AoT Take Care Of Her Mike x Reader x Levi Part 6

“Oh f/n look at you, falling asleep at your desk, you’re going to give yourself a bad back.”
You peacefully slept hunched over your desk, Mike’s jacket still draped around your shoulders and your head still buried in your arms.
Mike carefully sat on the desk next to you and gently stroked your hair.
You groaned in your sleep and raised your head, blinking slowly as you turned and looked up.
“Mike?” You groaned, feeling someone brushing your sleep tousled hair from your eyes.
“Good you’re finally awake.” Said a female voice.
You groaned and put your head down, the voice that had woken you up wasn’t Mike’s at all. You rubbed your head on your arms, wishing you’d never woken up to face the reality of another day without him.
“No one saw you at breakfast so I figured you’d slept in. How are you feeling?”
You forced yourself up off your desk and rubbed your hands over your face.
“Hanji?” You asked groggily.
You looked up and found her smiling down at you.
“You look like one of the cadets after Shorty’s had them running laps.” She said softly, stifling a giggle.
“Thanks, good to know I look as rough as I feel!” You grunted, forcing yourself to sit up straight and yawning.
Hanji placed a cup of coffee down in front of you.
“You should probably get that down you and get changed, you’ll need your dress uniform today.”
“Why?” You groaned, stretching your arms.
“Debrief with Premier Darius Zackley, he’s not in the best of moods after yesterday’s failed expedition.”
“So why do I have to go?”
Hanji sighed.
“Erwin needs someone of each rank to go, plus you kind of need the experience if you want to cut it at as an officer.”
You rolled your eyes and sighed.
“Fine, I’ll have this and get ready.”
“It’ll be fine, he’s just going to grumble at Erwin and probably ignore you, me and Shorty.”
“Oh you are kidding?” You groaned, banging your head on the desk. “I have to put up with him for the day?”
Hanji giggled and raised her eyebrows.
“Wow, do you really hate him that much?”
“I don’t hate him, he just makes me feel uncomfortable.” You replied raising your head and rubbing your eyes.
“Yeah he has that effect on everyone, he’s not so bad once you get used to him though.”
You reached out for the coffee with a sigh, it was going to be a long day.

You got changed into your dress uniform and stared at yourself in the mirror.
Black knee high boots, black trousers, a black formal jacket, white shirt, black belt over the top of the jacket, white gloves and a peaked cap.
“This is so weird.” You remarked as you poked and prodded at the unfamiliar uniform you had been issued with after being promoted to Squad Leader.
You sighed deeply and went back to sit at your desk, staring at Mike’s jacket which had been placed around your shoulders while you slept last night. Your brow furrowed as you tried to think who had come into your office, you were certain you’d locked the door.
You shrugged and sat back, holding the jacket close to your face so you could breathe in the faint scent of Mike that still clung to it. The cap shifted back on your head slightly as it caught on the collar of the jacket.
“Ugh.” You grunted, taking it off and placed it on your desk.
You hated the peaked cap that formed part of your dress uniform, closing your eyes you sighed deeply...

“Section Commander Zacharius I have some paperwo...wow!”
Your eyes widened as you entered Mike’s office and saw him stood there in his dress uniform.
“See something you like f/n?” He asked with a wink.
“You...erm...you-you look very smart...Sir.” You stuttered nervously, desperately fighting the blush that was rising on your cheeks.
“Thank you and may I just say you’re looking as lovely as ever.” He smiled.
“So are you ready to finally admit that you like me yet?”
You looked away, feeling your cheeks heat up as the blush intensified.
“I have no idea what you mean Sir.” You mumbled shyly hearing him approach and stop in front of you.
He leaned down and moved his face to your neck, giving you a sniff.
“You should know better than to lie to your superior f/n.” He whispered huskily, gently cupping your chin and turning your face towards him.
You swallowed hard. Yes you liked him but you were far too shy to admit it to him, even though he already knew.
“I...uh...I-I-I.”
Mike laughed and gently ran his thumb over your cheek.
“You’re so cute when you’re nervous f/n.”
He placed a quick yet gentle kiss on your lips and looked into your eyes.
You quickly pushed the pile of paperwork you were clutching towards him, your breath hitching in your throat as his fingers brushed against yours when he took it from you.
“I have to go...bye Sir.”
You span and dashed from the room, closing the door behind you, you heard Mike laughing on the other side.
“One day f/n.” You heard his voice calling to you through the door while you tried to regain your composure. “One day I’ll make you mine.”

A knock on the door brought you crashing back to cold hard reality.
You picked up your cap
“Enter.” You called, standing from your seat and placing Mike’s jacket neatly on the back of your chair, you then turned your gaze to look out of the window.
The door opened and closed, followed by footsteps on the stone floor.
You didn’t turn back to face whoever it was that entered, more focused with trying to stop the fresh tears that were threatening to fall from your eyes.
“Well at least you’re not throwing things at me today.”
You flinched at the familiar voice.
“It’s still early, give it time.” You retorted, keeping your back to Levi.
“Tch!”
You continued to stare out of the window, seeing the unfamiliar reflection of yourself in the dress uniform staring back at you in the awkward silence. Your eyes flicked down to the main courtyard, many of the scouts were building pyres to burn the bodies of the dead on later that evening once the final death toll had been confirmed.
The sound of footsteps on stone alerted you to the fact that Levi was now stood beside you, his gaze also turned to the sight below.
“I take it Shitty Glasses told you what was happening today.” Said Levi evenly, keeping his gaze fixed on the courtyard.
“She did.” You replied, your gaze flicked back up to look at your reflection. You looked a little further over to the right and raised your eyebrows a fraction.
You were forced to admit that Levi looked damn smart in his dress uniform, nowhere near as smart and dashing as how Mike made it look, not even close...but he still looked good in it.
“How’s your hand?”
Your eyes widened slightly and your head turned towards him, his head was tilted up slightly so you could see his cold grey eyes beneath his peaked cap.
“Still sore but I’ll live...thanks for asking.”
Levi nodded, keeping his gaze fixed on you.
You exhaled deeply and bit your lip.
“Look...I’m sorry I lost it with you last night, it’s not your fault Mike’s dead and they never managed to recover his body.”
Levi raised an eyebrow at you. You tilted your head slightly, allowing him to see your face.
“I also appreciate the fact that you looking out for me because of your promise to Mike before he...” You turned your gaze back to the window, closing your eyes and clenching your teeth. You were still struggling to accept that you would never again see that wonderful man that you fell in love with. “Before he died.”
“Apology accepted.” He paused for a moment.
“I told you last night f/n, you’re not the first person to lose someone and you won’t be the last. We can’t always bring our fallen comrades home, but we carry their memories.” His tone softened as he also turned his gaze back to the courtyard.
“Wow, I guess you’re not as big an asshole as I thought you were. I’m impressed.” You remarked, instantly regretting it when Levi’s head snapped back round to look at you.
You kept your sight firmly fixed on the view beyond the window, yet you could feel Levi’s steel eyed gaze burning into you.
“That’s the closest you’ll ever get to a compliment from me, so make the most of it.”
“Tch, I think I preferred you when you were throwing shit at me.”
You managed a smirk as you imagined Mike’s reaction, he would have loved to have seen this little exchange between you and Levi.
He always said your confidence had improved after you were promoted to Squad Leader, he’d been so proud of you.
You raised your eyebrows when you saw a horse drawn carriage flanked by the Military Police halt on the far side of the courtyard.
“Hmph I’m surprised those Military Police cowards had the balls to leave Wall Sina.” You growled angrily.
“We should get down there.” Said Levi bluntly as he turned away from the window and started walking towards the door, he stopped and looked back at you for a moment.
“Don’t let them wind you up f/n, it won’t do you any good.”
“I’m not making any promises.” You replied evenly turning around and walking towards him.
You could guarantee at least one of them would say something to wind you up and provoke the anger that still bubbled away in your broken heart.