “Levi, I came to rescue you.”

Marley Levi paused what he was doing, but didn’t turn around. Didn’t look at Erwin through the mirror. He just stopped, moving his hands in front of him. Erwin couldn’t see what he was doing, until the other Levi turned around and brought a revolver up, pointed directly at Erwin’s head.

“Drop the blades,” Marley Levi ordered in a shaky but firm voice.

Erwin was shocked, but put his blades away in their sheathes quickly, holding his hands up. Why was the other Levi holding a gun to him? Had he been brainwashed while Erwin was gone? Erwin didn’t know, but he was terribly concerned all of a sudden, for both this Levi’s well-being and his own.

“L-Levi,” Erwin tried, “Put the gun down. It’s me, Erwin. The other Erwin. From Paradis.”

“I know,” Levi sniffed, using his free hand to wipe a tear streaming down his cheek, “Erwin, I’m so sorry.”

“Don’t be sorry,” Erwin replied, swallowing thickly as he stared down the barrel of the gun, “Just tell me what’s going on. We can fix this, I’m sure of it.”

Marley Levi shook his head, more tears escaping his lids, “N-No. We can’t fix it, Erwin. I... I just need to know something before I do this.”

Erwin nodded slowly, noting the pained look in Marley Levi’s eyes as he asked, “Why did you turn me back over to him, Ervy? I thought... I thought you cared about me. I thought maybe... maybe you loved me.”

Erwin sucked in a deep breath, hands still in the air as he explained, “I do care about you, Levi. But... I love my Levi. I’m sorry, but I’ve just known him for so much longer, and I needed to rescue him. I was hurting him the longer I kept you in Paradis. Trading you over was the only way to get him back.”

Marley Levi nodded in some understanding, wiping his tears on the back of his hand, “I see. So I’m not enough for you, then?”

He put his finger on the trigger, and Erwin tensed up, answering quickly, “No! No, that’s not true, Levi. It was just a difficult situation. I’m sorry for what I did, but I had to get my Levi back. That’s just the hard truth of it.”

The other Levi cocked the gun, and Erwin shook his head, “You don’t have to do this, Levi. Tell me what’s going on. I’ll help you, I promise. I came to rescue you; to get you out of here. You don’t have to answer to that bastard anymo-”

“Don’t call him that!” Levi exclaimed, tears rolling down his cheeks, “D-Don’t... Don’t... he loves me... he does.”

It was as if the small man was trying to convince himself of the words he was saying. He looked so lost and defeated, so confused and just tired. Tired of everything that had happened to him, tired of dealing with the pain.

“No he doesn’t,” Erwin insisted carefully, not wanting to set the bespectacled man off, “He doesn’t give a shit about you, Levi. You know it. He beats you, tortures you. If he loved you, why would he do that?”

“Because I’m bad,” Levi sniffled, “I’m a bad person. I deserve it.”

Erwin’s eyes softened, taking a small step closer, “Levi, you don’t deserve any of that. You’re not a bad person.”

“But I am!” Levi argued, a small sob escaping his mouth, “I... I am... I have to kill you, Ervy.”

“You don’t,” Erwin tried, “You don’t have to follow his orders-”

“I promised,” Levi interrupted tearfully, “I promised him. I have to do it.”

“Break it.”

“What?”

“Break the promise,” Erwin muttered, “Come with me instead.”

“And then what?” Levi retorted, sounding frustrated all of a sudden, “I have to be a third wheel to you and him? I don’t think so.”

He spat the word ‘him’, referring to Paradis Levi. Erwin took a deep breath and another small step closer, hands reaching out carefully towards the gun as he cooed softly, “Shh, Levi. That’s not true. You’ll find happiness in Paradis. Now... give me the-”

BANG!

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Paradis Levi could see Marley Erwin from the window, and pushed it open as slowly as he could. The man was sitting at the conference table in preparation for a meeting, and Levi wasn’t sure how long he had before others joined him. He climbed into the window and rolled onto the carpet out of Marley Erwin’s line of sight, sneaking up behind the man and drawing a blade.

“Hello, Levi,” the man said nonchalantly, not looking up from his work, “A long way for you to travel just to see little old me, isn’t it?”

Levi almost jumped, as he hadn’t expected Erwin to notice him, but he quickly held his blade to the man’s neck, growling, “Shut your mouth or I’ll shove my blade down your throat.”

The other Erwin merely chuckled, a sly grin on his face, “Oh really? How kinky of you.”

Levi could feel a blush coloring his cheeks, and he snarled, “I’m fucking serious,” and pressed the blade into the man’s neck until a small trickle of blood oozed out. Erwin looked unfazed and unimpressed, staring up at Levi with a cocky smile.

“How’s about this?” Erwin grabbed the blade with his hand, no hesitation as he pushed back against Levi’s hold on him, “You bend over the table, and I’ll take good care of all your naughty little fantasies about me.”

Blood was pouring from his hand, steam coming out of the wound at the same time, as his hand gripped the blade hard and resisted Levi’s force. Levi could feel his blood boiling at the other Erwin’s words, and he snapped, “I don’t want your fucking dick, you sicko!”

“Hmm, I think you do,” the blonde chuckled, “Your Erwin just doesn’t give it to you like I do, does he?”

Levi shot him a glare, pulling the blade back and slicing Erwin’s palm before he sunk the blade into Erwin’s right shoulder, steam emanating from the wound. Erwin didn’t even flinch, glancing down at the blade before looking up at Levi and tutting, “That’s not very nice, Levi. If you want to be fucked nice and good, all you need to do is ask.”

Levi was furious. He yanked the blade out, barking, “I don’t want to be fucked! Not by you!”

Marley Erwin was grinning, and he stood, towering over Levi as blood stained his nice white shirt and tan jacket. He stuffed his hands in his pockets and stared Levi down, “Take off those pants, lovely.”

“Shut your damn mouth,” Levi replied, holding his blade out to keep the distance between them, “You’re coming with me.”

Erwin chuckled, “And what makes you think that?”

Levi growled, “Because my Erwin has likely captured your little Levi by now. And I’m going to bring you back to Paradis so you can endure the worst torture of your life.”

Erwin looked down to the ground, his shoulders shaking. Levi was confused at first, until he realized the man was cackling evilly. Levi frowned, knowing that wasn’t a good sign. Why had the man laughed like that?

Levi drew his blade and put it up to Marley Erwin’s neck, ordering, “Tell me what the fuck you’re laughing about, you psycho.”

Erwin grinned down at Levi, “If that’s true, then your Erwin is dead by now.”

Levi stared at him with narrowed eyes. He didn’t know whether to believe him or not; he wasn’t entirely sure if the other Erwin was saying that just to get him riled up or cause him to lose his ability to focus.

“What the hell do you mean by that?!” Levi demanded to know, pressing the blade into his neck a little further.

Marley Erwin merely chuckled, “I ordered my Levi to kill him. And my Levi promised me he would. He doesn’t back down on promises. Your Erwin happens to trust my Levi too much, and my Levi has likely killed the bastard by this point.”

Levi couldn’t help himself, eyes widening slightly as the realization dawned on him that Erwin was likely right. He didn’t seem like he was bluffing, either. Levi pulled the blade back and sunk it directly into Erwin’s stomach.

“You’d better fucking take me to your room, now,” Levi ordered.

The man grunted a little and doubled over, looking up at Levi with an evil look as blood poured from his mouth, “You’re scared, aren’t you, little one?”

Levi twisted the blade before tugging it back out, “I’m never scared. Take me to them.”

Marley Erwin chuckled darkly, holding his stomach wound, “Fine. Let’s go see your dead boyfriend.”

He hobbled to the door, checking the hallway to see if anyone was out there. He waited a moment before motioning to Levi to follow him, which the shorter man did, his blade still at Erwin’s back. Marley Erwin led him down the hall towards his office, opening the door. There was an eerie silence that made Levi incredibly uncomfortable. Something was wrong.

The other Erwin sensed it too, a frown appearing on his face. He called out for his Levi, not hearing a response. Erwin limped to the bedroom door a little more hurriedly, steam pouring from his stomach where Levi had stabbed him. He opened the door, Levi peering into the room underneath Erwin’s arm.

All he saw was blood. And an insane amount of it. Terror filled his chest as he stood on his tiptoes to see over Marley Erwin’s shoulder, his eyes widening at the sight before him and his heart practically stopping at the sight.

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Marley Erwin’s face drained completely of its color as he stared at his Levi, a loud cry escaping his mouth, “What happened?!”

Marley Levi was going in and out of consciousness, his body oozing an incredible amount of blood from his chest. Paradis Erwin’s hands were pressed against the wound, tears running down his face as his own body was covered in the smaller man’s blood.

He explained quickly, “He... He was going to shoot me, he was going to kill me, and then he- he turned the gun on himself, shot himself in the chest.”

Erwin seemingly forgot all about Paradis Levi’s blade at his back. He rushed forwards, falling to his knees as he took his Levi out of the other Erwin’s arms forcefully, tears instantly welling up in his eyes. Not him, he thought. Please not him.

“No,” Erwin shook his head, “No no no no no! Levi! Levi, please. Please.”

Levi’s eyes opened slowly, staring up at Erwin as he coughed, some blood trickling out of his mouth, “E-Ervy?”

“Yes,” Erwin whimpered, “It’s me, baby. It’s me. I’m here. Don’t close your eyes, okay? Just look at me.”

Paradis Erwin grabbed a pillowcase off the bed, tearing it and trying to use it to press to the wound, “Come on, Levi. Come on, just stay awake.”

Erwin looked up at Paradis Levi, who was still standing in the doorway, clearly in some shock from what was going on. He ordered, “Go find Zeke. Bring him here, he’ll know what to do. He should be in his office.”

“E-Ervy,” his Levi sniffled as the shorter Paradisian man rushed out of the bedroom to go find Zeke.

Erwin looked back down to the smaller man instantly, using one hand to cradle the man’s body, while his other hand caressed his cheek lovingly. He’d never expressed these emotions before, never allowed himself to feel this way. But with his beautiful Levi here, blood pooling on the floor around him, near death, he was feeling hopeless.

“Yes, baby?” Erwin murmured, “What is it, sweetheart?”

“I-I’m sorry,” Levi choked out, coughing up more blood onto Erwin’s shirt.

“Shh,” Erwin cooed, “Shh, don’t be. Don’t be sorry, why are you sorry?”

“I... I couldn’t- I promised you,” the small man let out a quiet sob, “I promised you, and I couldn’t do it.”

“Don’t you worry about that now,” the blonde shook his head, “I’m not angry with you.”

Zeke and the other Levi rushed back into the bedroom, the shorter man still having his blade out. He had obviously threatened Zeke with it, as the man had a gash on his left arm that was quickly healing with steam. He held a case in his hand, likely filled with medical supplies.

“Oh fuck,” Zeke paled, kneeling down in front of Levi, “Erwin, lay him on the bed.”

Erwin nodded and did as he was told, standing up and carrying Levi to the bed, placing him on the white sheets that were quickly being stained by the blood. Zeke opened the case, searching frantically for something, anything he could use to stop the bleeding.

“Zeke, you have to help him,” Erwin pleaded with tears running down his face, taking Levi’s hand into his bloodied one, “You have to. He can’t... He can’t...”

He was unable to finish that statement. He couldn’t even say the word. Levi was looking around the room with sleepy, daydreaming eyes, clearly not all there. Erwin squeezed his hand to get his attention, and Levi moved his gaze to the blonde’s eyes, smiling softly.

“Ervy,” Levi was breathing heavily, “My Ervy.”

“Levi,” Erwin let out a quiet sob, kneeling at Levi’s bedside and holding Levi’s hand to his lips, “Levi, baby. You can’t go. You have to stay here for me. Please.”

Levi simply kept smiling at him, “I love you, Ervy.”

Erwin only sobbed harder at that, finally allowing himself to say what he’d wanted to for years now, “I love you too, Levi.”

Zeke was working hurriedly to stop the bleeding, and Erwin watched with horror as his Levi’s eyes rolled back in his head, his whole body seizing up and shaking.

“He’s hemorrhaging from loss of blood,” Zeke explained, sounding distraught, “I... I don’t know what to do, Erwin. I can’t stop the bleeding.”

“Can we get him to the infirmary?” Erwin asked in desperation.

“It’s too far away, he won’t make it,” Zeke frowned, placing his hand on Erwin’s shoulder, “Erwin, I’m so sorry.”

Erwin shook his head, tears and disgusting sobs racking his body, “He can’t go. You have to do something, Zeke! You have to-”

He watched Levi’s horrible trembling cease, his entire body stiff now. Erwin stopped talking and held his breath, terror filling his entire being as he felt the life leave the man’s hand that he was still holding onto. It couldn’t be true. It couldn’t be real. His Levi was dead.

Erwin couldn’t control himself anymore. He lost it. He screamed and cried, clawing at Levi’s body and holding the man’s cold corpse to his warm one, hoping foolishly that his warmth might bring Levi back to life. He felt Zeke’s hands on his shoulders, rubbing them soothingly as he shook, weeping so hard that his vision was starting to go fuzzy.

He didn’t even know if the Paradisians were still in the room. He assumed they were probably still there, but he didn’t care. He could only feel Levi’s dead body in his arms and Zeke’s hands on his shoulders. Nothing else mattered to him. He’d just lost his everything.

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They buried him on a rainy Wednesday morning, under an old oak tree that he used to read under. The service was short, some officers saying a few words about how good and subservient of a soldier Levi was. But they didn’t know him. They didn’t know who the man was. Only Erwin knew who Levi was.

The blonde had turned completely numb, and nobody could get through to him, not even Zeke, who was his closest friend. It was as if Levi took Erwin with him when he died. Nobody bothered him for a while, at least, leaving him alone in his bedroom and not checking up on whether he was keeping up with his work, which he wasn’t.

Erwin blamed himself, of course. It was his fault. He had asked something impossible from Levi, and the man had killed himself in response. He’d driven Levi to that point. Erwin had made him suffer to the point of suicide.

The Paradisians had escaped during the chaos, though Zeke told Erwin that Paradis Erwin had been distraught at the sight of Marley Levi’s death. Apparently, Paradis Levi had to force the other Erwin out the door and try to snap him out of it before the two disappeared.

But Erwin wasn’t thinking about the counterparts. He was thinking about his Levi, and what he should’ve done to save him. He had been such a monster, he was still a monster. But Erwin was thinking back on who had turned him into that monster; who had started this whole thing.

Without word, he stood from his desk, grabbing a knife from his cabinet and walking out of his office. It was almost as though he was in a trance, not all there, in a sense. He walked into the hallway and down to his superior’s office; the one who had started it all. He knocked on the door, hiding the knife behind his back as he was told to ‘enter’.

“Ah, Smith,” his superior smiled coyly at him once he walked in and shut the door behind him, “So nice to see you. Sorry to hear about your little pet. But at least you’re not burdened by that stupid whore anymore.”

Erwin clenched the knife in his hand, taking a deep breath to calm himself from the comment. He wanted to do this right, and didn’t need to startle the man by letting him onto his plans.

“Yes, that’s very true,” Erwin replied. He was good at playing games; good at pretending, and it was certainly an advantage at the moment.

“What have you come here for, Smith?” His superior asked, “I don’t think you’ve ever visited me before.”

Erwin took a step forward, sliding the knife into his back pocket, “Now that he’s gone… I’ve been… missing something.”

His superior raised an eyebrow, “And what would that be?”

“Sex,” Erwin murmured, “Sir.”

A grin appeared on his superior’s face as he leaned back in his chair, starting to undo his belt buckle, “Oh really now? Come here, then. I’ll give you just what you’ve been craving.”

Erwin walked over to him and straddled the man, everything he was doing simply spontaneous as he didn’t have an exact plan in mind. His superior grabbed his ass and started kneading it in his fingers, smirking up at Erwin.

“You missed my cock, didn’t you?” He teased, “How’s about you get on your knees and show me just how much you missed it?”

Erwin stared at him for a brief moment before shaking his head, “But sir, I want you inside me. Now.”

“Alright, alright,” the man chuckled, “Bend over the desk then.”

Erwin retrieved his knife from his back pocket, sliding it up his sleeve and hiding his actions by tugging down his pants. He bent over the desk, hand around the knife’s handle as he waited for his opportunity to strike.

There was the noise of a zipper and the ruffle of fabric before Erwin felt the hard cock being pushed in between his cheeks. He pulled the knife out of his sleeve and turned around, grabbing the man’s dick and slicing it off. Before he could even scream, Erwin covered his mouth with one hand and sliced his neck with the other, cutting deep to ensure he wouldn’t make it out of this alive.

His superior fell to the ground, choking on his own blood. Erwin tugged his pants back up and left the room without another word, covered in blood and completely unfazed by it. He immediately headed straight to Zeke’s room, opening the door and walking in. Zeke was the only one he could trust with what he’d just done, and his friend looked up from his desk, paling upon seeing Erwin’s state.

“What did you do?” He asked almost instantly.

“I killed him,” Erwin muttered, “I finally killed the bastard.”

He knew that Zeke would know what he was talking about; Erwin had told him on a drunken night once what his superior had done to him. Zeke’s eyes widened, swallowing thickly as he took in the information.

“What are you going to do now?” Zeke wondered, “They have their ways of finding out who did it.”

“I’m going to Paradis,” Erwin decided.

“Paradis?” Zeke raised an eyebrow, “What for?”

Erwin, who was still holding the knife, gripped it tighter in his hand as he grumbled, “To take what’s rightfully mine.”

Zeke was still giving him a questioning look, “What the hell are you talking about? Take what?”

Erwin licked some of the blood off the knife, grinning evilly at Zeke, “Levi.”

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Marley Levi stood facing the mirror, a thousand thoughts racing through his mind. I have to do it, he thought to himself, I have to kill him. I promised my Ervy. Levi had been standing here for almost a half hour now; his Erwin had warned him the Paradisians would be coming to rescue him soon. And god, did he want to be rescued badly. But that was a small part of him, another part of him wanting to stay with his Erwin, despite how he was treated

He truly loved Marley Erwin, with his whole heart, even when he did things to hurt him. The small moments where they exchanged laughter, cuddled at night, fucked until it felt like their bodies were becoming one - those were the moments that had caused Levi to fall in love with his Erwin. But now, Erwin had asked an almost impossible thing of him, and he didn’t know how to follow through.

Levi stared down at the revolver in his hand. He’d loaded it right after Erwin had left him alone, telling Levi that he had a meeting to attend to. The small Marleyan looked back at himself in the mirror; he looked completely frazzled, his hands shaking, sweat on his brow. He looked sick and clammy, nervous and shaken up.

“You can do this,” he spoke to himself in the mirror, repeating the mantra, “You can do this. For Ervy.”

He had to. He couldn’t break a promise to his Erwin; he’d never done so before. And he didn’t want to either. It would pain him physically to disobey, and not just disobey, but break a promise, which was very much like breaking Erwin’s trust itself.

Just as he had convinced himself that he could kill Paradis Erwin on his Erwin’s command, the door creaked open behind him. He knew exactly who it was that had come into the room; he didn’t even need to look at him through the mirror.

“Levi,” he heard Paradis Erwin murmur, “Levi, I came to rescue you.”

His voice was so sweet, so kind, so innocent. The man had no idea what was coming to him, and Levi could feel the guilt pooling in the pit of his stomach. He gripped the gun tightly in his hand before turning around and bringing it up to point at Paradis Erwin’s head, ordering shakily, “Drop the blades.”

Paradis Erwin looked taken aback, bewildered. He clearly had no idea what Marley Levi was doing. Again, the innocence on his face merely filled Levi’s stomach with guilt and dread for what he was about to do.

“L-Levi,” Erwin spoke with some shock in his voice, “Put the gun down. It’s me, Erwin. The other Erwin. From Paradis.”

Levi could feel the tears building in his eyes, the sobs growing in his throat. He felt sick to his stomach, remembering all the things the Paradisian man had done for him when he was under his care. He’d been so loving and sweet to him, made love to him and showered him in presents and kisses and hugs - everything he desired from his own Erwin.

“I know,” Levi sniffed, using one hand to wipe away at a tear that had broken past his lid, “Erwin, I’m so sorry.”

Paradis Erwin swallowed thickly, his hands up in front of him as if to protect himself. How am I supposed to go through with this? Levi thought to himself, quickly shaking that thought from his head to replace it with, I have to go through with this. I have no other choice.

“Don’t be sorry,” Erwin replied cautiously, “Just tell me what’s going on. We can fix this, I’m sure of it.”

Levi felt another tear slide down his cheek, trying to give himself reasons to justify what he was about to do. He turned you back over to Marley, he reminded himself, he tricked you. Gave you up like you were nothing to him.

Levi shook his head at Erwin’s words, more tears rolling down his cheeks, “N-No. We can’t fix it, Erwin. I…I just need to know something before I do this.”

Erwin nodded slowly, and Levi felt pain in his chest from the thoughts that were running through his head about why Paradis Erwin had abandoned him, “Why did you turn me back over to him, Ervy? I thought… I thought you cared about me. I thought maybe… maybe you loved me.”

He was choking out his words now, swallowing back a thick sob that had welled up in his throat. Maybe he could do this, after all. Paradis Erwin deserved it for what he’d done, right? He’d given him all this love and care, and then ripped it away from him as if he meant nothing at all.

Erwin sucked in a deep breath, “I do care about you, Levi. But... I love my Levi. I’m sorry, but I’ve just known him for so much longer, and I needed to rescue him. I was hurting him the longer I kept you in Paradis. Trading you over was the only way to get him back.”

Levi frowned, nodding a little at Erwin’s words. He could understand that, couldn’t he? But the thought kept running through his head: You’re not good enough. Not good enough for your Erwin, not good enough for this Erwin.

He wiped his tears on the back of his hand, “I see. So I’m not good enough for you, then?”

He shakily put a finger on the trigger, knowing he was just prolonging the inevitable. If his Erwin was here, what would he say? Cut the chit-chat and shoot him, is probably what he would snap at Levi. Erwin visibly tensed up when Levi moved his finger.

“No!” He said hurriedly, trying to defend himself, “No, that’s not true, Levi. It was just a difficult situation. I’m sorry for what I did, but I had to get my Levi back. That’s just the hard truth of it.”

Levi knew Paradis Erwin’s reasoning was valid. Knew he couldn’t blame the man for simply wanting his Levi back; not wanting him to suffer anymore. He could feel the tears rolling down his cheeks, barely able to see through them. You have to do this, he thought to himself, No more fooling around. He cocked the gun.

Erwin shook his head frantically, “You don’t have to do this, Levi. Tell me what’s going on. I’ll help you, I promise. I came to rescue you; to get you out of here. You don’t have to answer to that bastard anymo-”

“Don’t call him that!” Levi interrupted almost angrily, “D-Don’t… Don’t… he loves me… he does.”

He loves me, right? Levi thought to himself, He does… He loves me. He was trying to convince himself of that. His Erwin had never said it out loud. He’d never spoken those words to Levi, but Levi felt in his heart that they must be true, right? Ervy loves me.

“No he doesn’t,” Erwin spoke cautiously, “He doesn’t give a shit about you, Levi. You know it. He beats you, tortures you. If he loved you, why would he do that?”

Levi sniffled loudly, questioning himself. What had Erwin told him all the times he’d hurt him? You’re bad, Levi. You deserve this. Bad people get punished. Levi felt pain in his heart. It must be true. That’s why Erwin had hurt him all those times.

“Because I’m bad,” Levi sniffed, “I’m a bad person. I deserve it.”

Levi watched Erwin’s eyes soften, almost in pity for him, and he took a small step closer, likely thinking Levi hadn’t noticed, but he had. He should’ve pulled the trigger right then, but he couldn’t. He just couldn’t do it. The way Paradis Erwin was looking at him was warming his heart. He wanted nothing more than to drop the gun and say ‘take me with you’, to throw himself into Paradis Erwin’s arms and kiss those sweet lips, beg him to take him away from here. But on the other hand, Marley Erwin was on his mind. He couldn’t just leave him here… and he’d made a promise…

“Levi, you don’t deserve any of that,” Erwin insisted gently, “You’re not a bad person.”

“But I am!” Levi let out a small sob, knowing he had to follow through with Marley Erwin’s orders, and that in itself made him a bad person, “I… I am… I have to kill you, Ervy.”

“You don’t,” Erwin argued, “You don’t have to follow his orders-”

“I promised,” Levi sobbed, “I promised him. I have to do it.”

“Break it,” Erwin practically begged.

Levi cocked his head in some confusion, “What?”

“Break the promise,” Erwin murmured, “Come with me instead.”

Levi tried to picture what it would be like if he did go with Erwin. His images of how things were before between them, all lovey-dovey and sweet, were shattered when he realized Paradis Levi would be there too. The man that Paradis Erwin had traded him for. Someone who Paradis Erwin loved more than Marley Levi. And that made him incredibly jealous and frustrated.

“And then what?” He snapped, “I have to be a third wheel to you and him? I don’t think so.”

He watched Erwin take a deep breath and another small step forwards, hands outstretched towards the gun as he spoke softly, “Shh, Levi. That’s not true. You’ll find happiness in Paradis…”

Levi couldn’t even hear what Erwin was saying, something about giving him the gun. But Levi couldn’t do that. He couldn’t give Erwin the gun. He couldn’t break his promise to his Erwin. Now, he thought, Do it now!

But he couldn’t. He looked into Paradis Erwin’s eyes. Those blue pools that held no cruelness like his own Erwin’s did. The man who had cared so sweetly for him, had made him cry from happiness during sex, had given him flowers and kisses and so many wonderful memories in such a short amount of time. Even if he’d sent him back to Marley Erwin, he knew it wasn’t out of malicious intent. He’d wanted his Levi back, and could he really fault the man for that?

But what else could he do? He had two options: kill Paradis Erwin, or break his promise to Marley Erwin, and he couldn’t do either. His entire body felt numb when he realized the third option available to him. You could kill yourself, his mind suggested. The idea came to him, and he made a split-second decision, though it felt like ages in his mind. He knew what he had to do. The other two options were impossibilities to him.

He was just exhausted. He was so tired of suffering, so tired of having to go through such traumatic things. Levi knew that if he killed Paradis Erwin, he would never recover. He would rather die himself. He flipped the gun as Erwin’s hand darted out to grab it, pulling the trigger and feeling a sharp pain in his chest, a loud bang ringing throughout the room. The gun fell out of his hand, toppling to the ground. He began to feel woozy, his vision going in and out and his legs feeling like jelly.

Paradis Erwin cried out in shock, catching Levi as he fell. He held him and set him down gently on the floor, desperately placing his hands over the wound and pressing on it to stop it from bleeding. Levi groaned in some pain, looking around the room in confusion. Where am I? He thought for a moment, What happened? That’s when he remembered what he’d done. What had happened. He initially felt a little panicked. Am I going to die now? But after a moment of this panic, his anxieties turned to calm, trying to accept his last moments.

“Levi,” Erwin let out a choked noise, “Levi, Levi. No, baby. No.”

Are those tears? Levi wondered briefly as he saw a wet substance on Erwin’s cheeks, staring around the room in almost a delusion. Nothing looked real anymore, everything was out of focus and blurry.

“Ervy,” Levi smiled sadly up at him, coughing up some blood, focusing in on the vibrant blues of the man’s eyes, “Such pretty… eyes.”

Erwin shook his head, a sob escaping his mouth, “Please. Not you. You can’t… please, Levi.”

He was begging, though Levi wasn’t sure why. There was nothing that could be done now. He knew this was his fate, and he was just waiting for the pain to subside so he could finally rest, and be at peace.

Levi heard the door open behind him, a loud cry of, “What happened?!”

He was fading in and out of consciousness, Paradis Erwin’s hands covered in blood as he desperately tried to stop the bleeding. He heard Erwin speaking to another person, but couldn’t make out what they were saying. He was so tired, and closed his eyes for a moment. I’ll just rest… he thought to himself. Suddenly, he was in someone else’s arms, and opened his eyes softly from the disturbance. Someone was saying ‘no’ over and over again, and he stared up, recognizing his Erwin above him, looking distraught. Why is he so sad? He wondered briefly.

“E-Ervy?” He coughed, blood spurting from his mouth.

“Yes,” Marley Erwin whimpered, “It’s me, baby. It’s me. I’m here. Don’t close your eyes, okay? Just look at me.”

There was a tearing sound, and then Paradis Erwin was pressing cloth to his wound, trying to stop the bleeding. His Erwin looked up and spoke to somebody, asking them to get Zeke, though Levi wasn’t sure why. He was far past hope at this point. He wanted his Erwin’s attention again, and could feel himself getting a little emotional as he realized he was going to soon abandon his love.

“E-Ervy,” he sniffled, capturing the man’s attention.

His Erwin was caressing his cheek sweetly, and Levi almost couldn’t believe how gentle he was being. He’d never seen Erwin look at him this way, and it was warming his heart, making him feel all giddy and happy inside. But he still had something to apologize for, and he felt so guilty.

“Yes, baby? What is it, sweetheart?” He asked quietly.

“I-I’m sorry,” Levi managed to get out through a choked noise.

“Shh,” Erwin whispered, “Shh, don’t be. Don’t be sorry, why are you sorry?”

Levi could feel his body shaking as he fought to stay awake, “I… I couldn’t- I promised you, and I couldn’t do it.”

Erwin’s entire expression softened, some guilt written across his face as he shook his head, “Don’t you worry about that now. I’m not angry with you.”

He heard muffled voices, vision going in and out as he was suddenly moved from the floor to the bed, Zeke and his Erwin hovering over him. Levi began looking around the room in a daze before he felt Erwin’s hand in his own, squeezing his gently. He could barely breathe now, but he looked up at his Erwin; those pretty blue eyes, that chiseled face.

“Ervy,” he breathed, “My Ervy.”

Erwin kneeled next to him, sobbing quietly and he put Levi’s hand to his lips, begging him not to go. But Levi knew he was near the end. He could feel it; his body was giving in, and he was so tired. All he wanted to do was close his eyes and fall asleep. But he fought to stay awake just for a moment longer, needing to say something.

“I love you, Ervy,” he smiled up at him sweetly, watching the man sob harder at his words.

“I love you too, Levi.”

And that was all Levi needed to hear before he let go. His eyes rolled back, and everything went black.

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Levi sighed as he listened to Erwin crying in the bathroom. Since they’d gotten back from Marley, it seemed like that’s all Erwin was able to do. Levi didn’t blame him; it must’ve been terribly painful to watch Marley Levi die like that. It was hard for him to watch too; he hadn’t known the man, but seeing someone who looks exactly like you die wasn’t exactly the easiest thing.

When they had gotten back to Marley, Erwin had been holed up in his room for a few days, simply wanting to be alone. Finally, he’d allowed Levi in, allowed his comfort, allowed Levi to take care of him. The man was distraught, not acting in his right mind, and Levi was incredibly concerned for him. He couldn’t tell if it was because Erwin had truly loved the Marleyan Levi, or if it was simply the fact of seeing any Levi die; perhaps it made him think about Paradisian Levi dying, and that thought was too much for him to handle.

Erwin exited the bathroom, eyes red and tired from crying. Levi held his arms out to him, and Erwin climbed into bed, resting his head in Levi’s lap. Levi began to play with his hair absentmindedly, stroking the blonde locks and twisting them in his fingers.

“It’s going to be okay, ‘Win,” Levi reminded him as he had many times over the past day or so, “I won’t leave you. I’ll stay by your side no matter what.”

Erwin stayed silent, as he had been mostly since Levi had come to take care of him. He’d only spoken a few times to answer Levi’s questions or tell him something he needed. He was completely out of it; eyes staring off into space and tears streaming down his cheeks.

“Erwin?” Levi tried again, “Ervy?”

Erwin’s eyes opened wider, tears filling them as he looked up at Levi with some shock. He sat up almost instantly, and Levi didn’t understand what he’d done wrong until Erwin let out a small sob, “He… He called me that…”

Oh no, Levi thought, watching Erwin have a meltdown all over again. The man was fragile right now, and he hadn’t been able to complete any of his duties recently. Hange had momentarily taken over his job while he was mourning.

“Oh honey,” Levi frowned, “I’m so sorry. I won’t say it again, okay? Come here.”

Erwin dissolved into tears, burying his face in Levi’s stomach and shaking with sobs. Levi just held him, being patient with him as he knew what he’d seen was traumatic and earth-shattering. He wondered if the other Erwin was feeling the same way; was this broken up about his Levi.

Levi ran his fingers up and down Erwin’s spine soothingly, waiting for him to calm down again. Erwin’s sobs were soon reduced to sniffles, hiccuping into Levi’s shirt as he tried to take deep breaths to stop his tears. The man sat up again, drying his tears on his sleeves.

“We have to go,” he muttered, sounding dreamlike and out of his mind.

“Go where?” Levi frowned, turning to face Erwin, who was now standing up and heading to his closet.

“Come on, Levi,” Erwin insisted, “We have to go to Marley and save the other you.”

Levi just stared at him. This wasn’t the first time Erwin had done this. The first time, Levi had smacked his arm and told him it wasn’t a funny joke, and Erwin had come back almost instantly. He hadn’t known that Erwin was going crazy at first. But now, Levi realized what was going on. Erwin was losing his marbles.

“Baby,” Levi tried, “Come sit back down. You remember what happened, don’t you? We already went to Marley.”

Erwin looked at him with some confusion, taking off his pajama shirt and starting to change into his uniform, “Levi, now’s not the time for jokes. Let’s get going. We have to save him before something bad happens to him.”

Levi bit his lip, getting off the bed and going to stand in front of Erwin, placing his hands on Erwin’s wrists to stop him from continuing what he was doing, “Erwin. Look at me. Marley Levi is dead. You saw him die.”

Erwin stared at him with immense concern and bewilderment, shaking his head, “That’s not funny, Levi! Don’t play tricks on me right now! Just because you’re jealous doesn’t mean he doesn’t deserve saving!”

Levi whimpered, gripping Erwin’s wrists a little tighter to keep him from continuing to get dressed, “‘Win… ‘Win please. Stop this. You’re scaring me.”

Erwin yanked his wrists away from Levi and shot him a glare, not bothering to respond as he continued to get dressed into his uniform. Levi could feel the tears in the back of his eyes, hoping to bring him to by telling him: “I love you, Erwin. Please believe me.”

Erwin’s eyes widened slightly, and he looked to Levi with some shock. So he didn’t even remember them confessing their love to one another? It appeared not, as Erwin looked conflicted about what Levi had said to him; as if he didn’t know whether to throw his arms around Levi and kiss him, or ignore him completely.

“Levi, I…” Erwin cleared his throat, pulling his cape on, “I don’t have time for this right now. We have to save Marley Levi.”

Levi pulled his hand back and slapped Erwin as hard as he could across the face to try and bring him to, an angry red handprint marking itself on Erwin’s cheek. Erwin gasped in shock and held his cheek, looking down at Levi with worry and surprise.

“What the hell did you do that for?!” He exclaimed.

“Because,” Levi sniffled, “You… You don’t remember. You’re acting insane, Erwin. And I don’t want to have you taken away from me because you can’t remember what happened. I need you to snap out of it, for me. Please?”

Levi was pleading now, looking up into Erwin’s eyes with begging ones, “I can’t live without you. I need you to remember.”

Erwin looked down into Levi’s eyes, and for a moment, Levi had a glimmer of hope that he’d come back; that he remembered everything. But he merely pushed Levi aside and walked to the other side of the room to get his boots on.

Levi sniffled, tears starting to run down his cheeks. He wiped them away before Erwin could see them, and turned around, “Okay, ‘Win. Let’s go rescue Marley Levi.”

Erwin sighed a little before giving Levi a sad smile, “That’s the spirit. Now come on, we have to leave before it gets too dark out.”

Levi nodded, “We have to go downstairs first.”

Erwin gave him a quizzical look, tilting his head, “Why downstairs?”

“I… I left my uniform down there,” Levi lied, gesturing to the pajamas he was still wearing, “I have to get dressed if we’re going to go.”

Erwin nodded, “Okay, let’s go then. You lead the way.”

Levi walked out of Erwin’s bedroom and office, leading the blonde downstairs towards the dungeons. Levi knew for certain now that Erwin was out of his mind, as the blonde normally would’ve been much smarter than this and would’ve caught onto Levi’s plan almost immediately. Levi’s heart ached horribly, and he gave a short hand signal to the guards. He’d informed Hange and the guards that Erwin was close to losing his mind, and had been worried something like this might happen, so they had set up hand signals if the Commander needed some ‘help’, or in other words had gone insane.

Levi couldn’t even look at the guards grabbed Erwin by the arms, tearing his cloak and jacket off him and starting to fight to put a straight jacket on. Levi could hear Erwin struggling hard, but his own eyes remained trained on the wall in front of him.

“Levi!” Erwin cried out, “Help! They’ve got me! The Marleyans- they’ve got me!”

Levi sniffled, wiping his tears on his sleeve as more escaped down his cheeks. Erwin really was insane, wasn’t he? He turned around slowly, seeing Erwin in the straight jacket struggling hard to free himself.

“Levi, why won’t you help me?” Erwin asked desperately, “Can’t you see they’ve got me?!”

Levi held back a whimper, not wanting to show weakness in this moment. He walked up to Erwin, pressing a small kiss to his lips and whispering, “Please just remember how much I love you.”

Erwin stared at him in shock before growling, “You’re with them, aren’t you? You betrayed me for that Marleyan bastard!”

Levi’s eyes widened and he shook his head, “N-No, Erwin, I would nev-”

“I knew the other you was better!” Erwin shouted at him furiously, “I knew I loved him more than you!”

Levi just stared at him, mouth open in shock. Did Erwin really mean that? Or was he just angry? Or was he so far out of his mind that he was making things up? Anything was possible, but Levi didn’t want to stick around to find out. He closed his mouth and walked past Erwin and the guards, back towards the stairs they’d come down. He could hear Erwin’s cries and pleas for help, and tears streamed down his stoic face as he headed back to his own quarters to likely cry himself to sleep.

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Nobody bothered Levi for three whole days. For three days, he lay in bed with a severe bout of depression, unable to move. He’d only gotten up to use the bathroom and drink water, but he hadn’t even eaten the entire time.

There was a small knock on his door, and Levi wanted to yell at the person to go away, but it had been three days. He supposed he’d have to report back to work sometime. But he just couldn’t get Erwin’s crazed eyes out of his mind; couldn’t get the blonde’s words out of his head: I knew I loved him more than you!

“Come in,” Levi called out weakly, and Hange soon entered the room with a plate of food, shutting the door behind them.

They looked down on him with pity, and Levi rolled his eyes a little. He didn’t want pity. He just wanted Erwin back. His Erwin; not the psychopath in Marley or the lunatic in the dungeons. His Erwin: the one who laughed at his shit jokes, the one whose smile lit up a whole room, the one who held Levi so lovingly it reminded him of what it was like to feel loved.

“Levi,” Hange set the food down on his nightstand, “Here, you should eat something.”

Levi shook his head, mumbling, “Not hungry.”

“Come on,” Hange insisted, “You need to eat something. You can’t lay in bed like this forever.”

“Watch me,” Levi grunted, turning over and facing away from Hange as he tugged the covers up over himself.

Hange sighed heavily, circling to the other side of the bed so they could look at him, “Levi, I know you’re upset about Erwin. We all are. But you can’t-”

“You don’t know him like I do!” Levi snapped angrily, shooting them a glare. Who was Hange to tell him what he could and couldn’t feel, especially at a time like this?!

Hange frowned, “That’s not what I’m trying to say, Levi. I’m just worried about you. We’re all worried about you. We can’t lose our Commander and our strongest soldier all at once. It’s crippling to our whole system.”

Levi shrugged, “Not my fucking problem.”

Hange sucked in a deep breath and put their fingers to their temples in frustration, “It kind of is your problem, Levi. We have intel that Marley Erwin has murdered a superior and escaped the military compound. He could be anywhere, and that includes on his way to hurt you or Erwin or worse!”

Levi’s eyes widened slightly at he looked up at Hange in surprise, “Marley… Erwin? He’s… escaped?”

“Yes, Levi,” Hange said, “It’d be a huge favor to us all if you would snap out of it and prepare for a fight with the Colossal Titan, because he could use his titan powers and try to wipe us all out!”

Levi frowned and sat up quickly, throwing the sheets back, “Take my lunch to my office. I have to get ready.”

Hange grinned at him, cheering, “There you go!”

They hurriedly took his food into the other room and left him to get ready. Levi sighed heavily, trying to mentally pull himself together. He would need not only his physical strength, but his mental fortitude as well in order to face off with Erwin’s Marleyan counterpart. Because ultimately, it was his fault Marley Levi was dead, and therefore his fault that Paradisian Erwin had gone crazy. And Levi was going to make sure that Marley Erwin couldn’t mess with people’s lives anymore.

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Marley Erwin entered the compound at night, taking out several guards along his way. He was saving his Titan powers; his one major advantage, for if things got a little messy. His plan was to capture Paradis Levi, and run away with him. Sure, Paradis Levi wasn’t his Levi, but he figured any Levi was better than a dead one at this point. He missed Marley Levi so much that he was willing to cast the two clones’ differences aside, wanting to simply have a Levi of his own; someone who looked like his Levi, even if he didn’t act like him.

He snuck his way down the hall and sliced the neck of a guard standing outside of Levi’s quarters. He knew they were Levi’s, as the doors had names on them. Big mistake, Erwin thought to himself as he pushed the door open, taking out his revolver and holding it up. He’d expected Levi to be there waiting for him, but the room was empty. Perhaps he’s in the other Erwin’s room, Marley Erwin thought to himself before he was tackled to the ground by Levi himself, who had been waiting perched above the door on the top of a bookcase.

Erwin quickly struggled in Levi’s grasp, the two rolling around on the floor for a moment before Levi sat on Erwin’s chest, pinning his hands above his head and glaring down at him. Erwin stared up at him, unable to help tears from coming to his eyes. He was so used to seeing his Levi everyday that the past week had been unbearable, and seeing Levi’s face again was overwhelming.

“What the fuck are you staring at me like that for?!” Levi growled, “You fucking pathetic excuse for a human being.”

“Levi,” he muttered dreamily, smiling up at him, “You’re just as beautiful as I remember.”

Levi rolled his eyes, taking a blade out, “Don’t make me kill you so quickly. I want your death to be slow and painful.”

Marley Erwin chuckled, “So where’s your Erwin at? I thought for sure he’d be here to join your fight.”

Levi instantly frowned, eyes darting away from Erwin for a moment before he looked back at him. Marley Erwin grinned, sensing something was wrong. What had happened to his counterpart that was so upsetting to Levi? Did he break up with the man? Or did something worse happen to him?

“What happened?” Erwin teased, “Did he get hurt? Did the old man finally croak?”

Levi put the blade to Erwin’s neck, snarling, “Don’t fucking talk about him.”

“Then tell me what happened,” Erwin smirked, “It looks like you’re gonna cry. He did die, didn’t he?”

“He’s in an asylum,” Levi snapped, “Your Levi committing suicide in front of him drove him insane.”

“Oh my god,” Erwin responded with genuine surprise.

He didn’t realize that Marley Levi had had such a huge effect on Paradis Erwin. So the two of them were alone; without their counterparts now. Perfect, Erwin thought to himself, a grin reappearing on his face.

“Why the fuck are you smiling like that?!” Levi shouted angrily.

“Because,” Erwin smiled up at him smugly, “We’re both alone now. We’ve lost the ones most dear to us. And guess what? I came here to take you away from all this.”

Levi stared down at him with some confusion before pressing the blade into his neck, drawing some blood, “Why? Why me? I’m not your Levi.”

“And I’m not your Erwin,” the Marleyan laughed softly, “Yet here we are.”

Levi searched his eyes, looking like he was seriously considering what Erwin was proposing. They’d both lost so much, and both appeared desperate. But could this Levi forgive Erwin for what he’d done? After all, he’d caused Marley Levi’s death, tortured Paradis Levi, and subsequently caused Paradis Erwin’s insanity.

“I… I can’t,” Levi let out a deep breath, as if he’d been holding one in as he thought, “I can’t just… forget what you’ve done, Erwin.”

“I’m not asking you to forget,” Erwin muttered, “I’m asking you to move past it. You don’t have to forgive me; you can use it against me whenever you want. But just… come with me. Please. We can give each other what we want. I want a Levi. And you want an Erwin. So let’s just be together.”

Levi looked incredibly conflicted, whimpering quietly and shaking his head, “I… I can’t… I’m not in love with you.”

“And I’m not in love with you either,” Erwin tried, “But we can work on it. It’s better than being alone, isn’t it?”

Levi stared at Marley Erwin, tears filling his eyes as he grit his teeth, trying to remain angry. But after a moment, he pulled the blade away from Erwin’s neck, a tear trickling down his cheek as he cursed under his breath.

“Fine,” Levi grumbled, “Fine. But I don’t trust you, so I’m keeping my blades on me.”

Erwin smiled as Levi let go of his arms, and he immediately reached up to place his hands on Levi’s hips, rubbing at them gently. He was missing his Levi dearly; missed their usual activity: fucking.

“If you think we’re going to fuck right now, you’re out of your goddamn mind,” Levi shot him a glare and crossed his arms.

Fuck, Erwin thought to himself, already feeling incredibly horny. It was probably all those straps these Paradisians wore; they looked like a damn BDSM outfit. Erwin continued to try to pursue him anyways.

“Come on,” Erwin murmured sensually, tugging Levi forwards a little and moving his hands down to the man’s ass, “How long has it been, hmm? Don’t you miss your sweet Erwin bending you over a desk and giving you his cock?”

Levi turned red, which the Marleyan thought was quite adorable, and the shorter man bit his lip. He looked away from Erwin, mumbling swears and keeping his arms crossed. Erwin could feel himself getting impatient; with his Levi, the man would’ve bent over and shown him his hole by this point. Erwin started reaching into the back of Levi’s pants, running his finger over the parting of the man’s cheeks.

Levi gasped and smacked him across the face, growling, “Keep your hands off me, you pervert!”

But Erwin used this opportunity to drag Levi down for a kiss, rubbing at his hole. Levi struggled against him for only a moment before Erwin felt him melting in his arms, a groan escaping his mouth. The two shared a few open-mouthed kisses, their tongues rubbing against one another hungrily. Levi was already rocking his erection against Marley Erwin’s chest where he was sitting, and Erwin could feel himself smirking in success at getting Levi to agree to fucking.

The two pulled away from each other, both breathing heavily as they shared lustful glances. Clearly, they were both incredibly turned on. Levi scooted down so that their erections were hovering over one another, before he started grinding their erections against each other. Erwin groaned and pulled out his hand from Levi’s pants, spitting on it before returning it inside the garment. He started prodding at the hole before shoving a finger in roughly, watching Levi gasp and moan as he began bouncing back on Erwin’s finger. He put his hands backwards on Erwin’s thighs and started riding the finger desperately.

“Shit,” Levi groaned as Erwin added a second finger and started pounding them into him, enjoying the sight of Levi riding his fingers so eagerly.

“Moan louder,” Erwin demanded.

Levi let a louder moan escape his mouth as Erwin added a third finger, grinding his erection upwards towards Levi’s. The two were panting, Erwin stretching and stroking his insides with the three fingers.

“Good boy,” Erwin growled, “Get it, baby. Go on.”

Levi rode his fingers for a couple more seconds before reaching forwards and practically ripping Erwin’s pants open, tugging them down and releasing his erection to the air. Erwin pulled his fingers out and tore Levi’s pants down, struggling with them as his blades were still attached. Levi helped to take some of the straps off, tossing the blade holders aside and grasping Erwin’s erection in his hand. He speared himself with it, sinking down and tossing his head back with a moan. Erwin groaned too, gripping Levi’s hips in his hands. The shorter man grasped Erwin’s face and leaned down to kiss him hungrily.

“Fuck yeah,” Erwin snarled when they pulled away, clinging to each other as Levi began riding him like his life depended on it, “Get that dick.”

Levi cried out as Erwin lifted his hips, pounding up into him as Levi bounced down against his thrusts. Levi’s hands were rubbing at Erwin’s chest through his shirt, the two fucking wildly.

“Oh yeah,” Levi moaned, “Oh fuck yeah- fuck me harder!”

Erwin rammed upwards into him as fast and hard as he could, groaning as Levi’s hips bounced down to meet him. This was the best fuck he’d ever had; the two of them were both so desperate and into it - things had never been like this with Marley Levi. Perhaps this was the kind of fuck he’d always wanted to have with his Levi; and maybe it was the same for this Levi. Maybe this Levi wanted to fuck his Erwin like this too.

“Give it to me!” Levi ordered hoarsely, “You fucking piece of shit!”

Erwin grasped Levi’s hips and flipped them, pinning Levi to the floor and fucking him at a rough pace, the two exchanging a sloppy open-mouthed kiss. It was all so quick, so eager, so lustful. Levi shrieked at the new position, his thighs pressed up against his stomach as Erwin went to town on his ass.

“Fuck,” Erwin gasped out, “Oh god- I’m gonna cum.”

Levi nodded, “M-Me too- don’t stop!”

Erwin let out several more stuttered thrusts before he came inside of Levi, noticing that Levi had cum somewhere between his last statement and Erwin’s orgasm. They were both breathing deeply, trying to come down from the intense fuck. Erwin pumped into him a few more times as he came down from his orgasm before pulling out, starting to tug his pants back up. Levi was sucking in deep breaths to try and calm himself, slowly pulling his pants back up.

“Holy shit,” Erwin breathed, “That was uh… wow.”

“Yeah,” Levi agreed, picking up his blades and clipping them back onto his straps, “Yeah, it was. Now let’s get moving before everyone wakes up.”

Erwin grinned, getting off the floor and picking up the revolver that Levi had initially knocked out of his hand, “Let’s go then.”

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Levi followed the Marleyan into the woods, trailing behind him cautiously. He didn’t trust the man one bit. Sure, he’d agreed to come with him. He’d allowed the two of them to fuck. But that didn’t mean he was going to just give in and fall so sweetly in line with Marley Erwin’s plans. He wasn’t just going to turn into what Erwin wanted him to be: the sweet little submissive Levi like the Marleyan one who had died.

“There was an abandoned cottage I came across on my journey to you,” Erwin explained, “That’s where we’re headed. We’ll live out the rest of our days together there. You’d like that, wouldn’t you? We could go into town and buy as much tea as your heart desires. You could have your own tea set if you wanted.”

He had to admit, the idea was incredibly appealing. But it was one he wanted to live out with his Erwin, not this Marleyan one. He nodded at Erwin’s words, surprised that the man was even concerned about what he wanted in life.

Marley Erwin reached out his hand to Levi, smiling when Levi took it, “I’ll treat you to anything you want. That’s my promise.”

Levi was a little surprised, expecting there to be some type of ultimatum presented. But Erwin just looked cheerful, particularly giddy, to be there with him right now, to be going where they were going. Levi watched him skeptically, expecting the man to turn at any moment.

“Is it much further?” Levi wondered, as they’d been traveling for a couple of hours now. He wasn’t worried about Erwin tricking him; he knew he could take the man down easily.

“We’re almost there,” Erwin insisted, looking excited.

Levi was confused by Marley Erwin’s demeanor. He was so happy, and Levi didn’t understand why. He wasn’t Marley Levi. Surely he wouldn’t fulfill Marley Erwin’s little fantasy of living out the rest of their days in a cottage in the woods. The two trudged their way for another half hour before they arrived at a small house with thatched roofing. It was cute, Levi had to admit.

The two walked up to the door, and Levi grimaced as Erwin pushed open the squeaky door. It was messy inside, and Levi was suddenly thinking about how much cleaning he would have to do, though he didn’t entirely mind cleaning.

“There better not be any roaches,” Levi muttered, “I fucking hate roaches.”

Marley Erwin chuckled as he walked inside, pulling Levi in by his waist and shutting the door, the two of them standing pressed together now. He smiled down at the man, “I’ll kill the roaches for you, baby. Don’t you worry. Do you like it?”

Levi looked around briefly. He supposed he could picture spending some time here. But again, he thought Marley Erwin was a bit delusional. He wasn’t Marley Levi, and it wasn’t going to be whatever Marley Erwin wanted.

“Yeah,” Levi shrugged, “I like it. But… you know I’m not your Levi, right? This isn’t going to be what you imagined it.”

Erwin frowned, letting go of Levi’s waist and turning around, “Let’s not bring him up anymore.”

Levi mumbled, “Okay,” and began to search the house. He opened a closet at the other end of the room, finding a broom. That’s a good start, he thought, beginning to sweep up the dust and dirt on the floor.

Suddenly, there were two hands on his hips, pressing him against the wall face first and causing him to drop the broom. He gasped in some shock and whipped around, his hands being pinned above his head as Marley Erwin pressed their bodies against one another.

“What the fuck are you doing?” Levi growled in annoyance.

“Hush, my love,” Erwin murmured, resting their foreheads against one another, “I’m going to take you right here, against this wall.”

Levi squirmed a little, rolling his eyes, “No, you’re not.”

Erwin’s eyebrows furrowed in confusion as he pulled his face away a little, “But you… you don’t want…?”

“I told you,” Levi grumbled, “I’m not your Levi. I don’t want to be bent over every ten minutes.”

Erwin’s eyes narrowed a little, “I told you not to talk about him.”

“I’ll do what I want, Erwin,” Levi grumbled, trying to tug his hands out of Erwin’s grasp.

Erwin looked thoroughly taken aback, like he hadn’t expected Levi to act this way. Levi knew this was going to happen. The Marleyan just couldn’t handle not being in charge; he couldn’t handle Paradis Levi and his stubbornness.

“Levi,” Erwin demanded, “I order you to submit to me.”

Levi stared at him for a brief moment before he started to laugh, “You’re funny. You really think I’m going to do that?”

Erwin was starting to look annoyed now, a glare on his face, “I don’t want to have to get angry with you, Levi. You remember what I’m like when I’m angry, don’t you?”

Levi chuckled softly, “You don’t scare me, Erwin. I have my blades, I have my strength. I didn’t have much in the way of defense when I was in Marley, but now I do. So order me all you want, but I’m not your little pet.”

The Marleyan looked like he didn’t know what to say, mouth opening and closing and anger passing over his face, his grip tightening on Levi’s wrists. Levi tore his wrists away from Erwin’s grip and shoved him away hard. Erwin stared down at Levi with fury in his eyes, and raised a fist to hit him. Levi caught his fist and grabbed his ear roughly, tugging him down to his height and watching him wince in pain.

“How dare you try to hit me,” Levi snarled, “You abusive asshole.”

“Ow ow ow,” Erwin whined, “Let go!”

Levi let go and shoved him against the wall, switching their positions and pointing a finger in his face, “You will not force me into anything I don’t want. Do you understand me?”

Erwin looked conflicted, as if he was irritated but also a little fearful of Levi at the same time. He was scowling, and Levi gripped his ear again, causing him to whimper in pain, “Fine. I understand.”

Levi let go, bending and picking up the broom off the floor, “Good. Now make yourself useful.”

He held out the broom to Erwin, who took it with hesitance. Levi went back to the cleaning closet and grabbed a duster, smiling a little when he came back out to find Erwin sweeping obediently. Perhaps things would work out after all.

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~Five Years Later~

Levi woke up early that morning to the smell of bacon and eggs, smiling a little at the thought that his husband was making him breakfast. Sure, they weren’t officially married, but Erwin had made him that ring out of small flowers that one time, hadn’t he? That was close enough, in Levi’s mind. He sat up, getting out of bed and slipping on his slippers. He shuffled out of the bedroom and down the hall of their little cottage in the woods. Levi had become particularly comfortable with their living situation, and even though the two argued and bickered over stupid things from time to time, they had fallen in love over time.

Levi walked into the kitchen to see Marley Erwin plating the bacon and eggs, a small smile on his face upon seeing Levi, “Good morning, my love.”

“Mornin’,” Levi yawned, leaning up to share a kiss with him.

He grabbed the plate and sat down at the kitchen table, starting to eat, with Erwin soon joining him. The two had fallen into a normal routine: waking up and eating breakfast together, spending the day doing various tasks: Erwin going out and hunting while Levi stayed home and mended clothes, tended to their garden, etc, and then going to bed at the end of the day, snuggling up to one another and sleeping the whole night through.

“Levi, I have a surprise for you,” Erwin reached a hand across the table, taking one of Levi’s into his own.

Levi chewed on a piece of bacon, raising an eyebrow, “What is it? You know we don’t have the budget to be spending money on gifts right now.”

Erwin chuckled, rolling his eyes, “Quit worrying about the budget, darling. I’m not spending any unnecessary money.”

“Okay…” Levi grumbled, not fully believing him, “What is it, then?”

Erwin reached into his shirt pocket and pulled out a sheet of paper, handing it to Levi before letting go of his hand so he could read it. Levi unfolded the document, starting to read the fancy words printed on the page:

From: Colsier Adoption Agency

Ollenhauer Str. 39

Colsier, Paradis 70193

To: Mr. Erwin and Levi Smith

Schönhauser Alle 97

Gera, Paradis 70187

Dear Mr. and Mr. Smith,

We are pleased to inform you that you both have been approved to adopt at our agency. Please contact us with a few dates and times you would be available to come, along with the age range of children you are interested in adopting. Thank you for your interest in our agency.

Best wishes,

Ms. Anke Warner

Head Manager

Colsier Adoption Agency

Levi read over the page, eyes widening upon realizing the weight of what this letter meant. Levi had talked about children over and over with Erwin; had hinted at it plenty of times that he wanted to start a family with him. But he just didn’t think Erwin was interested, as he’d never shown much excitement when Levi had brought it up. He looked up at Erwin with some surprise.

“We… We’re going to adopt a kid?” Levi asked, a hopeful tint to his voice.

Erwin nodded, smiling softly at him, “Yes. I want to start a family with you, Levi.”

Levi could feel the tears springing to his eyes, unable to help the emotions that were running through him. He was so excited, and in a rush, he got up and threw himself at Erwin, hugging him tightly and sitting in his lap.

Erwin chuckled and held him tight, pressing kisses to the top of his head, “I take it you’re happy?”

Levi nodded into his chest, sniffing quietly, “I’m so happy. I… I thought you didn’t want kids…”

“No,” Erwin shrugged, “It’s not like that. I just wasn’t ready at first, but I’ve been thinking about it a lot lately and it’d be nice to see some little ones running around here.”

Levi hid his grin in Erwin’s shirt, feeling giddy. They were finally going to start a family together, and Levi was beyond excited.

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Levi and Erwin arrived at the adoption agency two weeks later, Levi clinging to Erwin’s arm and nervously fiddling with Erwin’s sleeve as they met with the woman who had sent them the letter that Erwin had surprised Levi with.

Levi appeared incredibly anxious, but Erwin wasn’t too nervous. He was more excited than anything: excited to be a father, to raise a family with Levi. When they’d moved into the cabin together years ago, Levi had whipped Erwin into shape quite quickly. No more always getting his way, no more abuse or violence. It had been hard for him to change at first, but as he slowly fell more and more in love with Levi, he had abandoned that side of himself at the same time.

The manager, Ms. Warner, led a little girl, who couldn’t be more than a few years old, into the room for them to meet. She was incredibly shy, clinging to Ms. Warner’s skirt as soon as they stood in front of Erwin and Levi. In one hand, she held a worn-out stuffed teddy bear by the arm, staring up at Erwin and Levi with wide, intimidated eyes.

“Hi there,” Erwin greeted, getting down on her level by squatting in front of her, “What’s your name?”

The little girl buried her face in Ms. Warner’s skirt, squeaking with terror. Levi knelt down next to Erwin, pointing at the teddy bear, “I like your teddy. Does it have a name?”

Slowly, she peeked out from the fabric, letting go of it and hugging her teddy bear, “Ollie.”

“Ollie?” Levi smiled, “I like that name.”

She giggled a little and took a small step towards Levi, and Erwin was already thinking how good Levi was with kids. He seemed to know just what to say to them. Erwin had never really interacted with small children like this, but he was certainly trying his best.

“Do you have a name too?” Levi asked calmly, trying not to scare her back off.

“Elsie,” she replied, looking down at her teddy before holding it out to Levi, “You hold ‘im! He soft.”

Erwin was almost certain Levi wouldn’t dare hold that dirty, ratty old teddy bear, but Levi didn’t hesitate, taking the bear from the little girl and nodding, “Wow, he is soft. Thank you for letting me hold him. That’s so nice of you.”

Elsie giggled a little as Levi handed the teddy bear back, hugging it to her chest and turning her attention to Erwin, “Did you know I’m dis many?”

She held up three fingers, and Erwin smiled, “Wow. You’re a big girl, aren’t you?”

She nodded cheerfully, taking a step closer towards the two. She was staring up at Erwin with curious, glistening eyes, tilting her head, “Are you my papa?”

Erwin’s heart melted; he knew in an instant that this little girl would be the one to come home with them. He and Levi sharing a knowing look, and Erwin could tell that they were both in agreement over it.

“Not yet, darling,” Erwin chuckled softly, “But if you want, you can come home with us. We have a big cottage in the woods, with food and toys and lots of space to run around.”

Elsie’s eyes widened slightly, as if she was imagining the place. A small smile appeared on her face, “Ollie come too?”

Erwin nodded, “Of course. Ollie can come too.”

Elsie giggled excitedly, jumping up and down. Levi placed a hand on Erwin’s shoulder, sighing contently. Erwin couldn’t help but share in Elsie’s sentiment. He was so excited to adopt her, to finally have their own little family.

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Paradis Erwin pulled his jacket tighter around him in the winter wind, walking into the town of Colsier. He’d come out of it after much treatment at the asylum, though ‘treatment’ was really an overstatement. It was more like electric shock therapy and medication that tended to make things worse rather than better. He’d only gotten better as a result of pretending to take his medication, while secretly flushing the meds down the toilet, and somehow surviving the electric shock therapy. As soon as he’d escaped the asylum a month ago, he’d begun his search for his Levi. He’d reconnected with Hange, who had informed him that nobody knew where Levi was; he’d left one day, and nobody knew what had happened to him.

So Erwin had been on a mission to find Levi again, especially with the threat looming over his head that Marley Erwin possibly got to him. He’d gotten a tip that someone had seen Levi in the marketplace days prior, so Erwin had come into Colsier every morning to canvas the marketplace for his lost love.

Today, he would be lucky. He was standing against the wall next to a flower stand when he spotted him: his sweet little Levi picking out fruits at a stand across the street. His heart practically leapt out of his chest, and he found his legs carrying him over to Levi before he even recognized he was doing so.

“Levi,” he said the name softly; it had been years since he’d been able to call out Levi’s name.

The shorter man looked up at him, eyebrows furrowed in confusion, “Erwin? I thought you said you didn’t want to come to the market with me.”

Erwin just stared back down at him, confusion painting his face, “N-No, it’s me. Your Erwin. I escaped the asylum. I’m better now.”

A look of realization came across Levi’s face before he turned white, almost as if he was seeing a ghost, “E… Erwin? Is that really you?”

He nodded, reaching a hand out and brushing it gently against Levi’s cheek, “It’s me, my love. I’m back, and I’ll never leave you again.”

But Levi didn’t exactly look thrilled to see him, and Erwin wasn’t entirely sure why. He didn’t even remember what their last interaction had been before he’d been taken into the asylum. His last memories from before the asylum were of Marley Levi dying in Marley Erwin’s arms, Paradis Levi struggling to get him to leave so they could return to Paradis. Maybe he’d said something that had made Levi upset with him.

That’s when he thought back on what Levi had said when he’d first greeted him in the marketplace: I thought you said you didn’t want to come to the market with me. Erwin was just now realizing what that meant. Marley Erwin was close-by.

“Where is he?” Erwin frowned, “Where is that bastard?”

Levi shook his head with a sigh, “Erwin, you don’t understand. He’s different now, we’re… we’re together.”

Erwin could feel his entire world shattering around him at those words. Levi… and Marley Erwin… were together? For how long? Is that what Levi had been doing the past five years? Moving on to his counterpart and forgetting about him? Erwin wanted to be angry, but he couldn’t be. He knew it was selfish to want Levi to have waited around for him, so he was trying to hold back his anger at the situation. But he couldn’t help but be jealous at the very least, and the pit in his stomach only grew as he pictured just what Levi’s life had been like over the past five years.

“Oh,” was all he could say in response, silently hoping that Levi would change his mind; would decide to leave Marley Erwin and come away with him. But it was a foolish and hopeless wish. Levi wouldn’t be with Marley Erwin if he didn’t care deeply about him.

“Do you… Do you love him?” Erwin wondered, fists clenched at his sides.

Levi didn’t hesitate much; he nodded solemnly, “I do. I’m sorry, Erwin. You went insane, and I had to move on… I hope you can understand that.”

Erwin sighed, rubbing his forehead in stress, “I… I’m trying to. It’s going to take some time, but I… I’m not mad at you. It’s just hard.”

Levi looked incredibly guilty, as if he still felt bad despite Erwin assuring him he wasn’t angry. He reached out a hand to Erwin to touch his arm before retreating, not wanting to make things worse.

“Would you like to come for dinner?” Levi offered, “You… You can meet our daughter.”

Daughter?! Erwin thought, feeling like this was just blow after blow. He almost stumbled back from the force of it. The life that he’d always imagined he and Levi would live… and now Marley Erwin had taken his place, after causing all the problems in the first place.

“You… You have a daughter?” Erwin murmured, the words almost not feeling real to him. He felt completely numb now, as if his heart had completely shattered and he had nothing left.

“Yes,” Levi confirmed, “Her name is Elsie. She’s three.”

Erwin clutched his chest uncomfortably, wanting to cry out, to scream, to yell at Levi. But he couldn’t. He knew Levi didn’t deserve it, and he knew he had to keep his self-control. He sucked in a deep breath.

“Sure,” Erwin decided, though he wasn’t so sure, “I’ll come to dinner.”

Levi smiled softly, appreciatively, as if gaining Erwin’s approval was the most important thing to him at the moment. He took Erwin by the arm and began to lead him out of the marketplace, chatting to Erwin about different places they passed in town. Erwin didn’t remember Levi as being this talkative, this happy, and he supposed at least Marley Erwin had done a good job in helping to shape Levi into this person.

Soon they exited the town and entered the woods, approaching a small cottage in the middle of nowhere. A little girl was sitting on a swing that was attached to a tree branch, being pushed by none other than his Marleyan counterpart. Erwin wanted so badly to strangle the man; the man who took everything from him: Marley Levi, his sanity, and now his own Levi.

“Dada!” The little girl shrieked excitedly, hopping off the swing once Marley Erwin had pulled it to a halt.

She ran at Levi, arms flailing happily until she was in Levi’s arms. Levi picked her up and held her close, placing kisses all over her face. He looked so happy to be a father, and Erwin couldn’t help that ping of jealousy he felt as he realized this could’ve been his life. He felt rather bitter about the whole thing.

“What the hell is he doing here?” He heard Marley Erwin say as the man got closer, standing in front of Levi and their daughter protectively.

“Papa, why dat man look like you?” The little girl asked, and Levi shushed her quietly, holding her gently against his chest.

“That’s just Papa’s twin, Elsie,” Marley Erwin lied, though it wasn’t really much of a lie. He glared at Erwin, “Now, what are you doing here?”

Erwin frowned, shooting the horrid look right back at him, “What do you mean?! You’re the one who stole my Levi and my life! I came to see him, and found out that you stole everything from me!”

“Dada, I’m scared…” Elsie whimpered, clinging to Levi.

Erwin frowned. He hadn’t meant to scare the little girl. But he was furious with Marley Erwin; how could the man be mad at him, when he’s the one who took away everything? He’s the one who caused all of this.

“He’s here for dinner, dear,” Levi explained to Marley Erwin, “Please, don’t fight.”

“Levi, why would you bring him here?” Marley Erwin asked, sounding defensive.

Levi sighed, “Let’s talk about this later. For now, can we just please go inside and eat? I’ve got chili on the stove.”

Levi started walking towards the house with Elsie in his arms, and Marley Erwin pointed at his Paradisian counterpart, growling, “You’d better not play any fucking games with me, Smith. I know what you’re like.”

“And I know what you’re like,” Erwin snapped, “You’ve ruined everything for me.”

“Oh fuck off,” Marley Erwin rolled his eyes, “Enough with the pity party, Erwin. After all, I’m the one who was there for Levi when you went to the loony-bin. You weren’t-”

“Because you sent me there!” Erwin snarled, “It’s your fault Marley Levi died! And it’s your fault I went insane!”

“Don’t you dare talk about him!” Marley Erwin raised his voice in pure anger, a dangerous look on his face.

“Boys!” Levi scolded from the front doorway, wagging his finger at both of them, “Get your asses inside, now!”

Levi was giving them both the most furious look, Elsie standing at his feet clinging to his leg and looking at them with wide eyes. Erwin sighed in some defeat, going towards the house, Marley Erwin following after him.

The four of them sat down at the table, Levi hoisting Elsie into her high chair and putting everyone’s plates in front of them. This was about to be an extremely tense dinner. Erwin and his counterpart sat across from one another, Marley Erwin helping Elsie when she had some trouble using her baby fork. Erwin could feel that ping of jealousy again; of wanting what Marley Erwin had.

“Papa, how am I ‘posed to know it’s really you?” Elsie asked as she looked between the two clones.

“Because I’m more handsome,” Marley Erwin said with a wink, causing Elsie to giggle.

Erwin scoffed, rolling his eyes a little, “In your dreams.”

“No arguing at the table,” Levi grumbled, taking a bite of chili, “Now eat your food.”

The four ate in mostly silence, apart from Elsie and Marley Erwin exchanging words every once in a while: mostly Elsie asking questions that her father would answer, such as ‘Do I have a twin?’ and ‘Why do you have one?’. Erwin thought the little girl was absolutely precious, and wished desperately that it was him in Marley Erwin’s place, as Levi’s husband and Elsie’s father.

“So Erwin,” the Marleyan smirked, “When did they let you out of the asylum, hmm? How much time did you spend trying to escape the place Levi put you in?”

“Erwin,” Levi reprimanded, “Don’t provoke him.”

Marley Erwin shrugged, “I’m just asking questions.”

Erwin stared down his counterpart, “It’s fine, Levi. He’s merely curious. After all, I’m sure he feels threatened now that I’m back. It’s only natural for him to try and defend himself.”

The Marleyan was looking a little more pissed off now, as if Erwin had ruffled his feathers, which is what he’d intended to do anyways. Levi sighed heavily, “Really, you two are worse behaved than the three year old.”

Elsie patted Erwin on the hand, and Erwin turned his head to see the three year old staring up at him curiously, “You my Papa too?”

Erwin didn’t know how to respond to that, quite frankly. It was painful to think that he wasn’t raising this child with Levi. Marley Erwin was quick to interject, “No, baby. That’s your… uncle.”

Elsie looked a little confused, but nodded anyways, smiling up at Erwin, “Hi uncle!”

Erwin couldn’t help but smile back at her, “Hi Elsie.”

He wanted to say something to the effect of: Do you know your Papa is a criminal? But he didn’t want Levi’s wrath to be set upon him for involving their daughter in his plans to take down his Marleyan counterpart. He would leave the toddler out of it.

Levi smiled lovingly between Erwin and Elsie, and Marley Erwin seemed to take notice, hurrying things along, “Okay, we’re done eating. He can go now, right?”

“Don’t be rude,” Levi shot him a look, “Erwin can stay as long as he’d like.”

Erwin didn’t want to be childish, but if he was younger he would’ve stuck his tongue out at his counterpart, as if to say ha ha, Levi said I could stay. Marley Erwin frowned, grumbling something under his breath about giving Elsie a bath.

He stood and took Elsie out of her high chair, taking her upstairs. She waved at Erwin from over the Marleyan’s shoulder, and he waved back with a small smile. Levi looked happy that the two of them were at least getting along, unlike the two clones.

“So,” Erwin sighed, crossing his hands, “You somehow decided that the man who raped and tortured you would be a good person to settle down with?”

Levi instantly frowned, “Erwin, it’s not like that. I didn’t just fall for him right away. It took time. He’s changed.”

“Doesn’t seem like it,” Erwin mumbled.

Levi let out a sigh of frustration, “Erwin, you can be jealous all you want. But nothing can change the way things are now. Nothing can-”

There was a loud thud and a shrill scream from upstairs, clearly from Elsie. Levi’s eyes instantly widened, and he tore away from the table and rushed up the stairs, Erwin running closely behind him. Levi ripped open the bathroom door to find Marley Erwin lying on the floor, unconscious, his daughter desperately shaking at his shoulder.

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“Papa! Papa, wake up!” The little girl shouted, a fearful look on her face.

Levi stared down at his daughter, attempting to shake her father awake. He was frozen in place at first, unsure of what to do. Why was his husband passed out? He’d been fine just moments before… but now he looked pale and sickly as he lay there unconscious.

“Erwin,” Levi ordered, starting to come to his senses. “Take Elsie out of here.”

Erwin quickly pushed past Levi and scooped up the terrified little girl, taking her out of the room as she began to cry over the state of her father. Levi kneeled at Marley Erwin’s side, taking his wrist between his fingers and testing his pulse. He was alive, but his pulse was very faint.

“Baby…” Levi whispered, shaking him lightly. “Baby? Can you hear me?”

He was becoming increasingly worried with each second that passed. What had caused this fainting spell? Levi ran his fingers through his lover’s hair, whimpering quietly as his brain went through every possibility as to what could be happening.

“Honey,” Levi tried again. “Honey please. Wake up.”

He could hear the wailing of his daughter from the other room as he stood and went to fetch a towel, soaking it in water and kneeling at Marley Erwin’s side again. He placed the cold towel on his forehead, but the man didn’t stir. He simply laid there. Levi was becoming more frantic now, shaking Marley Erwin harder to try and bring him to.

“Please…” Levi begged, voice quavering. “Please wake up. God… wake up, Erwin!”

Erwin appeared in the doorway, hugging the crying girl close to his chest. She was squirming and sobbing, clearly wanting to go back to her father, and Erwin was trying his best to keep her calm, but he too looked shaken up by whatever was going on.

“Is everything okay?” Erwin asked.

“He… He won’t wake up,” Levi murmured in shock. “He has a pulse, but… he’s out cold. His skin feels clammy… I don’t know what’s wrong with him.”

That’s when a bright light began to emanate from Marley Erwin’s chest, sparks crackling all around his body. Levi’s eyes widened. He knew what this sight meant, and immediately his concerns turned to Paradis Erwin and his daughter.

Levi and Erwin exchanged a terrified look before Levi shouted, “Run! Get out of the house! Go!”

“What about y-”

“Go!” Levi screamed, the sound tearing from his throat.

He wasn’t sure if they would all make it out, but he needed Elsie to be safe, and Erwin seemed to sense this. The man began running down the stairs and out the front door with his daughter, holding her close to his body. Levi swallowed thickly, turning back to take Marley Erwin’s hand in his own.

He was certain at this point that Erwin would turn into the Colossal. He hadn’t in such a long time… long… time… the realization washed over Levi that it had been a long time. How many years had it been? Was… Was this the end?

Levi was beginning to understand what was going on now, and watched as his husband’s body began to rise from the floor. His hand slipped from Levi’s, and light filled his entire form until Levi could no longer see him. In fact, Levi couldn’t even look as he backed out of the bathroom, blinded by the bright light. He put his hands up in front of his vision to shield himself from it, the heat of the light radiating from the room.

Levi didn’t want him to go, but he physically couldn’t get closer to him at this point. He could feel the tears running down his cheeks before he even knew he was crying. He had to squeeze his eyes shut as Marley Erwin’s body exploded into light beams before fading into nothingness. When the brightness finally disappeared, Erwin was gone too.

Levi put his arms down, staring at the place where his husband’s body had been moments before. He must’ve screamed, though he didn’t hear it - he felt it in his throat. He fell to his knees, crawling to where Erwin’s body had been and clawing at the floor as if he could bring him back by doing so.

“No!” Levi wailed, pain building in his chest with the realization that Erwin was gone. His husband, the one he’d spent the last five years with - he was gone forever. And Levi had nothing of him left.

Levi hadn’t been eating. Elsie hadn’t said a word in days. Erwin felt horrible. Though he hadn’t been particularly fond of his counterpart (in fact, he loathed him), he knew how important the man had been to Levi and Elsie, and now he was gone.

Levi was laying on the couch, snuggled up in blankets and eyes red and tired. Elsie was absentmindedly playing with one of her dolls, though she appeared distant and cold compared to the happy little girl Erwin had met when he’d first gotten here. Though she didn’t understand exactly what had happened to her Papa, she knew he was gone forever, and she was clearly suffering from that knowledge.

Erwin had stayed at the house simply to keep the two alive. He was making their food and making sure Elsie was clean and happy (or as happy as she could be right now). He hadn’t attempted to touch the topic of Marley Erwin, nor did he have plans to.

He brought a ham sandwich into the living room for Elsie - her favorite. She looked up from her doll, not saying a word as she got up and walked over to him to take the sandwich and start eating. Erwin patted her head gently as she sat down to eat, and went to kneel in front of Levi, whose eyes were glazed over with a sadness Erwin had never seen in him before.

“You need to eat something, Levi,” Erwin murmured, holding back from reaching out to brush a piece of hair out of Levi’s face. He didn’t think Levi would appreciate being touched right now.

Levi shook his head, not even bothering to look at up at who was talking to him. Erwin sighed and sat down, crossing his legs, “Levi, you have to eat. You’re going to get sick if you don’t.”

Levi shrugged, as if to say he didn’t care if he got sick. Erwin sighed, turning to check on Elsie, who was eating her ham sandwich with wide, unfocused eyes. Erwin knew that look. He’d seen it in small children who’d witnessed their parents eaten by Titans, or crushed by falling debris in Shiganshina. She was traumatized by what had happened to her Papa, and Erwin’s heart ached just knowing that.

“Levi,” Erwin turned back to him. “Please… eat something. For Elsie. She… She needs you. She needs you more than ever right now.”

Levi looked up to meet Erwin’s eyes, tears filling them before they flitted to his daughter. Seeing her in such a state was clearly awakening something in him. He pushed himself to sit up with some effort.

“Elsie,” Levi beckoned. “Come here, baby.”

Elsie took the last bites of her sandwich, looking up at Levi and getting up slowly. She walked over to him, and he pulled her into his lap, hugging her close and rubbing her back soothingly.

“I’m so sorry,” Levi whispered against her skin, and she didn’t move, letting him hold her but not really hugging back. She didn’t appear to have the energy to do so.

“I love you, baby,” Levi sniffled, pressing a kiss to the top of her head. “I’m sorry I couldn’t save Papa… I’m so sorry…”

Elsie seemed to snap out of her haze, tears filling her own eyes as she clung to her father and started to cry. Erwin frowned, feeling horrible for the entire situation. He pulled his handkerchief from his pocket and offered it to Levi, who took it gratefully and began to wipe the girl’s tears as he cradled her in his arms.

“Shh,” Levi cooed. “It’ll be okay, baby. It’s all going to be okay…”

Elsie shook her head, as if to tell her father that no, it wasn’t going to be okay. Erwin was becoming concerned that she wasn’t speaking, and wondered how long it would take the little girl to regain her voice.

“And… And your uncle… ‘Win,” Levi looked over to Erwin. “He’s going to be here to help us. Won’t you?”

Erwin nodded quickly, “Of course. I’ll be here to help you both, I promise.”

Elsie turned to look at Erwin, tears running down her face. She sniffled, rubbing her eyes with her fists and whispering, “Papa…”

Erwin frowned, thinking at first she was simply missing her father. But then she held out her arms to him, sobbing, “Papa!”

Levi and Erwin exchanged a look. The girl had to have known that Paradis Erwin wasn’t her real father, but she was so upset that she wanted him to be. They looked very alike, so Erwin couldn’t blame her.

“Baby,” Levi tried, tears running down his own face. “That’s not your Papa, honey.”

“Papa!” Elsie wailed, struggling in Levi’s grasp as she tried to get to Erwin, who didn’t know what to do.

But the child wouldn’t stop crying and squirming until she threw herself into Erwin’s arms, clinging to his shirt and burying her face in his chest. Finally, she started to calm down, tears subsiding and reducing to sniffles.

Levi was staring at Erwin with wide eyes, as if waiting to see what he might do. Erwin, of course, couldn’t deny the girl. He wrapped his arms around her hesitantly, feeling guilty and out of place.

Levi brought a shaky hand to his mouth, lower lip wobbling as he sobbed and got up, rushing out of the room. He must’ve been unable to handle his daughter in this state, which Erwin could understand. He rocked Elsie in his arms until she fell asleep, looking content.

-Fourteen Months Later-

Erwin had taken Marley Erwin’s place in Elsie’s heart, mostly because she was still convinced that he was her lost Papa. But as for Levi… well, the man could barely look at him without getting upset.

Erwin didn’t know if it was because he looked like his former husband, or if he was upset with their situation, or both. He felt bad - he didn’t know what to do about the situation. Over the past fourteen months, he’d mostly stayed out of Levi’s way.

But today was different.

Levi was in a more cheerful mood. He’d gone to the market and picked up some pastries for the three of them, cleaned the whole house, made a nice meal. Erwin had bathed Elsie and put her to bed, and now the two of them were enjoying a bottle of wine on the sofa and chatting. It was the most connected Erwin had felt to Levi in quite some time.

“Erwin,” Levi piped up, knees drawn to his chest as he swirled his wine around in his glass absentmindedly. “I… I never stopped caring about you. You know that, right? It’s just… It’s been hard… especially with… with him being gone and… and when you went to the asylum you said that… that you loved Marley Levi more…”

Erwin frowned, “Levi, I… I wasn’t in my right mind when I said that. I didn’t mean it. After… After all this time, I still care about you too. More than I ever did for him. As much as he stole my heart, you had it under lock and key. It’s always been you.”

Levi smiled solemnly, watching the liquid swirl around his glass. He set it down on the coffee table, hugging his knees, “That makes me happy to hear. I… I’ve just been so lonely, Erwin… even with you here it feels like… like there’s a hole in my heart that’ll never mend. I know you don’t understand how I could love someone like him, but… but we spent so much time together. We just fell into this routine and… and he became someone I could lean on. Someone who I cared for very dearly. And now he’s gone. And I feel so alone.”

“You don’t have to be alone anymore, Levi,” Erwin tried. “You have Elsie and… and I won’t leave. Not unless you tell me to. I’ll be here.”

Levi nodded, looking up at Erwin with tears in his eyes. He shuffled closer to Erwin on the couch, his hands caging Erwin’s body. At first, Erwin wasn’t sure what was going on. But he soon caught on as Levi rested their foreheads together, placed one hand on Erwin’s cheek. The poor man looked so broken, and Erwin wasn’t sure he could give Levi what he needed. But he would do anything Levi asked of him, so he allowed Levi to touch him so intimately for the first time in many years.

“I think I…” Levi whispered, eyes flitting down to Erwin’s lips. “I think I want to kiss you, Erwin.”

“Are… Are you sure?” Erwin asked, cautiously placing his hands on Levi’s waist.

He didn’t want Levi to regret this.

Levi nodded, and Erwin drew him in for a gentle kiss. That’s how things began between them. This first kiss after so long without one another. And Erwin wasn’t even sure if Levi was kissing him because of genuine feelings, or because he was looking for a replacement for his former husband. But Erwin was starting not to care as Levi melted into his arms, straddling him on the couch and starting to grind against him sensually.

“Make love to me,” Levi practically begged, fingers gripping desperately at Erwin’s shirt as he spoke between hungry kisses. “Please, I… I need you, Erwin.”

How could Erwin say no to that?

He drew Levi in closer, hurriedly working at getting the man’s pants undone and down to his thighs. It had been so long since he’d seen Levi like this… since he’d had the opportunity to do this with him, and he wasn’t going to take this moment for granted.

They switched places, Erwin pressing Levi into the couch cushions as they shared eager kisses, tongues and teeth clashing with wet noises and desperate whimpers. Erwin spat into his hand and began to work Levi’s cock with his fist, listening to the pleasant mewls roll from the man’s tongue.

“Levi,” Erwin whispered against Levi’s pale skin, giving loving nips to his neck and his earlobe. “You’re so beautiful like this… I want you…”

“Then take me,” Levi pleaded. “Please, Erwin? Please…”

Erwin obliged, coating his fingers in saliva before finding his way between Levi’s legs, pressing one to the tight and dry entrance. Levi gasped, clinging to Erwin as the first digit entered him. He was squirming on the end of Erwin’s finger, probably unused to the feeling as he hadn’t slept with someone in so long.

“We… We can’t do it here,” Levi hissed. “What if Elsie finds us?”

Erwin nodded in agreement, removing his finger and lifting them off the couch. He carried Levi into the master bedroom, where he hadn’t been allowed until now. He’d been sleeping on the couch the past year, and hadn’t wanted to encroach on Levi’s space.

As soon as he had Levi in the bed, he was kissing his sweet lips again, pushing his finger back inside and pumping it in and out. He explored Levi’s tight walls, coaxing him open enough to add a second finger and listening to Levi huff and whine at the intrusion.

“So gorgeous,” Erwin sighed, staring down into Levi’s gray eyes and using his free hand to brush the bangs out of his reddened face. “Look at you… such a pretty boy.”

Levi moaned openly at that, clinging to Erwin’s collar and whimpering, “E-Erwin… please. I need you so bad.”

“I need you too, baby,” Erwin murmured against his lips before kissing him again, adding a third finger to the mix and spreading Levi open on them. Levi was enjoying every second, if indicated by his gasps and moans, the glazed-over, fucked-out look on his face.

Erwin slowly removed his fingers and helped Levi lay on his back, sitting up to remove his own pants. He pushed Levi’s legs up and prodded at his hole with his cock, slicking up his erection before beginning to press inside. Levi let out a loud whine at the feeling, tears pricking the corners of his eyes.

“I forgot how amazing you feel…” Erwin sighed as he settled in all the way, listening to Levi’s high-pitched moans when he finally bottomed out.

“W-Win…” Levi gasped out, hands flying to grip Erwin’s forearms. “Oh god… I—”

“You okay?” Erwin whispered, hovering over Levi’s body with his own. It felt good to hear Levi say his name like that, admittedly, after all this time. He wanted to make Levi scream it, but he stayed still, not wanting to hurt him.

“Y-Yeah,” Levi nodded shortly, his legs twitching in Erwin’s hands. “It feels… oh Win… it feels so g-good.”

“Can I move?” Erwin asked, that tight heat around him making it almost unbearable to stay still.

Levi nodded again, a loud whine escaping his mouth as Erwin began pumping in and out slowly at first. He dug his fingers into Erwin’s skin, moaning and trying to push back against him, which was difficult in his position.

He looked so beautiful: his hair was a mess, his eyes half-lidded with pleasure, and his pale skin shining in the moonlight that poured in through the nearby window. He was being far too loud for someone who didn’t want his daughter to wake up, but Erwin wasn’t going to stop those gorgeous noises from spilling out of his mouth.

“Shit,” Erwin groaned, rolling his hips into Levi repeatedly.

He held on tightly to Levi’s thighs, fucking into him with increasing eagerness as he both sought to give Levi pleasure and build up his own. Levi was writhing and moaning under him, reaching up to drag Erwin down by his hair so they could kiss.

Erwin obliged, kissing Levi like a starving man. He could feel the love he had for Levi swelling in his chest, that need to say those words: I love you. But he held back. He wouldn’t put Levi in that position, not now. Levi was still so vulnerable, and although he’d wanted to have sex with Erwin, that didn’t mean he was in love.

“I… I…” Levi whimpered. “Win!”

“Oh god, baby,” Erwin breathed. The pleasure was growing in his stomach and groin more with each second as he pounded Levi into the mattress. “C-Can I…? Can I…?”

“Yes,” Levi panted. “Y-Yes, I… t-touch me Erwin. Touch my cock!”

Erwin spat on his hand and reached between them, pumping Levi’s cock in time with his thrusts. Levi’s face screwed up, legs tensing, cock twitching in Erwin’s hand - tell tale signs that he was incredibly close.

Levi tossed his head back as he came, whole body jerking under Erwin as he spilled between them. Erwin groaned at the sight, needing only a few more pumps before he too was cumming inside of Levi. The two stayed there for a moment, just breathing deeply, before Erwin pulled out and collapsed onto the mattress next to Levi.

Just as he began to calm down, he heard sniffling next to him. His eyes widened, and he turned to see Levi in tears, elbow over his face as he shook with sobs. Erwin frowned and propped himself up on his elbow.

“Hey, what’s wrong?” Erwin asked cautiously, though he suspected he knew already.

Levi shook his head, continuing to cry as his lower lip quivered, “I… I can’t… I can’t do this, Win… fuck. He’s… He’s gone!”

Levi’s whole body racked with sobs, and Erwin reached out to comfort him. Levi only flinched away, whispering, “Please… Please leave. I need to be alone.”

Erwin could feel that guiltiness in his stomach as he nodded and got up, starting to pull his clothes back on. He should’ve stopped this before it had started. He’d just thought… He’d thought maybe Levi was finally moving on. But he’d been wrong.

As he left the room, the thought hit him like a ton of bricks. It didn’t matter what Erwin did from here on out. He could never replace his Marleyan counterpart, and he would never be enough for Levi.