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1. In Lieu of Conscience by orphan_account

   Fandoms: Shingeki no Kyojin | Attack on Titan  

   • Not Rated
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   03 Jul 2025

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Levi Ackerman/Erwin Smith
   • Levi Ackerman
   • Erwin Smith
   • Forensic Psychiatry
   • Mandated Therapy
   • Antisocial Personality Disorder
   • Doctor/Patient
   • Unreliable Narration
   • Character Study
   • Violence
   • Moral Ambiguity
   • Psychiatric Reports as Narrative Device
   • mutual fascination
   • Levi Is Feral (But Controlled)
   • Erwin Is Calm (But Not Safe)
   • Power Play
   • Lots of dialogues
   • Lots of monologues
   • Smut
   • Unethical Therapist/Patient Relationship
   • mutual obsession
   • Dysfunctional Relationships
   • Morally Grey Characters
   • Dubious Morality
   • Dubious Ethics
   • Emotional co-dependency
   • Fluff
   • Domestic Fluff
   • Yale University
   • Professor Erwin Smith

   Summary

   Levi knows his kind all too well. Psychiatrists are nothing but condescending fucks with savior complexes. Nothing much to it, really. They see a diagnosis and try to build a person around it. Assume they’re the first to look Levi in the eye and think they’ve found something salvageable. Try to dig deep like it’s heroic—like finding a rotten core means they get to take credit for whatever’s left.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   65,843

   Chapters:

   9/?

   Comments:

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   Kudos:

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