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2025-07-07
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2025-07-07
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More Than Pretend | Levi Ackerman x Reader

Summary:

When you're assigned to an undercover mission posing as Captain Levi Ackerman's noble wife, the danger isn't just the man you're sent to investigate—it's surviving the illusion of intimacy without falling into it for real. As secrets unfold in the lavish halls of Lord Vaergan's estate, you and Levi must navigate false smiles, political games, and shared quarters with eyes everywhere and trust in short supply.

You're not lovers. You're barely allies. But for the mission to succeed, you'll have to convince them—and yourselves—that you are.

Chapter 1: Prologue

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You told him not to look at you like that.
Not when anyone could see.
Not when you were supposed to be acting.

He never listened.

Not when his fingers brushed yours too long beneath the dinner table.
Not when he pulled you against him at the masquerade like your ribs were a secret only he could keep.
Not when he kissed you in front of the guards, then kept kissing you long after they were gone.

And certainly not when he whispered—soft and ruined—"I don't know when I stopped pretending."

You never said it back.
But gods, you felt it.