[ erwin's heart's beating a little faster too. there's something to be said for anticipation, the knowing that something is coming, that spikes the pulse. even when it's pleasant—maybe especially when it's pleasant. erwin doesn't have much experience with anticipating good things, after all, so it's a learning experience in that way too.
but he leans into levi's touch easily, into the renewed kiss, and smiles against his mouth, into the affection, over the way he sounds just as quiet and breathless as the younger man when he responds. ]
I love you too.
[ they don't have to say it. but saying things aloud gives them weight too, makes them tangible and permanent in the universe, impossible to take away or for their darkest hours to tell them weren't real or never happened.
it's a gift, a promise, an oath, and erwin will say it over and over until nothing exists around them anymore and then keep saying it even longer.
maybe that's dramatic. but that's alright, erwin's pretty good at dramatics. the one hand stays at his neck; the other drifts to levi's waist, grounding and weighted. ]
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but he leans into levi's touch easily, into the renewed kiss, and smiles against his mouth, into the affection, over the way he sounds just as quiet and breathless as the younger man when he responds. ]
I love you too.
[ they don't have to say it. but saying things aloud gives them weight too, makes them tangible and permanent in the universe, impossible to take away or for their darkest hours to tell them weren't real or never happened.
it's a gift, a promise, an oath, and erwin will say it over and over until nothing exists around them anymore and then keep saying it even longer.
maybe that's dramatic. but that's alright, erwin's pretty good at dramatics. the one hand stays at his neck; the other drifts to levi's waist, grounding and weighted. ]