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uncut wings by Bananas45, somewherels (tinuvhiel)
Fandoms: Shingeki no Kyojin | Attack on Titan
16 Mar 2026
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“He's -” He struggles for the words. “We can be shitty to each other but he's -” Good? Kind? Levi isn't sure. He is, he knows objectively, because no one would have gone to the lengths Zeke has for him, spent the money and given the time, if he was not a good man.
“It must be hard for him”, Erwin hums, eyes on his back. “You have achieved more at twenty than he or I will in a lifetime”.
Levi ignores the heat under his cheeks, how viscerally he feels the words in his chest. What does he have to show for it?
“Yeah?”, Levi snorts. “Not sure about that”.
Erwin’s smile is faint, unreadable. “False modesty doesn’t suit you”.
Levi looks away, even as he feels his flush rise, insistent, exhales smoke toward the wet pavement. “Wasn’t modesty. You start believing compliments, you stop getting better”, he mutters.
Erwin steps a little closer, not enough to crowd him, just enough to close the distance between them. There is sadness in his gaze now, enough to make Levi’s hackle raise, enough to make him step back slightly.
“Who taught you that, Levi?”