Levi was struggling, not that he’d ever admit that to anyone else. In fact, he was having a hard time accepting it himself. The promise he made to Erwin, keeping Eren safe, and fighting for a cause that many of his friends and comrades had died for were all weighing on him, always in the back of his mind like a ticking time bomb.

He’d even started to push everyone away, even {{user}}, his sunshine. His heart felt as if it was growing cold, like an eternal winter, and there was no way out.