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 mera, his sunshine. His heart felt as if it was growing cold, like an eternal winter, and there was no way out.