But my words like silent raindrops fell

Here.

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Bathtub.

Levi finds them already in the bathtub, hugging their legs, gaze empty. Their left eye is still bleeding, droplets of dark red staining the soapy water. They don't move when he enters and he doesn't speak. He quickly removes his clothes and silently slips into the bathtub, placing himself behind Hange, legs and arms hugging them from behind.

They wince, realising only in that moment that they're not alone, but then they lean back, head resting on his chest while he hugs them tightly. They turn around curling into Levi's hug, shivering. Sobs start escaping Hange's mouth, their entire body shakes violently and Levi can't do anything but hug them tighter and tighter. He ignores the watery blood staining his skin and softly caresses Hange's hair, running his fingers through it to unknot it. His other hand is around their shoulders thumb gently drawing circles on their scarred skin.

They cling to him desperately, shaking uncontrollably. Moblit is lost, Erwin is lost, they're the new Commander. What the fuck is going on. How can it be even worse than before. They don't know what to do, they just wanna die. They're so tired. Of themselves, of Titans, of war, of killing, of this fucked up situation, of everything. They wish their mind was empty, blank, but thoughts only keep piling one on top of the other, suffocating, grabbing at their throat and dragging them down into a spiral of self-hatred and desperation.

And Levi understands, he really does, because he feels the same, trapped in a name he doesn't want, forced to watch impotently as all his comrades die, one by one, slaughtered. And now Hange is all he has left, his only friend, his love. He can't lose them, not for anything in the world. He loves them so much, he doesn't want to let them go, not now, not ever. He's never seen them so openly shaken, not even for Nanaba's and Miche's deaths. At the time they were somehow able to conceal their true emotions quite well behind huge smiles, lots of work and thorough research. Truth be told, Levi had seen the previously bright gleam in their eyes slowly fade away, obscured by the painful loss and cumulating stress, but they still had managed to keep going, a dam of self-preservation keeping their emotions at bay. Now, the water had reached the brim and the dam was broken, destroyed.

Salty tears roll down their eyes, mixing with the soapy water of the bathtub. They looked so broken, so fragile in his arms, much thinner than before, ribs and bones poking him as they cling to him for sustain.

Choking back tears himself, Levi gently makes Hange turn to face him. His hands cup their face, while his thumbs lovingly wipe away the tears. Their left eye has stopped bleeding and Levi makes a mental note to reach for the disinfectant and clean bandages as soon as Hange has calmed down. Leaning into his warm touch, Hange closes their eyes and takes a deep breath letting it out slowly. He kisses the point of their nose, then brings them back into his embrace, cuddling them against his chest.

He tightens his hug and presses his lips on top of their head trying to convey all his feelings into that touch, still silent. And Hange gets it, they know, there's no need for words, his soft touch is more than enough. They curl even more into Levi's body, sobs and shivers fading away.

Hange silently moves their head nestling it in the crook of his neck, abandoning themselves to Levi's tight hug. They inhale his scent, faint sweat mixing with soap and his usual tea and pine. Despite all the desperation, the pain, the sadness, they wouldn't change this moment for anything in the world, to stay like this forever, frozen in time and space, just the two of them, together.

They love him so much.

Sunday morning angsty cuddles.

God, the angst of this moment. And Levi breaks my heart as always.

Imagine if it was Levi who found them in the Shiganshina rubbles after the Colossus Titan turned. Covered in blood, sightless eye and mumbling desperately after Moblit sacrificed himself to save them from the explosion, Levi would calm them down and settle their trembling, helping them to focus back into reality.

Can you guess the reference picture I used?

Back to some good old fashioned angsty Royai.

Don’t leave me.

Levihan moments part 20.

Cuddles, cuddles and more cuddles.

( @oyzoe this time I made the heart shape on purpose in the first one :D)

Levihan moments part 8.

Going full into cuddles this time, I’ll post some more stupid moments tomorrow. Last one’s obviously courtesy of Junior High 😁

As always let me know which one you prefer. And thank you all for your kindness and warmth 💜 it means a lot.