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Rain fell heavily outside, beating steadily against the roof of the cabin. As it had since this morning – the third day of their retreat -, shortly after he and Eren had woken up. The sky had been dark, then, with thunder rumbling every now and then. A sure sign that a storm would soon be on them. Even so, they’d hoped it would pass by. Hoped the weather would change for the better, so that he and Eren might spend time outside.
It would have been lovely, they both knew. Breathing in the scent of wildflowers while the sun shone down on them. Sharing kisses whenever they wished. Eren, showing off his flying skins in his humanoid form. Oh, how they’d hoped the storm wouldn’t come, so that they could have their wish…
Only for their hopes to go unfulfilled, when rain began to patter on the roof shortly after. Increasing in intensity, too, as lightning flashed, and thunder rumbled outside. A disappointment, truly, that they would not be able to spend the day outside under the sun, enjoying the warmth of the early summer weather. It was now early afternoon, after all, and the storm showed no sign of stopping.
Even so, he and Eren had chosen to make the most of their current situation. They’d bathed together that morning, and donned their undergarments shortly after doing so. Not that they needed to do that; after all, they were the only ones here, and no one would disturb them. No need to be shy about nudity, either, after everything they’d already done together. Still, the least they could do was make some effort at getting dressed.
So that’s what they’d done.
Done, and continued to spend time together. Giving each other all the love and affection they wished. As Levi did now, leaning against Eren’s left side as they sat beside the fire. He held Eren’s hand, idly rubbing gentle circles on the back of it with the pad of his thumb. Feeling the smooth scales against his skin while listening to the sound of Eren’s voice.
As Eren spoke more of his home. “Winters are cold in the northern mountains. Far colder than they’d ever get here. The cold doesn’t bother us, though. Not with how warm we are, due to the fire that burns within us.” As fire did within dragons and dragon shifters alike. “Even so, having a warm place to rest during the winter months is always nice. Which is why warming enchantments are imbued into the stone of every building in Shiganshina. They keep our buildings warm, and keep us comfortable all the time.”
Levi lifted his head off Eren’s scaled shoulder. “I’ve heard of magic being used that way in Sina, though I’ve rarely seen it used. Typically, the nobility are the only ones with the ability to use powerful magic.” The same lords and ladies who bound dragons to them with magic. The same ones Levi fought against.
But neither of them wished to think of the greater war Levi fought in. Not now, when they’d come here to help soothe Eren’s fears. And now that that was done, to enjoy this time they had together.
So they didn’t worry about it.
Eren hummed. “There’s even more magic than that used in Shiganshina. So many wondrous things, all crafted with the aid of magic.” Things you’d need to see to believe, Levi. “As well as a barrier beyond the city itself, that gives us safe places to hunt, and keeps us safe from humans who would capture us.” Eren considered his next words.
At that, they turned to face each other fully. “But there’s a catch to that, isn’t there?” Levi murmured as he raised his left hand to cup Eren’s cheek.
Eren sighed. “There is a catch, of sorts. The barrier protects us, and gives us more than enough territory upon which to hunt. Knowing that, you’d think dragons and dragon shifters must want for nothing within those protective wards.” Eren paused, thinking of what to say for a brief moment. “It’s true; we have everything we could ever want… except freedom.”
“Freedom?” Levi gazed into Eren’s eyes.
Nodding in agreement, Eren explained. “Both dragons and dragon shifters have wings, as you know. And we have power, too. It’s easy to remain content within Shiganshina for a time. Some of us remain content longer than others. But eventually, every dragon or dragon shifter feels the urge to fly beyond the wards. To fly freely, as they’re meant to.” Eren’s gaze turned downwards. “Even if we fight that desire, it’s inevitable that we give into it. How could we do anything else, when we’re not meant to be trapped in a glorified cage? The wards exist to protect us from humans who would use us how they wish, that’s true. But they can’t protect those who fly outside of them. And sometimes, when they do…” Eren drifted off, giving Levi a chance to consider what he’d said.
Considering Eren’s words, Levi couldn’t help voicing the conclusion he’d reached. “Eren… was that how you and Annie got captured?” He chose the words carefully, knowing it had been a sore spot for Eren. Still might be, for all he knew.
To his surprise, Eren answered his question. “It was. The two of us flew south beyond the wards. To deal with our urge to fly freely before we could no longer contain it. Though that wasn’t the only reason for our flight.” As a matter of fact, there were two.
Not that got Levi’s attention. “What was the other reason?” He kept his voice soft, wanting to convey his affection in some way.
Eren kissed Levi gently, moving even closer, before he continued to speak. “Annie and I were flying to an old training ground used by her family. At least it was more often, before we had to retreat behind the wards.” Now, many of the old places dragons and dragon shifters once frequented were rarely inhabited. Even so, the magic once used in their construction sustained them. “I’d beaten her in an aerial sparring match. A great feat, given how talented a flyer she is. Annie was impressed enough that she offered to teach me the magic her family uses. One she’d been taught from the time she could learn magic.” Pride filled Eren’s voice, as he recalled those accomplishments.
When Levi didn’t reply, focused on listening as he was, Eren continued. “It’s an ancient form of illusion magic. One rarely practiced outside of Annie’s family, due to the difficulty involved with learning it. It’s why she’s managed to conceal herself so well. Why no one in the Survey Corps has managed to find her yet.” Eren chuckled. “My ability to cast it is very limited right now, so I’m afraid I can’t show it to you. But you’d have to see this magic done in order to believe what I can tell you about it.” That was probably an understatement, but it was the best Eren could come up with.
Levi took Eren’s scaled hands in his own. “And you’ll be able to find her, even though she’s hiding herself so well?”
Eren nodded. “I will. She’s probably somewhere off to the south of the Survey Corps castle, right?” At least, that’s the direction she’d flown in, after they’d escaped from Stohess.
Levi smiled. “Based on what you told me, that would be my guess, too. I didn’t get around to asking Hanji where they searched for her.” Right now, Levi wished he had. “But when we return, we can ask Hanji where they searched for Annie.”
To Eren, that sounded like a good plan. “Then once we get back to the castle, I’d like to go there. Once she realizes I’m there, and unharmed, it’s likely that she’ll reveal herself.” As for how she’d react to learning Eren had taken a human lover, well… That was a different story.
Not something he’d worry about right now, when that wasn’t going to happen today. Or tomorrow. Regardless, he and Annie would fly back to Shiganshina once reunited. Back to their home, and safety. That’s how things would work out, right? Everything would be okay for him, and his family and friends, for good… Wouldn’t it?
A sliver of doubt flickered in Eren’s mind at that.
Nor did he know what would happen between himself and Levi, once they parted ways. He found he didn’t want that. Wanted to stay with Levi, but at the same time, return home…
Eren shook his head. This was neither the time nor the place to dwell on such thoughts. What would happen in the future could not be predicted, but right now, he was here with Levi.
So that’s what Eren would focus on.
What they both would think of, as they closed what little distance remained between them, and Eren gently pressed his lips against Levi’s own. As they held each other close, wanting to continue to feel this sensation.
Levi broke the kiss, then, but only to speak. “As much as I’d like to keep kissing and cuddling you, I think the bed would be a better place for this.” More comfortable, at the very least.
When Eren hummed in agreement, they stood, and made their way to the bedroom. Cuddling together atop the unmade sheets once they did. The storm still raged on outside, and light from the fire partly illuminated the room through the open door. Like this, Eren and Levi lay on the bed, facing each other. Holding each other close, too. Eren traced invisible patterns across the skin of Levi’s back with his fingertips. Levi did the same, mapping out the scales under Eren’s right wing with the fingertips of his left hand.
Gazing into each other’s eyes, they reveled in the warmth and love they shared. A love that, in this moment, they expressed without words. In every gentle touch, in each other’s eyes, their feelings were clear. Leaning closer, their eyes slowly fluttered shut… until their lips met in the first of a series of gentle kisses. Kisses that warmed them both, wherever they touched.
Levi sighed into their kiss. A kiss that Eren deepened, then. Carefully, though, to make sure it was what Levi wanted.
When Levi felt Eren’s tongue slip tentatively between his lips, he couldn’t stifle the small moan that escaped him. Didn’t want to, for he wanted Eren to know just how much he loved kissing like this. So Levi ran his hands up Eren’s back beneath his wings, sighing at the feel of Eren’s smooth scales under his hands. Eren’s skin, too, as he traced the back of Eren’s neck before running his fingers through his lover’s soft brown hair. Feeling warmer, too, and not just from the incredible warmth of Eren’s touch…
Levi’s heart began to race faster, as Eren’s scaled hands began to move over his back and shoulders. Mapping out the strong muscles there, while lightly running the tips of his claws over Levi’s skin. Claws that could injure him so easily… But under Eren’s careful touch, it caused his cock to twitch. Along with Eren’s kisses, the heat of his body, and the love Eren expressed, how could Levi not desire this? Especially when it felt so incredibly right?
Something Eren felt, too, as he moaned softly at the feel of Levi’s soft, pale skin pressed against him. So different from himself, yet perfect to him. At Levi’s touch, too. So gentle, as it had always been. Always would be, Eren knew. Levi had shed blood, had killed to fight for his cause, and protect those he cared for. Yet he would never harm those he cared about. And loved.
As Eren felt loved. Desired, too. In every touch, kiss, and moan, Levi’s desire for him was plain. Eren shivered, and his wings twitched, as a familiar heat pooled between his legs. As Eren felt his cock swell, slipping out of the slit between his legs, and concealed only by the thin fabric of his undergarments.
Hooking his left leg over Eren’s hips, Levi rolled onto his back. Pulling Eren with him when he did, and feeling Eren’s hands cup his face tenderly shortly after. Followed by Eren’s lips pressing insistently against his once more. Lightly sucking Eren’s bottom lip between his, Levi shivered at Eren’s groan of pleasure.
The heat of Eren’s body, too, along with the way Eren straddled his hips. Rolling them forwards, so that Levi could feel the growing bulge of Eren’s cock against his. Both of them were breathing heavily, with only their undergarments left separating them. As if to take things further, Eren trailed his fingers down Levi’s neck. Then over his chest and stomach, feeling the dips and curves of hard muscle… Down to the trail of hair under Levi’s navel, wanting nothing more than to remove the thin scraps of fabric separating them…
When Eren pulled back from their heated kiss, he gazed into Levi’s eyes. It was then that Levi saw the question evident in Eren’s eyes, one made even more obvious by how Eren’s fingertips traced over the waistband of his undergarments. In answer, Levi moved his hands down. Down, to Eren’s underwear, which he wasted no time in removing. Tossing it away once he did, and then… Levi had to stop for a moment, as he felt Eren sliding his own underwear off.
A moment to stop and simply admire Eren... One that Eren took part in, taking the moment to look upon Levi with equal parts awe, love, and lust. Feeling Eren’s long, slender tail move lazily where it brushed against his legs… Watching his wings spread out, fanning the air… It seemed Eren couldn’t be any more perfect than this. Truly, Levi could spend an eternity in this moment, he thought as he rested his left hand on Eren’s hip, while trailing the fingertips of his right down Eren’s stomach. Feeling the softness of Eren’s human skin under his fingertips, along with toned muscle. Watching Eren’s reaction carefully, to see if this was what he wanted…
Before wrapping his hand around Eren’s length. As much as he could, anyway, with how long and thick it was. Listened to Eren’s breathy moan, as he slowly stroked. Feeling once more how hot and slick Eren’s cock was in his hand; so different from his own. From its vibrant color, to the ridges and slickness of it… There was no doubt in Levi’s mind that this part of Eren was dragon, too... Like so much of Eren was in this form. Strong, and possessed of inhuman beauty, and Levi would continue to make sure Eren knew he was loved for it.
For everything he was.
Oh, how Eren shivered at the slow glide of Levi’s hand on his cock. Felt… and watched, when he looked down. To where he straddled Levi’s hips, his cock so close to brushing against Levi’s own. Hard, no doubt aching, what he could see of the head pink and swollen and glistening with pre-come…
With a gasp, Levi shuddered at the heat of Eren’s right hand wrapping around his neglected cock. Moaning in pleasure as Eren stroked him slowly. Even louder, when the pad of Eren’s thumb lightly brushed over his foreskin. Slow, teasing, as Levi struggled not to thrust into Eren’s grip. Trying to make this last, and enjoy it as much as he could. As they both could.
Levi knew he and Eren could make each other feel good like this. As they had before, in a similar act. Letting go of their inhibitions, and becoming closer as they did so. No doubt the same would happen here, except… Levi focused on the feel of Eren’s cock in his hand, then. Hot, slick, pulsing… So sensitive to his touch, too… Images flashed through Levi’s mind, as he suddenly knew what he wanted. How far he wished to take his and Eren’s relationship, provided Eren said yes.
To know, Levi knew he only needed to tell Eren what he wanted.
So he did. “E-Eren…” Levi gasped out as Eren eased his foreskin back, running the pad of his thumb over the swollen cockhead once he did. “I want you...” Another moan escaped Levi’s lips. “Fuck me.” He looked Eren in the eye as he spoke those last words. The ones that left no doubt as to what he wanted.
Eren’s eyes widened as his hand stilled on Levi’s shaft. This… he hadn’t expected Levi to ask for this. Not so soon, at least. Eren had thought it would take more time for them to go that far. To take that step in their relationship. He’d thought about what it might be like, on occasion. Dreamed of it, too. Knew that he wanted this, too.
Smiling softly, his green eyes aglow with lust and love, Eren spoke. “Levi… love… I want you, too.” He whispered. “Except there’s something else you should know. About my cock.” Surprising Levi with this aspect of his anatomy just would not do.
Levi raised an eyebrow. “You mean besides the fact that you have a dragon cock? It’s different than mine, and bigger, but it’s still a cock. Whatever it’s going to do can’t be that strange.” Soon enough, it would be in his ass, as well.
Just how do I explain this? Eren thought. “It’s about what will happen if I come inside you.” Eren took a deep breath. “If that happens, the base of my cock will swell up and form a knot. We’d be stuck together for about an hour, until it goes down.” Eren shifted his eyes about nervously. “And… I’d also come way more than I did before.”
After taking a moment to gather his thoughts, Levi shared them. “So your cock is different than mine, beyond just how it looks.” Levi murmured affectionately. “It’s not surprising, now that you mention it. And it doesn’t stop me from wanting to share this with you.” Why would it, when Levi loved Eren as he was?
Along with wondering how it would feel, of course.
For both himself, and Eren.
Releasing Eren’s length from his hand, Levi sat up, so that he could get into a better position. Only for Eren to speak up again when he did. “I’ll be very careful when I go inside you.” Eren’s gaze shifted downwards. “I would be anyway, of course. But since I’m so big, and I can’t stretch you open because of my claws…” It only made being slow and gentle more important.
In response, Levi took Eren’s left hand in his right. Kissed Eren’s claws when he did, while giving a reassuring hum. “Don’t worry about that, Eren. I’ll take care of it.” Levi let go of Eren’s hand, then ran his fingers lightly along Eren’s cock and the scales framing the slit it emerged from. Gathering up the clear, slick fluid that coated it, while Eren gasped in pleasure.
“Watch me.” Levi then pulled away from Eren. A necessity, given what he was about to do. Rearranged himself so that he kneeled on the bed, one side of his face pressing against it. Giving Eren a full view of his ass, along with how his cock and balls hung heavy between his legs. Then, Levi brought his hand back to his entrance, and slipped a slick finger inside himself. Then two, then three. Using his own fingers felt good, especially when he brushed against a spot inside of him that made him see stars…
But what Levi truly wanted was Eren.
While he watched Levi, Eren’s hands clutched the sheets where he kneeled behind his lover. His attention solely focused on the sight before him. Watching Levi’s fingers slip inside himself, wondering what Levi felt like. Soon enough, Eren would find out. Would learn just how this felt for Levi. For himself, too.
After slipping his fingers out of himself, Levi rolled onto his back. Spreading his legs in invitation when he did. As Eren settled on top of him, Levi wrapped his legs around Eren’s hips. Sighing at the warmth of Eren’s smooth, glittering scales along his inner thighs. Smiling into the softness of Eren’s kiss, and then… Levi shivered, as the hot, slick head of Eren’s cock pressed against his entrance.
Then Levi’s eyes went wide, and he could only gasp, as Eren pushed inside him. Slowly, carefully, and Levi felt everything. How hot and slick it felt, even more-so than before. Thick, pulsing, stretching him open far more than he ever had when he’d touched himself. The bumps and ridges of Eren’s cock, too, which only seemed to further enhance everything he felt. All Levi could feel was Eren, stretching him open… Not once did it hurt, for Eren was too careful to allow anything about this to hurt. Truly, Eren’s love and care warmed Levi’s heart…
Upon feeling Eren stop moving, pressed snugly against him, Levi knew Eren was fully inside him. How long it had taken, Levi didn’t know. Didn’t care, since he’d been so lost to the pleasure Eren gave him. Eren, too, if his heavy breathing and the faint trembling of his body were any indication. Levi felt so full… so close to Eren, as the dragon shifter’s green eyes remained fixed on his…
But then Eren began to move, and the sensations they felt only increased. Eren gasped, and trembled with every slow, measured thrust of his hips. The heat of Levi’s body around his cock was something he’d never felt before. New, and so intense that he could only shiver from it. Shiver, and kiss Levi. Just the barest brush of lips. All they could manage, given that they were so overcome by the physical sensation of making love for the first time. But no less intimate or special.
After kissing Levi as deeply as he could, Eren gasped. “Ah… I love you.” Soft, breathy, and filled with emotion.
Levi lightly caressed Eren’s cheek with the fingertips of his left hand. “I –haahh- love you, too.”
Wanting nothing more than to feel even closer to Eren, Levi wrapped his legs around his lover tighter. Held him closer, too. Wrapped around each other, they reveled in everything they felt. Pressure began to build between Levi’s legs, his cock leaving a wet smear of pre-come where it rubbed against Eren’s stomach… Until he moaned, his cock twitching as thick spurts of white splattered across his and Eren’s stomachs.
Trembling, and with a breathy moan, Eren came shortly after. His wings spread wide, as Levi felt the first spurt of Eren’s semen spill inside him, hot and thick. Then another, and another, and… a swelling at the base of Eren’s cock. Stretching him further, and he couldn’t find the words to speak, due to the intensity of everything he felt.
Eren’s hips rocked forward ever so slightly with each pulse of his shaft inside Levi. With the throbbing sensation of his knot swelling, locking them together in such an intimate way…
“J-just relax. Stay still, love… Ah. H-hahhh…” Eren wanted this to feel as good for Levi as it did for him.
When Eren shivered as the last pulse of his come spilled inside Levi, he carefully rolled onto his left side. To make things more comfortable for them both, and to better hold Levi close. Gently twining his tail around Levi’s left leg, pulling Levi even closer into his arms. Draping a wing over Levi, too, so that he felt safe and loved in the afterglow of their love-making.
Levi nuzzled Eren’s shoulder affectionately, breathing in the scent of him. Feeling Eren around him, inside him, and wanting this to happen again. To share something so intimate with Eren once more, so that they could become even closer. His mind clouded with pleasure, Levi couldn’t think enough to speak those words. But right now, he didn’t need to. He could tell Eren later, and for now, simply wanted to remain close to his love.
Feeling the same way, Eren simply held Levi close. Loving each other, and basking in the glow of their new-found intimacy. Even after Eren’s knot went down, and his softening cock slipped out of Levi, a wet rush of semen following it. Growing tired, they knew they could simply clean everything up after.
Wrapped up in each other, Eren and Levi let the thunderstorm lull them to sleep.