[Ereri+Riren] Uncontrolled {Shingeki no Kyojin} {b.lueeyes and Levirivaille}

[b.lueeyes]

Eren kept his eyes fixed firmly on his lover's back as he moved, yet out of the corner of his eye he kept his gaze on Erwin. As soon as the cuff's went on, Eren's eyes narrowed and he growled deep from his chest. The soldiers looked warily at the teenager, obviously because of what he'd just done to their comrades, and of course...well, they knew he was a titan, and who would approach a titan with reasoning skills head on?

 

Eren, however, kept his eyes on Levi, and finally after a few moments he gave a sigh and straightened his back. "If Levi's got 'em, I'll take 'em too. It wouldn't be fair for him to be the only one locked up when this was my fault." He said, holding out his tanned arms for one of the guards, who was holding the cuffs. They were snapped on after a moment of shock and Eren slid off the bed, standing as tall as he could, before he started walking.

 

His eyes met their commander's and they flashed gold in warning. From deep within his mind, he heard something hiss, 'Don't trust him...'

[Levirivaille]

In a subtle glance back at eren, he could judge what he was thinking, or make a quick relative judgement over it anyway, he followed the gaze to Erwin, in that moment realising there certainly was something neither of them could trust, how did he not notice it before? The commander, who had ushered levi forwards, and out of the castle, was felt in a heavy breath against the nape of his neck, the air stroked down the back of his neck and his spine until he stood up straight. It was a massive risk even thinking against a commander in such a way, but Erwin had never really actually saved anyone, he had made little actions to make sure it didn't happen as often, but it opened Levi's eyes wide. And he looked back with a wary growl.

 

we really can't trust you can you? And worse is you have all the authority i don't...

 

Levi desperately wanted to yell it at the Man's face, levi had given him a whole heck of a lot of things over the years, his life being one of them, and even sex as another, days spent on the man's desk being pummeled into the notes he would hand out the next day. They had a lot of history, and it meant nothing. Only then did Erwin look up and stare at Rivaille’s eyes. Erwins blue eyes were clear, honest, unafraid, and Rivaille’s insides couldn’t seem to find the same stability.

 

fuck you, swine.

[b.lueeyes]

Eren was escorted a little behind Levi, his hands bound with the cuffs behind his back and held tight by the guards. He had more than Levi did, but then again he was being escorted by Commander Erwin, why would he need extra help? Oh, and he was a titan...once again with that stupid idea. The soldier didn't take his eyes off the two, but the majority of his vision was taken up with Erwin, the tall, statured figure of a man who had sacrificed hundreds of lives, probably thousands in a war that they were currently only a few steps down a road of millions to winning.

 

Even Eren knew that, and he was the one pushing that they were going to win no matter what.

 

He could feel his skin beginning to heat at his thoughts and cursed quietly under his breath, forcing himself to calm down. He didn't want to get worked up, not now when there was so much at risk. They were in custody; they were going to be taken and punished in some way; Erwin needed them, but that didn't mean he would be lenient (or at least that was Eren's way of thinking). He didn't know the commander, not really; any more than they'd spoken (what few times they had).

 

So he had no idea what he was thinking.

 

Don't trust him, don't trust him...

[Levirivaille]

Levi looked at Erwin, his eyes burning, and his chest tightened. His breathing was still stiff in the stagnant silence and Erwin stared at him, faced him with that huge torso of his." What are you doing corporal." He seemed almost bored, Levi had seen this kind of boredness before, it was the same as upon the battlefield, this was how he sent people to death.

 

How dare he use the same expression in this situation.

 

Levi's eyes strained back past the man, watching his lover, the restrictions on him were ridiculously un-necessary, and the poor kid looked under a great deal of pressure." Excuse me, he doesn't need all that crap." Suddenly Rivaille’s breath caught as Erwin curled his fingers tightly in Rivaille’s bangs. Erwin's eyes had brightened with anger Rivaille had not yet seen, his grip merciless." Don't talk levi."

 

They had been walking for some time now, it seems to put more of a toll on levi, they would be walking the whole way back, blazing sun, dry mouths. Soon the familiar sight of the base had appeared, recruits dotted around like ants in the distance, they weren't even being dragged to their own quarters, it was to the court.

Levi had been there before, years ago, in the instance where Erwin had seen his potential in his trial for being basically a thug.

Well this was embarrassing.

 

He walked with as much dignity as he could manage before they kicked his knees out from beneath him and locked a pole in beside him, it was made for eren, the chain between his cuffs, securing him to the floor. The corporal huffed, he would be able to stand, except the fact his broken ankle had taken a toll for the worse, his breath coming out in raspy catches in his throat, it seemed Erwin was making sure he had no scrap of dignity left.

 

But yet again the pole was not necessary for the boy.

 

"Eren.." He whispered gently." Hanji's on our side, that freak will keep our backs out of the cells."

 

In attempt to gain some pride, levi lifted his head, resting on his knees, an intimidating glare thrown at the commander.

[b.lueeyes]

The air was hot and stiflng against his skin as he walked, the sun beating down on him like a drum. Of all the fucking times to catch them, why had they still been asleep? In the very least, he could have grabbed some pants. Eren walked with as much pride as he could muster, but couldn't help the deep, embarrassed flush on his cheeks as they approached the base, recruits stopping in their tracks to blatantly stare at them.

 

He was naked, a little bloody, and sweating. At least Levi still had some of his dignity with some mother-fucking pants on. He breathed out, keeping his head high, trying not to meet anyone's gaze, keeping his eyes firmly on the back of Erwin's head as they moved. He was going to kill him for this. The crowds were getting thicker and thicker, watching humanity's strongest and some naked recruit being taken through the streets.

 

He could see the uniforms dotting the crowds. Oh god this was...

 

When they finally were taken into what seemed to be a court room, Eren barely had the time to open his mouth before he was shoved to his knees, his arms tugged with an unforgiving grip behind him as he was cuffed to the post. He gave a thick growl of anger at their treatment, and looked over to Levi with a concerned expression, listening to his words. In his position, his knees were spread, revealing more than enough to the court and the crowd that was filing in slowly.

 

"Hanji?" He asked, blinking in surprise. "She'll just argue that this is something she needs to study!" He hissed furiously, blinking at the way he looked. He was in pain; he could see it in the slight twitch in his neck, the paleness of his face. He gave a start, leaning over a little, his eyes wide. "L-Levi, your ankle! Are you okay?"

 

(Can we have some of the recruits reactions please? XP)

[Levirivaille]

Levi glanced away from the scowling judge, to look with spite at the commander who stood tall without a podium, his thick eyebrows were set calmly, he looked like he knew the expected selection of punishment. " wait- study? You may be right... But i doubt she'll want to study our sex life Eren.... I take that back."levi had spotted the woman, her eyes glinted dangerously, that's exactlywhat she planned.

 

His eyes intently studied the expressions, all of them were in a pale shock. Mikasa's mouth wavered in a strange unimpressed scowl, jean's face was red with horror, and armin, to say the least had fallen from his chair. Eren's question had alerted him and he hesitantly nodded, though it felt like it was about to fall off, it was best not to worry the shifter, but levi's expression was on edge, people were murmuring questions of levi's marks, burns, scars and all, this wasn't that kind of a judgement. over the low hum that had risen from the audience, the judge finally banged his hand once on the podium, a hollow wooden sound echoed and rebounded off the large area.

 

" Eren jaeger, And Lance Corporal Levi." The deep tone of the judge croaked and suddenly the room had the familiar surge and feeling of stillness. "Both of you have committed grave crimes against the legion's rules." He paused, scanning over the documents before him, glasses sliding down the bridge of his nose." Levi. You have taken hostage a minor recruit, a prisnor in our cells, first offence. Then you have proceeded to... Let us say lightly, use that minor in a way that is clear by the markings peppering your skin. Eren Jaegar you have willingly followed the man and cavorted with a superior officer, the court does not allow these kinds of behavior. Upon arrest it says, you repeatedly laid actions against soldiers not willing to go with them."

 

A large row erupted over the audience, people were startled, shocked.

 

 

shit

 

Erwin's mouth had pulled into a slight smile, he wasn't intending to aid in their rescue anytime soon it seemed. It was all up to hanji.

 

god help us.

[b.lueeyes]

Eren's concerned expression for Levi dropped form his face as the charges were announced, instead they widened in shock. He knew about military policy, yes, but was it that serious a crime that this happen? He looked around the court room, swallowing as he met the eyes of Mikasa, who was staring at him with eyes that showed obvious shock, betrayal even. He had to look away. He couldn't look at those eyes, not when this was so serious.

 

Hanji stood from her place towards the right of the judge, placing a hand on her hip. Pushing up her glasses with one finger, she asked the judge, "And what are the penalties, your honour, that you would be placing against them for this...transgression?" She asked, her eyes flickering to the two down there, a smile stretched across her face.

 

Eren immediately had no idea what to think. If those were the charges, and everyone seemed so up in arms about them...then what would be the consequences?

 

"Oh, and could we please have some kind of cloth to cover Jaeger's privacy? I do believe we would all appreciate it," she gave Eren a wink, and the titan shifter flushed a dark red. God dammit did she have to be so pervy now of all times?

[Levirivaille]

Just the knowledge of Hanji being there made Levi uneasy, the woman was probably in bliss. " You will attend and participate in punishments diligently; consisting of a stern hand, as you have sworn a military oath, and have broken that, i condemn the two of you to a Whipping with the "short whip" — a much more brutal punishment than simple flogging. The "short whip" was used for breaking in horses, those who do not know, take that and you will not have a reduction from your rank, levi, and eren, you wont be thrown out. I’ll leave it to you to figure out what happens if you don’t." Levi's maddening expression looked over at Erwin who still watched, unchanged, with that maddening composure that made The corporals insides burn.

 

whipping? What are we? Horses?

 

Levi had heard the blood curdling cries of the whip's victims before, he had been one of the supervisors, he never imagined he'd be on the other end." Your honor, i decline- for eren anyway, it's not safe to do such a thing if he would turn, you would risk human lives, the only reason i took Eren in the first place was to work on his control skills, but seeing the situation now, i didnt even get to accomplish it, its not safe." Levi had a point he knew it.

 

Of course the military police would but on in." But your honor- corporal Levi had no authority to do such a thing without permission from me."

 

wait what-

 

It wasn't the military police, it was Erwin, siding with that half of the audience.

[b.lueeyes]

Eren's bright jade eyes widened as the admission of their punishment was said. There was horror and fear in those eyes at the word 'whipping.' Of all the punishments they could come up with, it was whipping? A memory dug itself up from the depths of his mind, old but still at the forefront of his fears. He had been so young, only around nine years old. His father had come home from a long, hard day serving the citizens of the interior and had been travelling all day. Eren had set about making the night's fire, and had used some of the papers that were on the table to light it...not knowing they were his fathers. He had been so angry with him...that he'd taken up the poker from the fire and-

 

It hurt, didn't it? You can't let them do that to you again. Even your Levi knows it, kind.

 

If they so much as touched Levi like that, he would destroy them. He turned his head to stare at his lover at his plea, saying that he couldn't control it. And Eren instantly froze. That was his reasoning? Well...that was how it had started, but then it was so much more. He turned his eyes to look up at where Hanji stood, his eyes desperate, before he caught sight of Erwin's stoic expression.

 

He realized then that Erwin was going to make sure they were both punished.

 

"There wasn't any choice! We didn't have time to ask you permission, I was losing control and quick! After what happened yesterday," he dropped his head, hanging low for a moment before bringing his eyes once again towards the high table of inquisitors. "I just couldn't control myself! Do not take this out on Corporal, it wasn't his fault! I practically begged him to! I'll take his punishment, I'll take all of it! I'll keep control as long as he's there, just- don't hurt him!"

 

Hanji chose this moment to cut in here, turning with a serious expression towards the judge that startled Eren. "That is quite plausible. They were in an area where they would not have been able to contact authority. While yes, the Corporal was irresponsible in taking Jaeger from custody, the actions that followed I believe were a result of necessity. Also...considering the Corporal's...state, as well as his injuries from yesterday's assignment outside of the walls, it would be detrimental to him to have such a punishment undertaken at this time."

 

Eren breathed a sigh of relief, his eyes coming with some relief, and he felt a surge of gratitude rise in his chest for Hanji. She knew just what to say-

 

"Yet he cannot go unpunished."

 

...what?

 

"As such, in order to punish the both of them for their indiscretions...and to keep Eren under control during this punishment...do you not think it a plausible punishment that Lance Corporal Levi be the one to carry out the proposed punishment? He is the person that Eren is most likely not to attack should he lost control, considering their...close proximity. Please, consider it your honour."

[Levirivaille]

He eyed Hanji darkly and his chest tightened further when The judge's expression changed, a consideration? " HANJI?!" He breathed, the ropes of his voice as tight as his whitening fingers that held onto the metallic cuffs, using all his might to haul himself up to somewhat of a standing position, his face pained, beads of sweat sitting on his forehead at the effort, but before he could protest their method of penalty, the judges mallet was brought down, a hard, eery sound that caught Levi off guard, his lips quivered into a fierceness.

 

To hell with that woman.

 

Everything inside him was tight, stricken, and he hissed, “I swear to god, if you try to get me to do-" a guard behind him kicked his legs out from under him again, kicking him once in the stomach in a similar fashion he had done to Eren before, the thick exterior of the boot had opened up a previous wound, and he could feel his skin bruising again, the man finished with a harsh blow to his stomach, the corporal felt it in his lower tissue- Levi spat out some blood across the concrete before him, he wasn't in any state to gain a beating, levi sat up quickly, his body shaking and blood dripping from his nose and into his mouth.what a state.

 

some corporal replayed in his head, everyone had looked up to him, how the hell would he recover from this.

 

The judge's hand raised." Your punishments are decided. Case dismissed,Erwin, Hanji, you are behind it, it now rests in your hands as for the time." He could feel Erwin's eyes upon him, following him, but he never turned and caught the gaze. In fact most eyes were residing on him, apart from those still in horror at the bareness of his accomplice.How the fuck was he to punish Eren? Of course someone woukd be watching as well, Levi had the guts to attack titans, not people then again, Eren could be considered as both, which didn't seem to help. The corporal liked each aspect of his split personalities.

 

Finally he caught sight with Erwin, his lips curved into a smile, it was slightly disappointed, but yet still had flare, He stared at the wings on Erwin's cloak, watched as they rippled and flew, levi wondered how a man of so little loyalty could wear the wings of freedom, when he wasn't freeing anyone. And he had proved that in this case.

[b.lueeyes]

"Levi!"

 

The cry was torn from his lips as he was struck. The now familiar (intoxicating, dangerous) scent of his lover's blood meeting his senses, causing a roar to sound in his head. He pulled on his bindings, his eyes trained on the blood dripping from his mouth and nose, the sheer agony on his features. The humiliation. Eren could see him looking at something, his expression both pained and loathing, and he turned his head to see just where.

 

Erwin. Commander- tainted, he hurt Levi, don't trust him, don't trust him, don't trust him!

 

His eyes bled from innocent, glinting jade to a deep, glowing gold, and he strained against his bindings, his shoulders tightening, the muscles of his back showing, his shoulder blades protruding as he almost seemed to try and get away from the post. He glared up at Erwin with an expression of fury, an almost murderous expression that was intense. Eren looked like the avenging titan he was when he was fifty feet tall, strong, naked, and uncontrolled. He glowered at him, his expression clearly saying, 'You will pay for this, I swear it'

 

And when Eren swore something, he swore it on his own life.

 

The verdict was agreed upon and he slumped back against the court pillar, his eyes falling shut as he raged with himself for control. Now was not the time to be acting like an animal! He needed to try and be calm! But he couldn't; not with the thought of what was going to happen; what had happened, and what they were going to make Levi do. They were going to force him to whip him. Something Eren associated with his father. Something else, other than smoking, that he associated with his father.

 

Eren didn't know how he would cope. He had absolutely no idea. His bounds were siezed and he was hauled away from the courtroom, barely fighting against them, locked inside his mind. But outwardly; his muscles were tense with rage, his body taut like a bow string that could fire at any moment. The shifter could feel the eyes of his comrades on him, the gazes of Mikasa, Armin, Sasha, Connie, and oh dear God Jean...

 

Just what had he done? He had destroyed everything Levi stood for, degraded him, caused him to be held before a court and disgraced, and now he was, in the end, responsible for him having to discipline him with a tool usually used for the worst of criminals. He lifted his head, and instead of finding the eyes of those who followed him, those recruits who were tagging along with the guards as the two of them were led towards the barracks, through the streets once more, instead...they found Levi.

 

Protect him. At any cost; he'll keep you strong, Kind, until you can't be strong anymore. Keep. Him. Safe.

[Levirivaille]

Levi's small frame was being dragged alongside the shifter, His breathing went rigid as chain between his cuffs rattled loudly in the quiet as he jerked on it. The corporal had been through these streets before with his head at it's highest, with superior demeanor, looking down from his horse at the ones who had faith in him, trusted him even. Now, watching the blood from his nose drip and bloom into a dark color on the ground, his teeth locked together, it was an outrage, what he had done didn't even deserve this amount of punishment, he was up in the ranks, if anything he had leverage over the rules.

 

But to Erwin that didn't seem to work.

 

"He's just a stuck up pig." Levi's voice broke the awed audience in their silence, he was trying to gather up a conversation with his lover, but sadly, the commander had heard." I couldn’t hear you,” Erwin said, his voice grave, “what did you say?” Levi glared over his shoulder, his dark hair plastering his face." I said fuck you." Rivaille's stern expression was unchanged, stern, dangerous, as if he had been broken and all that was left was his criminal behavior. Towards the commander anyway.

 

Laughter.

 

As soon as they had reached the barracks, the small group filed in with intrigued expressions, The fight left levi. His arm went limp in the guards grip and he looked forward again, stared unseeingly at the four walls he knew as familiar. The guard still didn’t let go, as the door was shut, the commander held the whip in his large hand, though Levi's eyes, in their own mildly disorientated state begged him to drop it and walk out, it was clear that he had no intention of going anywhere.

 

As the corporal locked eyes on Eren, he was almost giving his sincerest apologies, there was no way he could get out of this, well, honestly, levi could have attacked each and everyone to free them, but that could be another offense. Erwin was soon gone from his sight, but still there, still very much there. There as hands fiddling with the weapon, there as the quiet, lingering presence behind him, there as the knots in Rivaille’s stomach, the sickening madness that was this situation. The man that had led Rivaille straight into hell once, and the man that Rivaille had followed straight into hell every time after, was the supervisor, along with hanji who looked more than pleased.

 

" forgive me eren." Was the last words spoken over the soft lips of the corporal, tensing his shoulders as they undid his restrictions, and tightened eren's chaining his hands to one of the bunk posts, The corporal was handed the weapon and he took a moment to let his eyes flow over the object, it just screamed pain, the corporal's expression sunk.

 

No.

 

no.

[b.lueeyes]

Eren felt an immense streak of pride go through him at Levi's words to the commander, a smirk coming to his face. Truer words were never said. He wanted to say something himself, but found his voice wouldn't come. His hands were shaking in his bindings, despite the fact that his steps were confident and proud. Eren Jaeger was scared. Scared of being hurt that way again; it had stung like wildfire when he was little, and no doubt Levi was stronger than his father...and would be forced by Erwin's watchful eye to be rough.

 

Eren Jaeger was terrified.

 

He was manhandled into the cell and shoved to his knees by the bunk, hitting the cold, stone floor with a grunt, his knees a little apart. They uncuffed one hand at a time and pulled them in front of him, obviously wary that he could try and escape at any time. Eren was strung like a bow, his body on total edge. His hands hadn't stopped shaking, and as he was strapped to the bunk, one of the guards burst out laughing. "Aw, look, he's scared!"

 

The laughter that followed cut him like a knife.

 

He gave a shiver from the chill of the room, his eyes meeting Levi's as he turned his gaze back over his shoulder, craning his neck to get a glimpse of him, his Levi, before he had to-

 

Hurt you? Why not just get out of here, you could be free in a moment, just-

 

No! He couldn't, that would just be too risky for all of them. They'd be treated worse, their punishments worse, and Eren couldn't stand to have Levi hurt. Then again...he knew just from the look in those dark eyes that this would hurt him more than any wound. Eren saw the conflict in those eyes, and he shook his head.

 

'Forgive me Eren...'

 

Hearing those words was like a kick in the gut, and he had to turn his eyes away, his head bowing back towards the bunks. His hands were still shaking, and he bit his bottom lip. He couldn't let them win, they couldn't let them have the satisfaction of seeing them in such pain. No...Eren had to stay strong. For Levi.

 

----

 

"Mikasa," Armin hissed, holding onto her arm tightly, knowing what she was thinking. She shrugged him off, her hands clenched tightly to the bars of the cell. She had pushed to the front of the crowd, all the way here, and Armin and the majority of the other recruits, Connie, Armin, Sasha and Jean mostly, had no choice but to follow. This was Eren. And he was with Levi?

 

The blonde was shocked to say the least. He bit his lower lip, staring at Eren's prostrated form in the cell. This...this was cruel. It was beyond cruel, it was torture. He turned his eyes to Levi, and saw the state of them. Yes, this was torture. Pure, and utter torture for all of them; not just them...but all of them.

[Levirivaille]

Levi's eyes shifted to the tightened manacles around the boy's wrists so he can't just up and bolt, then to The commander once more, They stood across from each other and stared until one made the first move, it was the fact wasn't it? This would happen wether or not Levi initiated it, Erwin would even forcefully move The corporal's hands for him until the skin was struck withh the rope. The audience wasn't making it any easier, but it brought the words 'publicly shamed' forward in Levi's head.

 

If only Eren had had a shirt on, maybe Levi wouldn't of felt as guilty, because it would have flayed holes in the white fabric, one layer of something that wasn't attached to Eren's body. Didn't these people have any sense of humane thinking? They didn't even open his mouth and slip something brown in between his teeth, no of course not they were making Levi hear the pained screams that tore from Eren's throat.

 

To releive the anticipation, levi let out a small grunt as he extended his arms forwards, almost warning Eren as he swung out for the first strike, whip held loosely in the Levi's left hand, his teeth clamped shut with horror as Eren's body jerked from the post,

 

snaptwo

 

snapthree

 

snapfour

 

snapfive

 

The sixth collision was the first strike to draw blood, a dark contrast of crimson against the tanned skin, Levi knew it was beginning to get rougher, more forceful, the muscles lining his arms were beginning to ache and protest against the sharp movements he admitted. Levi's eyes were a,most hollow of emotion, with the tremors that wracked the boy's thin frame, levi had made no sound, internally despising himself through each blow.

 

" no where near enough." Erwin's voice bellowed, " Keep going."

 

Levi's breath misted out in the cool air, giving the blows to Eren's lower back, and The writhing motion of the receiver alerted levi that he was at least doing a good job.

 

A good job of mentally hating himself, that was.

 

------

 

Jean's eyes glinted in the darkness, his knuckles white with the tension, of course he still had feelings for Eren, and just knowing Levi had done something to him, and now this pain echoing through the silence, it made his stomach churn and boil with hatred.

 

He was now after Levi's skin, wanting to hand out as much pain to him as he was doing to Eren.

[b.lueeyes]

Eren had barely had time to brace himself before the first strike. It struck across his lower back, the leather scathing his skin with wildfire, the tan turning red. His back arched and he grit his teeth so hard they creaked, his eyes clenched closed in pain. This was only the first strike, but it was semblance to what was to come. He moved, squirmed, unable to help himself, his shaking extending to his arms.

 

Crack. Six.

 

Crack. Seven.

 

Crack. Eight.

 

Crack. Nine.

 

Crack. Ten.

 

Eren cried out, a loud, cracking sound. His back arched as the blood began to slide down his back, he could feel it against his skin, hot and warm. The steam was starting to roil, the heat coming up underneath his skin. He lowered his head, his shoulders shaking in torment as he tried desperately to keep a grip on himself. Think of Levi; think of Levi and what'll happen after this, just concentrate on Levi; that's all you need to-

 

Crack. Eleven.

 

He cried out again, unable to stop himself, the cry gruntal and hoarse against the brutal onslaught to his back. Levi's aim had been off, and he'd hit his shoulder blade, sharp pain echoing through his bones. His cry was echoed by a growl from deep within his throat, the steam rising against the pain and the fury. His muscles tensed, tears leaking from his eyes.

[Levirivaille]

The corporal's eyes were wide and scared, in anticipation, he had never felt emotion like this before, white hot rage and fear and pain for The boy, he turned his head, hanging it, the dark hairs strands blinding his vision, not that it was a bad thing, he didn't want to look. He had noted the crowd's grimaces not necessarily around the spectacle, but in groups watching in a farce of surreptitiousness, their focus was in Erwin.

 

" that's elven. It's up to thirty."

 

Levi's own thoughts clouded, the contacting hits causing him to make small, wet, sobs in the back of his throats, almost unheard over the extent of Eren's cries.

 

levi you coward

 

Each blow felt heavier in levi's hand He hadn't realized how much upper body strength a man needed to wield it effectively. Remorselessly, levi yet felt that emotion for Eren, it was agonizing, watching Eren's body slowly sink with each Strike.

 

23

 

24

 

The leather of the handle was slightly worn where it had been held so many times before. The heat potraying out from Eren's body caused Levi to become even more hazed, Levi's eyes shed somewhat of a tear, he could now see Erwin's objective in this situation, it was to break the skin of Eren's back, and break Levi's composure that had been built up over years.

 

.. 29, 30.

 

The whip was thrown across the concrete, Levi's hands were flowing with blood from just the sheer grip he had exerted on it, The man turned finally to see his ' work' no, not work.

 

Brutality.

 

Eren's back was painted red, the flesh was open, and one particular blow had exposed the tip of the boy's shoulder bone, it protruded out against the pallet of reds staining the skin. Levi's arm fell to his side, dangling without a movement initiated by Levi, his body stiffened, the blue of his eyes shone out as he turned to Erwin.

 

Laughter,

 

Erwin was still chuckling away to himself in a way unknown to the corporal." Seems you've got soft, rethinking your position?"

[b.lueeyes]

Small slithers of steam rose from his back, white and hissing, his skin burning hot. His legs had long since given out, his body slumped against the floor, his shoulders shuddering in pain. Eren's eyes clenched closed, hot tears falling down his cheeks and onto his chest. Streaks of dark blood dripped over his hips, some down his arse and onto the floor.

 

With each strike, his cries grew more and more animalistic. He felt like a dog being beaten by their master, helpless and howling. He could do nothing but yell, cry and hold onto what little sanity he had. He cried; he couldn't help the tears he had promised not to shed from falling down his cheeks. His hair was plastered to his forehead from the exertion, the pain, by the time Levi finished.

 

By the time Levi was finished, he had collapsed, his body quivering.

 

It's over...but you are not strong enough...

 

The steam rising from his back lessened, the overlapping wounds taking more energy to heal. The more erupted on his back, the more what had been healing was undone. So, his energy was shot. Fatigue was catching up fast, and with his back not healing...he felt boneless.

 

He could hear Erwin's laughter, the clattering of heavy leather on the floor from he back of his mind. His ears rang, he could scarcely hear anything. "La-L...Levi..." he whimpered, his voice cracking. The sound of the laughter grew louder and Eren realized then that Levi was being shot down, ridiculed for his strength.

[Levirivaille]

Levi was handed one of his shirts by hanji, he threw it on with the same, ever-locked hollow gaze that stared at nothing, the nothingness that was himself. How could he have gone along with this? His eyes looked wet and decomposed, and his hair was something the neatness of straw. Blood also covered his blue-veined hands as he held fthem out to Erwin almost accusingly.

 

"I've served my punishment. What? Aren't you gonna handcuff me again," levi's words had no meaning to himself, he was just trying to overcome the burning urge to pound The commander silly." No, levi and Eren, you have served your punishment, do not let me hear of it again." With that, the man had walked out, plainly taken all of Levi's dignity and pride with him.

 

Levi was left in the dim light as a fool.

 

something scratched lightly and repetitively at levi's mind. look at him he stared at the floor, he couldn't even crane his neck around to apologize to the boy properly after what he had served him. apologize. Hurry up. for what it seemed, Erwin's plan had worked, because as soon as Eren was gently lowered from his shackles, The corporal headed out the door coldly, barging past the unwilling eyes that crowded his exit.

 

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Mikasa watched with a complete rage expressed feeling boiling inside her chest, he was just walking away her lips upturned and bit down into a hard loss of composure herself, as much as she wanted to follow and cut the short man's head off, she ran into the cell, he breath escaping her as she kneeled beside Eren, trying to attend to the wounds, but was stumped when they were healing themselves, slowly, painfully, heatedly. " eren..." Her lips whispered." You baka.."

[b.lueeyes]

"Ha-Hurts!" Eren said, his hands clenching at his arms as he keeled over, curling up part way, and accidentaly stretching his back. He cried out again, shudders wracking his body as waves of pain came through. The healing was slowing, incomplete, and the blood was still flowing down his back. "M-Mikasa!" he cried, tears still streaking down his cheeks. He could barely stand; he felt paralyzed. "L-Levi!"

 

You need him! We can't help you! You need him!

 

"Get me to Levi!"

 

The first coherent words were in a low growl of pain, his body hunched over. Armin rushed to his side, having gone to collect some medical equipment and toweling, and he placed some of the toweling over his back, trying to sop up some of the blood. Eren hissed and shouted, some of the retreating crowd looking back to see his agony. "Eren, you've got to stay-"

 

"Get me to Levi!" He growled, turning his eyes up to Armin. The blonde froze, his blue eyes light with fear as he took in the sight of his friend. Tears streaking down his cheeks, fatigue clear on his face; his teeth were grit, he was speaking through the agonizing burning in his body. Bu tit was the eyes that got him; sharp jade surrounded by smouldering gold, like a kind of maddening collar on his sanity.

 

Armin stood up and ran out of the cell, bumping into Jean on his way out. He pushed and shoved his way through the crowd, hurrying. He needed to get Levi; Eren needed him. If he was saying it when he was like this. Then he needed him.

 

Hanji stood at the doorway of the cell, watching the titan shifter with watchful eyes. "We need to get him to the infirmary." She said seriously, starting towards the fallen soldier. "Kirschtein! Get over here and help!"

[Levirivaille]

Levi had resided to sit in the now empty court room, it was usually off limits but Levi hadn't the need to care for that right now, the blood, the force and the sounds had been packaged into his mind, his eyes were closed, and He clutched his fingers tighter because he wanted something to hold onto. Armin's footsteps were quiet clicks against the stone floor. His dignity, Rivaille knew as Armin approached him, meant nothing. As The blonde was close, levi folded his arms across the broadness of his chest, still regarding with cold eyes as he set them upon the boy. A dangerous stare. He'd lost all trust in the people he surrounded himself in.All of them apart from Eren, nah, he was just a painful reminder of how Levi could hurt those who he actually loved.

 

“I don’t give a shit if you insult me." He finally spoke, With only brief introductions spoken between them, There was no formality to his voice- his leg was propped up on the wooden seat in front, the dark aspect to his voice echoed into the hall, Through all of this he wandered what he had actually done to Erwin to gain such a harsh punishment. Maybe it was jealousy.

 

Levi was his blow up doll after all.

Though it wasn't written it was in his job description.

 

i hate working under men like you he thought to himself solemnly.

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Jean's eyes widened a little, then softened as he wandered over to follow out his order, becoming rather tentative around the boy, his voice flew out smoothly." Eren," he acknowledged, lifting Eren's torso gently, the rest of the recruits hanging on to other extremities, and the mass of people maneuvered up the hallway, jean's hands were firing up with he heat of Eren's self-fixing body. At the arrival into the infirmiry, Upon the bed was a green, woolen blanket, a single pillow, and a folded Reconnaissance Corps uniform. It had already been acknowledged it seemed that Eren woukd reside here after court. The uniform even had his badge.

"Eren, what would you like me to do?"

Jean's hard calloused hands gently cradled a cheek.

[b.lueeyes]

Armin's eyes went wide at the sight of Levi, before he swallowed thickly and steeled himself. He couldn't back out now, Eren needed Levi, he'd asked for him in such a state. He stepped closed, his eyes narrowing. "You just ran away? Right when he needs you? He's asking for you; your name was the first coherent thing he said. He needs you; even I can see that! And yet you're sitting here..." He shook his head, some of his blonde hair falling over his eyes. Sweat formed on his brow and he shook his head. "Please, just...he needs you."

 

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Eren's vision swam before him, smouldering gold with flecks of green. He cried out as they took hold of his arms, stretching the muscles of his arms and shoulders. He could see the people helping him, Mikasa, Sasha, Connie, Jean... Jean's voice echoed in his ears and he turned his eyes on him, feeling a cool hand on his cheek. He gave a thick groan, his body heated and weak.

 

He was practically carried towards the bed, and he mumbled incoherently, the burning heat assaulting his body and his mind. Blood dripped down his back and he gave a gasp, even his blood was cooler than his skin. "L-Levi!" He called, his vision blurring.

 

"Get him down, face down on the bed, come on," Hanji said as she swept into the room, her glasses askew on her face. This was a disaster; her idea has been to save the two of them from being punished by the interior executioners, but still...Eren's injuries were worse than she had expected and they just weren't healing. They shifted Eren as gently as they could, trying to get him over to the bed.

[Levirivaille]

Levi swallowed heavily, pried his eyes away from the boy and used his maneuver gear to swing down to the grounds below, face to face with the boy, his slender fingers grasping a firm grip of his shirt and almost lifting him from his stable position on the ground."you think i wouldn't need to see him? Tsk, i striked him so bad im surprised he's not got internal injuries, the externals are worse enough.... " his hands loosened, and his gaze softened as he began to use Armin as more of a stability object." It's what a soldier like me does anyway right, runs away." Levi's eyes weren't wild, and didn't have the same similarity between his expression and words, his eyebrows were raised at the most, but he looked the same, uninterested, the mask had been put back on.

 

He threw the boy away almost, but there was an uncertain feeling in his heart that longed to see Eren, support him. Looking down at Armin's cobalt eyes, levi's own eyes were flat, pupils dilated. He looked like he was in shock " but i should...".If anything, the words grew fainter as the voice continued, seeming to echo out from somewhere deep in his chest.

 

 

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Jean helped flip the Tanned boy over, gently resting his torso down in the sheets, which almost immediately bloomed into a color of pain, loss and blood, Nurses soon were darting back and forth trying to stitch the wound together again, leaving jean to watch in a panic, what if they didnt heal... What if he lost most of his blood

 

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Levi's actions had been rash, and almost as soon as his change of heart occurred, his physique was leaning in the doorway of the infirmiry, his eyes residing on the grotesque sight before him, His hand fell slack against his side, and he knew his jaw was hanging open, but he couldn't do a damned thing about it. His pupils suddenly contracted, as if he was coming out of whatever strange state he had been in, and he wandered closer, He couldn't breathe.For a heartbeat there he'd been in a black hole. Then redemption, in the form of a solid wall of Erens heated body, holding him, happy and well, with a face that hadn't been sadened by some madman. The madman here was Levi. He imagined those Strong arms holding him together, keeping him from flying apart.

 

No.

 

Reality struck him, it was a mess, eren's back was a mess.

[b.lueeyes]

Eren gave a sharp cry, his eyes clenching shut. He felt too hot, he wanted to get up and just run. The needles in his back were heating up faster than they could stitch his back, some of the nurses pulling back with burns on their hands, their fingers sharp red. He cried; Eren felt the tears falling down his cheeks and he gripped the sheets, screaming in pain as his body just tried to heal him.

 

We can't heal you; you aren't strong enough...you need Levi.

 

His eyes snapped open as a certain smell entered his senses. He sat up, pushing back the nurses with perhaps just a little bit too much force, his eyes wild and almost feral as they searched for him. A sharp gasp escaped his throat as he finally found him, his body slumped, his shoulders shaking, and tears still leaking from his eyes as he stared at him. Blood still streaked down his back, but he didn't care. he held out his hands to Levi, his eyes gold and almost child-like in their desperation. "Levi..."

 

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Armin couldn't keep up with the corporal, he was just too fast. There was no possible way for him to keep up, but it didn't matter; he knew where he was headed. He huffed, his breathing heavy, his chest heaving as he finally reached the door. He looked up and saw Levi standing there, his eyes wide as he looked into the infirmary. Just what was going on in there that he'd look so horrified?

[Levirivaille]

The soldier fell limp with the exhaustion that grasped him, he had ran here so fast he was surprised things weren't still moving in a blur, his back heaving with his breathing. Rivaille looked down and his bangs fell in front of his eyes. No one seem to want the corporal here, but here he was, only because one man wanted him. One against many." oy, eren." Levi panted through his lips." Lay back down." Relief swelled in Rivaille’s chest and he tilted his head, the voice a slow, appraising stroke down his spine, eren had said his name."Sorry" was all he could manage, wandering through the disapproving eyes to push the boys face back against the bed, not suffocating him though, holding him there." You'll heal faster if you stop moving."

 

Levi caught eyes with Jean, it was a hatred that swirled around the iris' of the other, directed at him, a failed attempt to tell levi to back off.Then mikasa. Literally just mikasa, she had inserted herself between the two, portraying a face of boiling anger, maddened rage, and it hit levi in the gut, again a literal thing, The black haired female had struck him in the stomach." Don't you dare do that again midget." Levi had had enough of the pain that it was just accepted, and he gently let go of the boy's head with a calm expression, Eren was ok, that was his main concern and it was approved.

Levi's ankle had seemed to of broken itself in two different place now, the forceful actions of that guard had snapped the frail piece of bone that has been supporting the previous brake, he sat himself down on the end of the bed gently, feeling like he would've cut it off if he had to tolerate standing any longer. His hands extended together towards the bed post because they remembered the length of the chain, remembered their restrictions, when all levi was trying to do was support himself.

[b.lueeyes]

At the sound of Levi's voice, and then the touch of his hand, Eren felt a slight cool in his body, but it was nowhere near enough. His shoulders still shook from the exertion, and now with the nurses staying away, his wounds still were left untreated and not healing. The titan shifter's eyes widened and he looked up as Mikasa, seeing her fist meeting Levi's stomach.

 

How dare she!

 

As Levi's hand left his head, he turned part way, his neck craning to look up at Mikasa with sharp, golden eyes, a small growl escaping his throat. He was about to snap at her, when Levi sat down on the edge of the bed, and he couldn't help but keep his eyes trained on Levi. The more he looked, the more the blood pounded in his veins, the heat rising again. As soon...as soon as his hand reached across his vision to shifte reached up and grabbed it, bringing him half up and bringing it to his mouth.

 

Do it, heal yourself!

 

He bit down hard, hearing the screams of those in the room but not registering it, his eyes a radiant gold as the blood filled his mouth. The wound was not as deep as the last bite, yet...it was still deep enough to send the heat through Levi.