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Just a little Levi sketch

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Hello! How about a platonic friendship Levi x artist reader?

Content warning: none. Not proofread Requests are open I hope to improve my writing! I apologize if anything is OOC.

None of the other soldiers were around during this time and maybe it was the quiet nature of it that was welcoming, perhaps it depended on how you were feeling that day. Occasionally, after dinner when all the other soldiers had returned to the barracks or were occupied with other duties, you and Levi would meet in the mess hall for a cup of tea. Over time, it became a sort of ritual at this point, that the two of you shared together, there was nothing planned really it just sort of happened over time and at this point, you even knew exactly how the captain liked his tea since he made it the exact same way each time. While you drank whichever beverage or drink you were in the mood for.

You shifted slightly on the wooden chair as it creaked and you had your drink on the table. Although no Levi was in sight as your head turned to look at the doorway to the mess hall. It wasn’t as if you and him had ever scheduled to sit together, because neither of you did that and the captain was quite the busy man and frankly not the most socially competent person when it came to what was acceptable or not in social settings. While you did exchange some personal details and attempted to share a few laughs, he wasn't exactly your friend. However, you two were merely comrades, and while true comradery existed with everyone, it’s outright difficult to gain genuine connections while being in the Survey Corps as a result of the high mortality rate. Dismissing any of these nagging thoughts of insecurity and doubt that began to seep in, you were determined not to let them cloud your mind. You simply took out one of your sketchbooks and put it on the table with a thud. These post-dinner moments afford you the luxury of a moment for yourself and the time for you to indulge in drawing. Taking a sip of your drink and opening the sketchbook, now ready to draw and let your creativity flow. As the pen’s tip makes contact with the paper you find yourself sitting there, your gaze fixed on the white paper of your handy sketchbook. Oh no, the all too familiar art block had struck again, just when you've managed to carve out some precious time to actually draw. You emitted an audible groan, as you lowered your head onto the sketchbook in what felt like a moment of defeat. However, it doesn’t take long before your determination comes back as you sit up properly on the wooden chair and stretch your back. There was no way you’d give up now, you couldn’t afford it, not when you’ve not had time to draw for days. Perhaps you could find an object in the room to study, you had kept studying at arm's length for a while now, and while it may not be particularly captivating it wouldn’t hurt to do it. As quickly as that idea comes to you, your mind began to wander to other ideas. Maybe you could find someone and ask them if they could be a model for you as you draw a portrait of them. As you tap the pen against your cheek, lost in deep thought, thinking more about what to draw than the actual physical act of drawing, your face unconsciously started to contort as you closed your eyes hard and your mouth turned into a thoughtful pout. Sitting there for a few minutes just thinking, with your face like that, if someone would walk by they’d probably wonder what you were doing-

''Tch, Are you trying to take a shit or something?''A voice interrupted your thoughts and you almost jumped in your seat. Your eyes dart to the source of the voice only to see the all too familiar short man standing by the table holding a teacup. ''No, I was not in fact trying to… defecate. Just trying to get myself out of this block.'' Levi sits down opposite of you with a sigh taking a sip of his warm tea, his exhausted eyes not even meeting yours. ''Good, because that would be absolutely disgusting if you were.'' He dryly states.

You couldn’t help but let out a small chuckle in response. ''You weren’t here during your usual time so I assumed you were busy. A meeting?'' You remarked, Levi then took a moment to respond, calmly sipping his tea. ''Yeah and eyebrows took his damn time, it wasn’t anything pivotal, that I can tell you.'' He mutters, placing his cup back down on the table. Although curiosity almost got the better of you, tempting to press further and ask him about the meeting. You rather quickly take notice of the evident exhaustion on his face, so you decide to leave that topic swiftly. ''I see. Well, it's good that it wasn't anything too pressing'' Levi turns his gaze down to the sketchbook before looking back up with a raised eyebrow. ''what sort of block are you dealing with?'' He asks, his question catching you slightly off guard, as it’s often a surprise when he displays any genuine intrigue even if mild. You eagerly take the opportunity to share your interests. ''An art block.'' You simply state.

''A what?'' The captain slightly raises his eyebrows and squints, a mild expression that could only be described as puzzled, ''You know, those moments when it’s quite difficult to come up with drawing ideas and struggle to be able to put it down on paper.''

''That sounds stupid.'' He comments dryly, ''Have you considered disciplining yourself better?'' He retorts, failing to grasp the fundamental concept of creativity in art and what goes on when you make it.

''Come on, art is not like physical training or fighting. It requires time because creativity is something you have to let your mind process. Developing an idea before you even start the physical drawing aspect,'' You turn the pages in your sketchbook and showcase him a page with a few sketches on it, ''And sometimes your idea also develops while you’re drawing.'' You point out to him while showing a few sketches, ones he's already familiar with since you've previously shared them with enthusiasm. As you started to share insight about your work, delving into each piece, detailing how the ideas came to you and the process of working on it, Levi simply patiently listened to you.

''Quite intriguing,'' Levi remarks with a touch of sarcasm. You can't help but feel a slight pout forming, feeling like you had to prove yourself, to prove your point in some way. While you do hold respect for the captain, there are times when he could be a real arse at times. ''Okay fine look here,'' You open a blank page in your sketchbook and began sketching out basic shapes. ''What are you doing?'' Levi asks and you quickly hush him. ''Just watch and see what I mean.'' Levi squints his eyes as he leans against the table and watches you sketch. As you sketch out a circle Levi couldn’t help but comment. ''Is that your attempt at drawing a dung beetle rolling a ball of shit.'' You immediately pause and look up at him with a deadpan expression. ''Is shit jokes all you can make? No, I am putting down shapes so it’ll be easier to draw.'' Levi just scoffs lightly in response and remains quiet as he silently observes you draw. You commented here and there on the art itself while it was beginning to take shape after a few minutes, looking like a person. ''Where are their clothes?'' Levi points out, and you couldn’t help but mutter a curse under your breath while also letting out a chuckle at the same time, it was evident he was deliberately attempting to provoke you. ''I have a slight suspicion you’re intentionally trying to piss me off.'' You couldn’t help but feel the corners of your mouth twitch in amusement. You knew Levi enough by now that he wasn’t trying to be actually mean to hurt your feelings. His words somehow did get you out of your block though.

''Since you can’t stop commenting on what I’m doing, why don’t you attempt drawing yourself.'' You smile as you push your sketchbook to him and put the pencil down next to it, delighted to see captain Levi attempt to draw. ''No.'' Levi simply states the wooden chair creaks as he leans back in it and crosses his arms, ''Oh, why not? please?'' You practically plead. Levi sighs, clenching his jaw a bit. ''It serves me no purpose to.'' He admits dryly. Perhaps trying to give him the puppy dog eyes would convince him. ''Please? for me?''

Levi maintained an unflinching gaze, his expression deadpan and unmoving. He was not one bit amused at your attempt to pull off that trick on him. ''Fine, but let’s be clear, it’s only because whatever the fuck you were trying to do there with your face was annoying. I don’t want to see that again, is that clear?'' ''Yes, sir.'' You gulp a bit, forgetting he was your superior after all. ''Tch.'' He lets out, not happy with you calling him sir. ''Don’t call me that, it makes me feel old.'' He mutters as he picks up the pen. ''But you kind of are old?'' You grin a bit, however, you regret saying that immediately after. ''Do you want me to fucking draw or not?'' Levi retorts.

You simply nod and he removes his attention from you and back to the paper. Levi was holding his pen slightly too tight and a subtle grimace was present on his face as he started to draw on the paper. You couldn’t help but watch, quite intrigued, but soon found yourself genuinely perplexed about what he was trying to actually draw. Wondering if you should encourage him or get back at him, you choose the latter. ''Is that a potato?'' You point to the object he was drawing. ''No.'' He muttered, not even looking up at you.

The drawing begins to develop and the shapes become a bit more familiar, you think at least, you weren’t sure, ''Is that a dog?'' You genuinely question this time. ''No, it’s a horse.'' Levi responds, hesitantly following it with, ''Alright, now I get how it felt to be in your position.'' He concedes with a grumble, acknowledging defeat in a way. Feeling a sense of triumph you smile to yourself.

Levi continues to draw, struggling a bit as he accidentally smudges some stuff, trying to erase stuff only to then redraw things. You quickly get him a tissue, fully aware that Levi wouldn't appreciate the lingering coal residue on his hands. Grateful, Levi acknowledges your gesture with a nod, cleaning his fingers quite thoroughly. When done Levi then proceeds and continues, he sketches what appears to be somebody on a horse with a tree next to it, he also for some reason gives the person what you would assume to be massive eyebrows.

It quickly dawns on you who Levi is actually drawing and you try to contain a laugh. It was the commander, he was attempting to draw Erwin Smith himself. ''Is that who I think it is.’’ You almost snort. ''What do you think?'' Levi responds back crudely as he looks up and puts down the pen, seemingly finished, ''You got his eyebrows right, that’s for sure. Hold it up for me?'' Levi reluctantly holds the drawing up so you can take a closer look, a small pout forming on his face.

''Well… the drawing is… nice.'' You give him a cheesy smile, ''It’s got personality, that’s what matters.'' You add, Levi scoffs in response and puts down the paper clearly not too happy. ''Shut up…'' You felt a bit bad, it’s not something you thought you’d ever see from him, it appeared he might’ve been embarrassed about not being the most professional artist. That’s what it at least seems to you, it was hard to tell when it comes to Levi sometimes. ''I’m sorry, genuinely though, I do appreciate you taking your time drawing and letting me watch. Maybe I could help teach you sometime?'' You tried to be helpful this time feeling like you shouldn’t make fun of him any more, feeling too guilty about it. He remained silent and looked away. ''yeah, sure.''

''Perhaps you should show this to the commander too, I’m sure he’d appreciate it!'' you quickly add, ''Absolutely not.'' He growled.

Thank you for reading, this is the first reader fic I've done. I am really sorry if Levi is OOC or anything like that. Quite a challenge to write. I hope to improve my writing by doing these requests as I know there's a lot of work to do on it. I couldn't help but also do a little sketch of how I personally visualised how Levi drew his drawing, so here's a little bonus!

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Do you have any headcanons about how Levi copes with his facial injuries and missing fingers? How he would feel throughout the entire healing process?

Content warning: none other than mentions of bodily harm/injuries/loss of limb Spoilers for the AOT ending. These are just my views and opinions and headcanons! Not proofread. Requests are open

Levi’s gotten injured before, most likely many times. Especially in his youth. With the years passing he’s gained more experience, including Kenny teaching and training him and therefore less likely to sustain any form of injury as he was taught to survive. He isn’t invincible though and is merely a human and gets injured even in adulthood, injuring his ankle during Eren’s rescue from the female titan for example in season 1.

Most likely learning how to deal with injuries on his own and in his youth probably like a bird, hiding his injuries or downplaying them not to appear weak. In season two we see him taking a step back in the action, however, titans breached the wall and we see the scene where Erwin asks Levi if he can go, and Levi responds with ‘’You say that like I have a choice’’. With the unnamed soldier in a confident and hopeful manner, that it’s a good thing Miche is at the incident location and that he can handle it. and Erwin responds with ‘’We can only hope’’.

However, losing two fingers and even an eye was new, and unfamiliar territory to Levi. He lost something he relied on all his life, something he used to do things he’s good at. Like combat and fighting. Yet we see him quickly adapting to that loss and still being able to perform well. Because he has to. His drive to make sure his comrades didn’t die in vain and to stop the rumbling and save the rest of the world. Still trying to fight despite his situation physically. He then permanently injures his leg.

Once it’s all over, he’ll most likely process most things like his injuries, not having to put up with the responsibility of being ‘’humanity’s strongest soldier’’ anymore, Nor the drive to keep going despite his injuries. He’ll have some time to get used to missing two fingers, an eye and an injured leg. Needing to learn to adapt in other ways. How to go about things like mundane things like getting used to using his left hand, getting by with using a wheelchair and so on. He's a bit frustrated as he’s not as skilful as he used to be, grumbling and not accepting help at first. Even though people like Onyankopon, Falco and Gabi offer help a bunch.

He’s stubborn with receiving any help or being touched by a medical examiner, something he’ll grow to accept too. Unlearning the behaviour of remaining strong despite needing help, and actually being vulnerable for once. Feeling some sense of relief he no longer has all the weight on his shoulders anymore, he’ll quickly adjust to every change that’s happened, including his injuries. Learning that it’s okay to receive help and that he no longer needs to keep up with being what everyone expected him to be due to his strength. He doesn’t feel any form of regrets, and he’ll feel a sense of gratefulness to the people sticking with him.

His injuries will heal as well as they can, but he’ll still be missing two fingers, an eye and a leg that renders him unable to properly walk. A big change that he’ll adapt to quickly. With every now and again he’ll get the thoughts he had at the beginning, but they go away as quickly as they can. He doesn’t need to fight anymore.

Instead of using his fighting skills to help people he’s doing it by other means, just the way he did in the ending, giving out candy to children. Not wanting any child to have a childhood like him.

I hope I got my point and opinions/views across well. These are just my headcanons and views, they might change and so forth if I do rewatch AOT again to refresh any opinions, views and my own memory. Thank you for the request! :D

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Requests open for writings of Levi

I'm open to taking requests for writing things for Levi, This includes Levi x reader or just anything regarding Levi, like headcanons, small scenarios or one-shots. Mainly cause I want to improve my writing since it's absolutely horrendous but also cause I'm really bored. and I like Levi and AOT so... I will mainly write characters, like Levi, the way I personally see them, taking their behaviour and actions from the anime and manga. How I view how Levi would react in certain situations and so on. If it's a reader request, the gender of the reader will always be neutral. Feel free to specify if they are afab or amab for example, if you want there to be some form of description if the request has content that needs that sort of descriptor. Otherwise, everything will be neutral by default, this also includes any other form of knowledge or descriptions of the reader. I want as many people as possible to be able to put themselves in the reader's position without feeling left out or alienated. I can do research about some topics if it interests me, or something I consider essential before writing something. However, I might not do it, so excuse if something isn't actually correct, like anything medical, smth about technology or even history and so on. I am also personally afab and on the genderfluid spectrum, so I apologize if I write anything for amab that doesn't actually align with how their experiences are, I am deeply sorry and don't mind being corrected and informed. I can accept writing slight NSFW things too, even though it's just not my thing, I don't mind exploring and improving my writing. It will be kept as neutral as possible if it involves the reader and not as descriptive of any features etc, so do specify if it's for afab or amab if you want a bit more description, or if you want to request the reader being trans (ftm or mtf etc) (Please do not expect a masterpiece of writing because my writing is extremely beginner-level.) Some rules: I can write any form of mature content, including things like violence for example. However, I am not comfortable writing anything involving non-con/dub-con content. I will absolutely NOT write anything romantic or sexual involving characters who are minors, absolutely NO pedophilia, NO zoophilia etc. Sorry won't do Levi x existing character :( (I don't mind, I just wanna focus on Levi and/or Levi and reader stuff)

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quick Levi sketch

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It's Christmas soon so I decided to draw santa Levi. I still have a hyperfixation on Attack On Titan

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Please do not use my art for any A i or use my art for the profile picture for a chatbot

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It's not done but I wanted to post the Levi art I worked on since the last episode of Attack On Titan airs today.

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Some Levi stuff I've done

bonus of the tiny man:

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A gift for a friend! Jean Vicquemare from Disco Elysium

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eyes

characters: Daniel, Yumi, Black Cat, Ghost

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I think I took too many shrooms

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Yumi, from a page of my comic/manga I'm working on!

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Made another short animatic but for the cleaning battle Attack on Titan drama cd!

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Just a short animatic, that I did from a section of the Attack on Titan Drama Cd Special Congratulatory Party.

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Levi Ackerman, for an animatic thing I'm doing based on one of the Attack On Titan CD Dramas. Work In Progress.

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Quick Levi Ackerman sketch