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#my meds are acting up so apologies for any incoherence
shsl-heck · 10 months
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So because I've seen it compared to Worm, I started reading The Boys by Garth Ennis. It's bad! Like really bad! It feels like what would happen if you let an edgy anti-feminist atheist youtuber from 2015 write a comic book. I finished the first volume of the omnibus in large part because it was a train wreck I couldn't look away from, and am debating starting the second since I hate myself. The most interesting parts are actually the little forewords. Through them I learned both that it was supposed to be a comedy, and also a critique of the military industrial complex/police (or at least that people read it as one). This was surprising to me since it is neither funny nor incisive. Anyway, now I want to ramble incoherently about my problems with it because this goddamn comic broke my brain.
Okay, so one of the most common ways it shows you which characters you aren't supposed to like is by having them do comically "gross" sex stuff. Notable examples include cocaine fueled orgies, mentions of shitting during sex, bestiality, masturbating in public to the sight of disabled people, and a little person using sex toys. One that shows up repeatedly in this context is characters being bisexual or gay. Now, I don't wanna get controversial, but I think any claims that your work is a critique of capitalism, police, the military, or whatever are rendered moot when your villains are a group of secret hedonistic sex-freaks. Like we can't pretend that doesn't sound a lot like regressives and their obsession with "degeneracy". Sexual assaults, misogyny, and slurs also appear pretty often, mostly as the punch line for jokes. Victims are rendered down into objects and denied any sense of interiority so we can instead focus on what really matters (gore porn, and middle school 4chan posters' sense of humor). Never once does Ennis deign to explore the actual impact and trauma of these things, or ask why he views these things as material for jokes.
That incuriosity is I think the real problem with The Boys. There is no actual coherent thought about why things are bad. Superheroes hurt people and are wrong because of their personal moral failings as selfish perverts, not because their whole job is to violently enforce the will of the state. It's like if someone agreed that all cops are bastards, but only because all cops just so happened to be "bad apples". The main characters literally work for the fucking CIA, and yes, I know the titular Boys are at best meant to be anti-heroes a la the Punisher. My issue here isn't that they're hypocrites who are frequently also horrible. It's that this premise for is absolute nonsense if you think for half a second. Superheroes do not function without the legitimacy granted to them by the state and it's monopoly on violence, so why would the CIA need these 5 randos with zero oversight working to take out the supers? Is the force Homelander and the others can bring to bear so great that even the apparatus of that state can't deal with them? If so, why does this group of assholes change that? Normally I'd be willing to give the story a lot more of a pass when it comes to questions like this, except I'm being told that this story has things to say about systemic problems involving the government and corporations! So I have to ask, where? Where is the commentary? What does it actually have to say about the state of the world circa 2006-2012? The only answer I can come up with is "not a whole lot". It's a story which dares to ask the tough questions like "what if the world was made of pudding" and then ignore answering those questions so it can instead recite Ellis' favorite slurs in alphabetical order while showing you a woman's tits.
On a lighter note, it's also just not very good. The plot (as mentioned) falls apart under any amount of scrutiny, pacing is bizarre in a bad way, the characters aren't compelling, themes remains stubbornly unexplored, and Ellis is allergic to doing anything interesting or creative with the premise he's decided to base a whole comic around. I genuinely do not know what people enjoy(ed) about this comic.
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dontatmethanks · 5 years
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Part of your world
A Levihan fic (mermaid AU)
AN: Hey bebes 👋🏼 I’m finally back with chapter 6! Sorry it took so long, I’ll try my best so it won’t happen again 😭💕
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Chapter 6
They next day Levi felt utterly embarrassed to say the least. How could he have allowed himself to let his guard down around that woman so easily? The answer would remain a complete mystery for now.
While Levi acted extremely awkward around the doctor but she acted as if nothing has really changed. She greeted him with her usual overly cheery tone and gracious smile. She fed him his breakfast this morning since only Sasha and Historia were helping her today. She treated him no different from any other days, she chatted him up like usual while he ate, and pushed him to his limit during his physical therapy exercises.
The mermyd was absolutely dumbfounded.
Perhaps she was secretly wierded out by his unusual display of emotion, and was too put off to by him to say anything about it.
Should he apologize?
This whole thing was too much for him.
Hange jumped in surprise when Levi slapped his deformed tail harshly into the water, spraying her in the face in the process.
“Hey! You did that on purpose.” She cried before sputtering the water out of her mouth and giving him a harmless glare.
Levi tried to give her his usual noncommittal bored glare but found it difficult to keep a straight face when he saw the state she was in. Her now wet bangs clinger to the sides of her cheeks, her glasses were spotted with water droplets and tilted awkwardly on her nose. She almost looked like a beached sea lion.
Levi snorted when she pouted at him.
“That just earned you two more laps.” She whined, pointing to the water around him. He just rolled his eyes, gills flaring in annoyance.
Once Levi completed said laps and Hange dried herself off it was then when Levi decided he’d confront her about what happened.
“Oi, shitty glasses.” The mer piped up at her.
She turned to face him from her position on the rocks in front of him, lowering the towel from her face and tilting her head to the side. That’s when Levi noticed that she didn’t have her glasses on, and her hair was down. He had to stop his jaw from almost hitting the sand below him as his voice got caught in the back of his throat.
Levi would definitely be lying to himself if he said that he didn’t find her extremely attractive at this moment.
Cheeks burning he quickly turned his head away, glaring at nothing in particular. Hange gives him a confused look before wiping her lenses and sliding them back on the bridge of her hooked nose.
“What is it Levi?” Hange asks him, attention fully directed towards the dark haired mermyd.
Levi glanced back at the woman, face now back to his usual bored expression.
“About last night..” he starts. “..that was..” he can feel his face heat up again with embarrassment again and looks down at his sharp nails.
Hange, noticing his frustration, scoots closer to him and brings her knees up to her chest. She folds her arms over them and rests her head above them.
“There’s no reason to be embarrassed Levi,” She tells him with a small smile. “We all have our moments...and it’s always good to have someone to help you get through them.”
Levi just stares at her with an unreadable expression, not knowing what to say.
“Anywaaays.” Hange drawls and stretches her arms above her head before getting up. “Sasha will be feeding you your lunch later, I have a few things to take care of, regarding a couple of sharks. Please be cooperative, Levi.” She finished with a pleading tone.
Levi rolled his eyes and drew back against the water. A painful jolt shot from his tail to his upper back, causing him to grunt in pain. Hange caught it Instantly and knelt back down to his side, just as he was steadying himself against a rocky edge.
“What hurts?” Hange asked him, worry etched all over her face.
Levi shook his head, to be honest he didn’t know. The pain was sharp and jarring, it made his body feel hot and ache all over.
“I don’t..” He panted as he attempted to drag his body out of the water, Hange quickly helped him by pulling him out by underneath his armpits and laying him flat on the sand.
“...i feel..hot.” He groaned as the pain began come in harsh waves, shooting up from the tip of his tail fin and blooming in his chest.
Falling onto her knees, she pressed the back of her hand against the of his forehead. It felt hot and clammy, Levi almost sighs at the feeling of her cool hand against his skin.
“You’re burning up!” Hange exclaimed as she pulled away, eyebrows pulled up in concern.
“Nggh..” the mer groaned again as the pain intensified, tail twitching and back arching off the ground.
“Do something..gah, shitty...ugh!” It was getting hard for him to breathe, his gills fluttered weakly as Levi curled into a ball. He clawed at his chest where the pain flared at an almost excruciating level.
Hange shot up to her feet and cursed under her breath, she was going to need help. Looking back down at the feverish Mermyd who was writhing on the ground she made a quick assessment on the symptoms he was showing before darting towards the enclosure’s entrance. She almost ran over Historia and Sasha who were waiting outside, chatting amiably with their wet gear.
“Dr. Hange, is everything okay?” Historia asked.
Hange shook her head before looking back worriedly into the enclosure.
“I need the two of you to look after him while I get some help. He needs to go to the med bay, radio me if he stops breathing!” She briefs them before dashing away.
Both girls look at each other in alarm before darting into the enclosure.
Five minutes later Hange arrives with both Moblit and Mike, the two males dragging a stretcher and med kit with them. The brunette thanked the two teens after helping Moblit and Mike deposit Levi onto the stretcher. Hange noticed that he’s gotten noticeably paler during her absence and a thin layer of sweat clung to his body. He was shaking and shivering, mumbling incoherent words as he tossed and turned.
“You two stay with the others, they should be assisting Nanaba in the lab.” She ordered the girls who nodded and rushed out of the enclosure.
Hange followed Mike and Moblit as they quickly wheeled Levi to the Med bay. Once they got there Hange, with the help of Petrea, put Levi in an ice bath to help lower his burning temperature.
Once they were able to bring the Mermyd’s temperature down to a level that they could work with, they transported him to one of the recovery rooms and hooked him up to an iv that had something for the pain. At this point he had fell into a deep unconsciousness.
“His vitals are returning to normal.” Petra mumbled as she scribbled onto Levi’s chart on her clipboard.
“That’s great,” Hange sighed as she watched the mer sleep, tail protruding underneath the covers and hanging over the edge of the bed limply. “I’m going to monitor him for a while, just until his fever breaks.”
Petra nods, orange hair bobbing along the sides of her hair delicately. The petite woman gazed at Levi with an expression of pity.
“Poor thing, he can’t seem to catch a break. What could’ve triggered his fever?”
Hange shook her head. “I’m not sure, it happened out of nowhere. He was completely fine before, I fed him his breakfast, he did great during his exercises. We were just talking when suddenly the pain started.”
“Hm..” Petra hummed thoughtfully. “I’ll see what I can find in the records.”
“That would be ideal yes.” Hange agreed. “I’ll do some research into the Mermyd’s health history. Won’t be much information but it wouldn’t help to try. Thank you, Petra.”
Petra smiled at the brunette before excusing herself out of the room.
Hange turned back to Levi, he still looked very pale and sweaty but at least he stopped shivering. The room was relatively silent around them, except for the sounds the machines he was hooked up to made.
Hange jumped when the radio on her hip crackled to life.
“Dr.Hange, report to my office.” It was Erwin.
She sighed before answering. “Got it. I’ll be there in a few.” She said before sparing one last glance at Levi and exiting the room.
The air around him felt cold an dry, but yet his lungs did not protest when his gills swallowed it greedily.
He shifted his limbs and paused, the surface below him did not feel like rough rocks or grainy sand. It wasn’t the thin roped of his hammock either, instead he felt soft, plush cloth underneath.
The mer slowly open his gray slate eyes only to flinch at the bright light above him. He sequeezed his eyes shut and turned his head before slowly opening them again, blinking blearily to adjust his eyesight to focus.
The room around him was painted white, glancing to right he spotted a window with the curtains drawn over it. The mer groaned as he rolled his head down to look at his left arm, only to find a weird clear tube like cord attached to it. He looked up to see that the tube-cord was attached to a pouch that hung on a metel pole next to the bed, it held some clear liquid that dropped down through the tube and into his arm.
Levi flexed and stretched his body, he felt much better than before. His muscles were a little sore but the pain and heat from before were gone. He sat up slowly and attempted stretch his tail out but paused, something about it didn’t feel right.
With a clawed hand, the mer ripped off the covers off of his body and immediately froze in horror at the sight below him.
His tail was gone, replaced by two smooth and very human legs.
Panicking, he scrambled backwards, kicking the sheets off the bed in the process. He couldn’t believe what he was seeing, it felt so weird.
Levi’s heart raced as he reached out to touch his new limbs, there was some kind of clear slimy fluid that coated them. He grimaced and pulled his now slick hand away.
This was all too much, he wanted his tail back. The mer threw his legs over to the side of the bed and ripped of the tube from his arm. He was going to find Hange and she was going to fix this. Yes, she would know what to do.
But first, he needed to use these damn flesh sticks they call legs.
He planted the bottom of his two new feet on the cold floor and shivered, suddenly aware that his humanlike body was completely bare. The mer looked down at the junction between his legs and his steel eyes widened at the gland that protruded from it. It was long and it felt heavy, Levi cocked his head and poked it. He gasped at the weird sensation, it was very sensitive.
Levi shook his head before pushing himself off of the bed and immediately regretted it when both of his feet slipped out from underneath him, causing him to fall backwards onto the hard floor. He let out a yelp of pain when felt the back of his head smack painfully against the hard surface. Despite that, he clumsily scrambled onto his knees. The slimy fluid was making it hard for him to use his legs so he grabbed the bed sheets that were strewn on the floor and wiped his legs down.
Once he was satisfied with his work he chucked the sheets away from him and made an attempt to stand again. He stopped when something on the floor in front of the bed caught his eye. He crawled forward to get a better looked and reeled back when he realized what it was.
It was his tail.
Or what used to be his tail, it was more like the skin of his tail. It lay crumpled in a puddle of what looked like to be the same clear fluid that was on his legs. Levi almost gagged at the sight.
The mer scooted backwards and away from it until his back hit the wall, using it to get leverage so he could finally stand upright on his feet.
His knees buckled underneath his weight but he still stayed upright. Slowly he mimicked how he would see the humans around them use their legs, putting one foot in front of the other Levi waddled like a toddler towards the door.
He attempted to push against it but it wouldn’t budge. He then looked down at the metal door knob before grabbing and yanking at it. The Mermyd almost felt stupid when his hand slipped and pushed the door knob down, causing the door to swing open and him to stumble out into the hallway.
Levi caught himself before he fell and leaned against one of the hallway walls. Looking around he notice how long the hallway stretched infront and behind him.
The raven haired mer gulped before beginning to wobbly walk down the narrow path. He passed about five doors before turning right and stopping in front of another door. Levi went through it and was greeted by fresh outdoor air.
Below him where stairs that curled down to a walkway that led into the research building. He nervously looked down at the steps and then back through the door behind him. He had no idea where he was going or what he was going to do if someone were to cross paths with him. He just hoped that he’d find Hange before anybody found him.
Slowly but surely, the ravenette descended down the concrete steps. He flinched and hissed at the feeling of hot surface against his bare feet as he gripped one of the railings with both of his hands and climbed down the steps sideways, one foot at a time.
Once he’d gotten to the bottom of the stairs, Levi quickly darted through the entrance of the research building. There was a small amount of pride that welled up in his chest at the fact that he was getting good on his new legs.
The main area of the research building was large, it was almost like a lobby of sorts with a front desk just like the one in the main building but there was nobody behind it. There was an elevator to the right of the desk and one of the walls were made up of a huge aquarium tank. The blue light of the water shone through, catching Levi’s attention quickly.
They mermyd waddled up to the tank, bare feet padding against the floor, and pressed a hand against the glass.
Inside the bottom of the tank were an array of beautiful oceanic plant life and coral. There were also dozens of saltwater fish that swam calmly in the water. He leaned closer to gaze into the tank when suddenly a dolphin with a large scar than ran across it’s left eye swam up to him, pressing its nose to the glass underneath Levi’s palm.
The ravenette jolted backwards in surprise before scowling at the animal.
“Tch, what do you want?”
The dolphin squeaked happily at him and twirled around before making a few clicking sounds.
The prick was laughing at him.
Then he looked down at himself.
Oh.
“Oi, like you can do better?”
The dolphin chirped at him in a teasing manner, making Levi roll his pale eyes in annoyance.
“I’m looking for a human woman,” the mer spoke. “She has messy hair and shitty glasses.”
The creature just chirped at him and did a small flip on the water.
“No I don’t want to play with you, shitty fish! Just tell me where she-”
He was interrupted by a loud ding behind him, and turned to see the doors of the elevator slowly open. The feeling of suddenly having to hide somewhere over took him and the mer scrambled to hide behind one of the walls near the entrance of the bathrooms before whoever was in the elevator could see him.
“..and I think we could get some of the kids to help with June’s transport to Rose.” A deep voice resonated through the lobby and Levi peeked his head around to see who it’s owner was.
It was a tall, familiar looking, dirty blonde man wearing a green a black windbreaker over his wetsuit. He was speaking to an equally as tall but bulkier blonde man who wore the same type of windbreaker tied around his waist. His own wetsuit was unzipped to reveal a gray talk top underneath.
“That should be fine, Mike. Have Olou help you out and make sure Petra checks June over before she’s put on the transport.”
“Yes, sir.” The dirty blonde, Mike, says before stopping in front of the entrance and turning his head over in the direction where Levi hid and sniffed the air.
The mer froze.
“What is it, Mike.” The other man asked, also looking to where Mike was.
He shook his head before pushing one of the doors open. “It’s nothing.”
His partner shrugged before following him out of the building, leaving the mermyd to sigh with relief in his hideout.
Hange sighed as she walked down from Erwin’s office and to the elevator, pressing the up bottom to get to the research lab.
She tapped her foot impatiently as she waited for it to come up and quickly ducked inside once the doors open, pressing the button to the third floor and leaning heavily against the back wall in exhaustion.
She should be happy right now, Erwin had just informed them that June was to be transported to Ireland to be released in protected waters. Instead she was stuck worrying about Levi, right now she was headed to the lab to examine the samples that were taken from him.
The brunette pushed her glasses up the bridge of her nose before sighing again as she exited the elevator and headed inside the lab, waving to Nanaba who was at one of the computers, scrolling and eating what looked like to be some kind of seafood flavored chips.
“Weird choice of flavor, but okay.”
The short haired blonde glared up at her before dusting of her fingers and crumpling up the now empty bag.
“Hey, i won’t judge your pregnancy cravings.” She said and immediately clamped a hand over her mouth when Hange’s big brown eyes widened in surprise.
“Oops.”
The brunette darted up towards her her friend and grabbed her hands.
“What, When and why haven’t you told me this!” She squealed and Nanaba cringed.
“Ah, sorry. It was going to be a surprise. Mike and I were planning to throw a small little get together and tell everyone. Guess the cat is out of the bag haha.”
It took everything in Hange not to jump around and scream.
“I’m so happy for you guys! Don’t worry I won’t tell-“
She’s suddenly cut off by the sound of her radio crackling.
“Dr. Hange, report to the med bay immediately!”
The brunette paused before holding up a finger at Nanaba.
“We will continue this later.” She mumbled before running out of the lab and slamming the down button of the elevator.
She jogged out of the elevator once it descended to the ground floor, and sped out out of the research building and into the the medical bay like a bat out of Hell.
Once the brunette entered the med bay she was almost crashed into a frantic Moblit.
“Ah sorry- Oh Dr. Hange! There’s a bit of a problem..”
The research doctor looked around to see that the med bay was in a complete disarray. People were frantically scrambling about, yelling into their radios.
“What is doing on?” Hange asked, completely puzzled.
“Levi is missing!”
Hange whirled around to see Petra run up to her, panting and clutching her clipboard against her chest, looking up at Hange with panicked eyes.
The speckled woman’s heart lurched as Petra explained further.
“I went to give June a check up and when I came back he was gone, a-an-”
She didn’t let her finish because Hange bolted towards the room Levi was recovering in.
When she bursted through the door she was greeted by Erwin, Mike and Gunther, another medical worker.
“Where is he?!” She panted.
“Gone.” Erwin told her calmly, gesturing towards the bed.
He was no doubt missing, the bed was messy and tossed about and the sheets were strewn of the floor in a damp mess.
“How the hell does a mermyd go missing, he can’t go anywhere with that tail!” Hange shouts in a exasperated manner.
“Maybe,” Gunther piped up from his kneeled position on the floor in front of the bed. “He got up and walked away.”
“What?” Hange says, dumbfounded.
Then he points at something on the floor in front of him and when Hange moved to get a better look her eyes almost bugged out of her head.
It was Levi’s tail, or what once was his tail. It looked like it was shed off.
She squats down to get a better look at it and notices that it’s sitting in a slimy puddle of fluid, Hange wrinkled her nose at the sight.
“Okay, we need to find him before anything happens. So either he’s crawling around with no tail or...” she drifts off and looks up at Mike and Erwin.
“..or he’s sprouted some legs.” Mike finishes.
She almost wanted to laugh but honestly it wouldn’t be the weirdest thing that ever happened.
Four teams were sent to search around the area, first one being Hange, Eren, Armin and Mikasa who took the research building and the north side of the enclosures. The second team was Mike Jean and Connie who took the main building and the west side of the enclosures, while the third team was made up of Nanaba, Historia and Sasha who scoured the med bay and the east side of the enclosures. The last team was only made up of Erwin and Oluo who searched the south side of the enclosures. Everyone else was told to continue with their work but keep an eye out for the Mer.
Hange’s group were currently in the research building, Hange and Armin were in the bathroom of the second floor while eren and Mikasa were searching the lab on the third floor. The bathrooms in the research building and the second floor of the main building were spacious and all exclusive, while the rest were just regular gender specific public style restrooms. The one that she and Armin were currently in was in fact one of the inclusive ones. Hange was checking each of the stall last while Armin checked the communal showers, that’s when she heard the teen squeak loudly. The woman poked her head out of the stall that she was in to see the blonde scurry out towards her, cherubic face red as a tomato.
“Um I-I think I found him.” He mumbled nervously.
“Where?”
The boy pointed to the farthest shower stall and Hange quickly made her way over and pulled the door open to reveal Levi’s slumped form on the tiled floor of the shower stall. Hange almost panicked before she realized he was only asleep.
“So.. definitely grew a pair of legs then.” She joked as she examined his newly acquired limbs. Her eyes suddenly snapped away from him when she realized that legs weren’t the only thing that he grew.
Face reddened slightly, she turned to Armin. “Go with Mikasa and Eren, tell Erwin and the others that we found him. Make sure you guys tell your ride that you’re ready to go home.”
She hoped the poor boy wasn’t too scarred from what he saw.
He nodded and once the boy left Hange shrugged off her windbreaker and draped it over the naked mermyd, causing him to startle awake. She was amazed at how he was able to sleep through her and Armin making noise around him.
“Hey, it’s just me,” she whispered to him softly. “Good morning sunshine, you gave us quite the scare.”
Levi blinked blearily up at her before he realized who she was, he then quickly sat up, Hange’s jackets slipping off his bare shoulders and onto his lap.
“Hange.” He whispered hoarsely.
The brunette cocked her head to the side and smiled at him. “Hello.”
He blinked at her before pulling the jacket off of him to check if he still had legs.
Yup, still there.
“Ah! No, no!” Hange squeaked before shoving the jacket back over him. “This stays on, okay? Now that you’re..well, more humanly developed, you can’t just walk around naked.”
Levi just shrugged and let the jacket fall over him. Hange sighed before helping him put it on properly, guiding each arm through the sleeves and zipping it up. She was thankful that he was much smaller then she was because when he stood up the jacket hung low past his waist, covering his most intimate parts.
“Are you okay?” She asked him, looking him over to see if he was hurt. “Do you still feel any pain?” She presses the back of her hand over his forehead feel if he was still overheating and was pleased to find that it felt normal.
The mer just shook his head before grabbing her wrist.
“Fix me, fix this.” He demanded, gesturing towards his new legs.
She bit her lip before sighing. “I was hoping that you knew what happened to you but it sounds like you don’t.”
Levi shook his head again, thin eyebrows furrowing in frustration as his legs wobbled weakly.
“Okay.” Hange breathed before putting an arm around his shoulder to keep him steady. “Let’s get you someplace more comfortable and some more clothes on you before we start dissecting what happened.”
She guided him out of the bathroom and up to her office where she searched for something he could wear, she ended up only finding a pair of shorts.
“This will have to do for now.” She smiled as she handed them to Levi who just picked at them with one of his clawed fingers.
“You put them on your legs.” Hange giggled as she showed him.
Once Levi was appropriate enough she radioed Erwin to come to her office.
Once the tall blonde man entered her office his eyebrows skyrocketed up his forhead once he saw Levi.
“So Mike was right then.” He said in faint awe as he eyed the Mer cautiously.
“Mhm.” She hummed before turning back to Levi who was currently sat in an old but comfortable couch that she kept in her office. The Mer squirmed uncomfortably underneath the two human’s gaze.
“Levi this is Erwin, he’s sort of the boss around here.” Hange chuckled and Levi only glares at the man.
Erwin sighed as he pinched the bridge of his nose between his thumb and forefinger.
“This..this is something we are not equipped to handle.”
Hange grimaced a little.
“What I mean is that we can’t just put him back in his enclosure, He’s human now.” Erwin’s voice lowered at the last part.
“I can still hear you and I’m definitely not human.” Levi piped up, gesturing to the gills that were still on his neck.
Hange perked up and moved to sit next to him, carefully grabbing his chin in her hand to tilt it out of the way so she could examine him further. Her hands traced softly around his gills before moving up brush his dark hair behind his still pointed ears.
Levi blushes underneath her touch, squirming this way and that as she poked and prodded him thoroughly. Her hands were soft though and gentle in her approach, he almost purred. Once she was satisfied, Hange turned to Erwin.
“It’s like he’s half human and half Mermyd, at least from what I can observe. Perhaps it’s his body’s way of adapting to his new life in captivity.”
Erwin crossed his arms over his chest him deep thought before sighing.
“We still can’t keep him here, even if he’s half human now. It would be a violation of his rights.”
She doubted Levi knew anything about human rights but Erwin did have a point there. It wouldn’t be fair or humane to keep him in an enclosure.
“We can send him to a facility or find someplace that can deal with this or-”
“No.” Hange blurted out before taking a deep breath. “We can’t send him someplace else.”
“Hange.” Erwin sighed but she wasn’t finished.
“How do you know that they’ll take good care of him? For all we know they could sell him off to someone with the right kind of money o-or hand him over to some weird circus or-“
“Okay Hange, I hear you. But like I said, we can’t keep him here, not while he’s like that.” Erwin tells her while gesturing to Levi.
This whole time the Mermyd sat there quietly toying with the zipper of Hange’s jacket while watching the interaction between the two humans in front of him with half of his attention. He was honestly too exhausted to worry about his fate at this point, he just wanted to curl up someplace and sleep forever.
“I’ll take him then.” Hange stated.
“What?” Erwin gave her an incredulous look.
“I’ll take him with me until we can find a solution that’s good for him.”
Erwin pondered this for a moment before turning his attention towards the ravenette.
“Levi, you do have a say in what happens to you, if you object to this you can tell us.”
Both of their eyes were on him once again and Levi felt as if he were caught in a net and dropped into a lagoon full of sharks. The mer just shrugged and curled into himself, tucking his knees underneath his chin and clenching his hands around his ankles.
“That’s the best answer we’re gonna get.” Hange deadpanned.
“..Okay.” Erwin sighed once again. “ Alright, take him home with you, it’s getting late anyways.”
Hange sighed in relief.
“We will discuss this further tomorrow.”
“Right!” She exclaimed as she stood up from her seat, pulling Levi to his feet with her catching him off guard in the process. He had to grip onto her arm tightly to prevent himself from falling over.
“Oi don’t pull me so suddenly, shitty glasses!” He warned.
“Ah, sorry.” She apologized before saying a quick goodbye Erwin, grabbing her bag and guiding Levi out to the elevator.
“How did you even get to the second floor?” Hange asked him once they were inside the elevator.
“I climbed.”
“Oh so you used the stairs.” She spoke as she reached to press the button for the first floor.
“Is that what you call it?” He pondered before gasping when the elevator lurched down, miking his stomach suddenly drop.
Hange laughed at his reaction as she helped to steady him.
“C’mon, let’s go.” She coaxed him out of the elevator and guided him out of the building and to the parking lot, Levi kept close to her as he gazed at the now darkening world around them like a newborn baby deer. Hanged checked the time on her phone, it was almost nine.
Once they reached her car, she unlocked it and opened the passenger door and gestured for Levi to get in.
The Mer eyed the vehicle suspiciously.
“What is it?” He asked her, not taking his eyes off it.
“It’s called a car and it’s going to take us home.” She responded, patting her hand against the the car door.
“I thought that’s what these are for.” He deadpanned while pointing down at his new feet.
“No, silly.” The brunette giggled. “If we used those to get home it would take forever, and we’d get really tired quickly. Cars help us get there quickly and safely.”
Levi gave the car one last weary look before shrugging.
“Okay, I trust you.” He said before awkwardly sliding into the leather seat.
Hange gave him a warm smile before closing the door.
He was beginning to trust her, that’s a good sign, she thought. It’s going to be easier to look after him when he’s not constantly trying to rip your hand off, though she thinks he wouldn’t dare to. Now that he has legs he looks pretty much human to her, besides the other dignifying qualities that show that he really isn’t human. She was going to have to be careful, she couldn’t have just anybody know what he was, it could be dangerous for him.
Hange hummed quietly as she made her way to the driver’s side.
“Worry about it tomorrow morning, Zoe. For now just get him home safely.” She whispered to herself before opening the door and climbing inside.
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AN: Ohoho, this is where it picks up guys, let’s see how Levi adjusts to human life with Hange 😜
Thanks for reading bebes 💕
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borhapstyles · 7 years
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Migraine
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Prompt: “Can you write a Harry styles imagine where he wakes you up in the middle of the night with a migraine and he needs you to take care of him because he doesn't feel good ?? Thanks darling!” -Anon
Word Count: 1,106. 
Ah- Ah- Ah -Ah I’ve got a migraine. There’s a couple tøp references in this heh. Apologies that it’s so short! Wrote this in the hour of free time that I had lol. Thank you for requesting :) I’m slowly moving down my lists of requests now that I got a new laptop! Next one will be a Josh Dun imagine. 
Love to you, Iz xx
Fuck. Harry thinks to himself, green eyes reluctantly opening. He moves to grip his head only to realise his arm is stuck in your firm grasp. Another line of profanities slips from his lips as he edges it out of your arms. You stir slightly before flipping to the other side, a sigh of relief leaving his lips.
Fucking hell this hurts. Harry clutches his head, which is now aching. He knew exactly what was coming on. The discomfort only increases the more he rouses himself. His eyes shut, the pain reverberating throughout the rest of his skull. 
How the hell did this even happen? He didn’t even drink much before going to bed- just a couple wine glasses of wine at his dinner party with Jeff and Glenn.
His free hand pats the bedside table for the glass of water you always made sure to set out in case of instances like this. The migraine picks at him as he gulps down the glass and decides medicine would be the only cure.
The hardwood floor is frigid underneath his feet and Harry reminds himself to start wearing socks to bed; the winter months in London are always unforgiving.
Not wanting to worsen the pain, he is forced to search for the medicine in the dark. His fingers brush over a bottle similar to his usual pain relief bottle so he pours two into his hands. However once the pills touch his palm, his brows furrow. They’re circular instead of the usual capsule-shaped pills. 
He pulls the bottle closer, eyes widening at the label. “Fast Acting Laxatives” reads the jar, causing Harry to yelp and drop it. He was this close to taking two of them. He winces at the sound of hard plastic hitting the floor, knowing several little pills spilt out. 
Why ‘ave we even got these in the first place? Oh shit, wait, yeah. Harry answers his own question, thinking back to the time he pranked Louis back by crushing one and putting it into his drink. Serves Louis right though, no one messes with Harry’s boots, especially if it is to draw something on them.
Rummaging through the rest of the drawer, he finally comes across the correct bottle of medicine after carefully examining the label despite the strain in his eyes and pulse in his head.
He quietly pads back to the bed, hoping to fall asleep quickly and wake up feeling better. Your eyes flutter open at the sudden dip and wave of warmth, turning to glance at your husband.
“Harry?” You mumble in the darkness, reaching a hand out for his. He curses to himself, having woken you up.
He cuddles closer to you, tugging your body onto his chest. He’s afraid if he tells you about the raging migraine in his head, you’ll feel compelled to stay awake and take care of him. He murmurs a reply you just barely register. 
“Go back to sleep, darlin.” You don’t have to be told twice as you drift off, sleep becoming of you once again.
A small smile etches across his face as he feels you falling deeper. 
Though once your breathing slows, Harry regrets not telling you what was wrong as the throbbing only escalates. He lets out a groan knowing it would take another twenty minutes for the medicine to set in, and even then he doesn’t know if it would work that well.
His breathing becomes heavy, gripping the right side of his head. He didn’t get migraines often, but when he did, oh boy were they raging. His eyes clamp down in an attempt to force sleep, but it only worsens the pain.
“Mgh.” He releases an incoherent moan, shifting from side to side. Harry knows he probably shouldn’t, but fuck it, you’re the only person he knows could help.
“Love,” He gently shakes. You grumble a bit as his swaying continues, his repeated pet names finally waking you.
“What? What is it, H?” You almost snap, slightly annoyed. 
“I-I-I’ve got a migraine.” He mutters in reply, guilt also setting in as he woke you with his own problems. 
“Oh.” You bite your lip, thankful that you did not utter any rude words. 
“I-I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to wake you up. You can go back to sleep-”
“No, no. Of course not. I’m glad you woke me up. Do you want me to get some more water or boil some? Have you taken meds for it?” 
His head nods, whining lowly at the sensation.
“ ‘m sorry,” Harry apologises again. “I really wouldn’t wake you unless it was bad and I’ve tried to go back to sleep but I just can’t and- and... it really fooking hurts.” 
You lean forward to lay a kiss on his forehead. “Don’t apologise for wanting help, my love.” You respond before exiting to make tea. The herbal ones always seemed to calm him.
Once back in the room, you frown at his exterior. His body is up against the headboard, arms crossed and trying to relax but it was only causing more of an ache.
You sigh, pulling him closer. He tries to relax in your grasp but cannot rattle the discomfort. Your fingers dig into his hair, gently massaging the tender areas.
“... and my pain will range from up, down and sideways, thank God it’s Friday cause Fridays...” You hum lowly, the TØP song sticking to your brain after Harry brought up the title.
“Don’t know why they, always seem so dismal. Thunderstorms, clouds, snow, and a slight drizzle...” 
“What’s the name of that song again, angel?” Harry interjects. 
“Migraine.” You chuckle, causing him to groan. 
“You don’t like the song?” 
“No, no. I do, it’s just... perhaps something a bit more mellow for the moment?” 
You nod, beginning a different song for your husband. Though everything still hurt, your repeated touch and sound eased his pain just a bit. 
“But ain’t nobody love you like I do...” 
You notice his breathing gradually calm as you sing softly. Another smile comes across his face, feeling incredibly thankful to have you around. Nothing and no one could ever make him feel as you do. 
“Promise that I will not take it personal-”
“-baby?” He completes the line, though his intonation hints that it is question rather than him singing. You pout, thinking you had upset him again by the choice of song. Happier had also been circling your thoughts and though it did not apply to either of you, it was still a fantastic song to sing.
“Yes, Haz?” 
“I’ve never been happier than when I’m with you.”
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suckitsurveys · 7 years
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Lot’s of long answers in this one sorry not sorry.
1. Do you like zombie movies? Nah, I’m not into the whole zombie thing. <--Same. I do like Zombieland though.
2. What’s the grossest/worst thing you’ve ever seen in a public restroom? Used condoms. 
3. What’s the most wasteful thing you regularly do? I use a lot of paper towels.
4. What’s the most difficult apology you’ve ever had to give? I’m not sure. 
5. What’s the worst relationship advice you’ve ever seen? I HATE the whole “fighting is healthy” mentality. Yes, bickering is fine, but if you’re fighting all the time, that is not a healthy relationship AT ALL. If your partner is screaming and yelling you on a regular basis, that is borderline emotional abuse. 
6. Have you ever volunteered in a hospital? If not, would you ever want to? I haven’t. And definitely not, I hate hospitals. 
7. What was your worst Halloween costume? All of my costumes have been pretty awesome. I was Lucy from Lucy, Daughter of the Devil one year and no one got it, but I still had fun with it.
8. Who has/had the worst reputation in your graduating class? Eh. 
9. When was the first time you can remember feeling mature? I’ll let you know when that happens. 
10. Have you ever had a disappointing Christmas, or any disappointing holiday if you don’t celebrate Christmas? Yeah. It’s kinda hard to talk about, but about 7 years ago my mother accidentally took her meds twice in the morning and she was completely out of it while opening presents. I got her a really nice chalkboard that she had wanted and she opened it and literally looked at it, said nothing, and put it down to open the next present, pretty much repeating what she did with mine. And when she did say stuff she was very incoherent. It was one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to watch. 
11. Do you have any character bandaids in your house right now, or just plain ones? There are some Batman ones that were mine at my dad’s still. 
12. Have you ever had to give a pet away? Yes. My ex gave me a kitten like 2 weeks before we broke up. The cat was also born to a wild cat that his friends fed but didn’t house, so the cat was, well, wild. He would scratch and bite me in my sleep and probably had worms. And I was too depressed after being dumped to deal with the kitten and I felt SO horrible but I had to give him to a shelter. I really hope that kitty has a good home now. 
13. What’s the junkiest junk food you’ve ever eaten? Oh man, I don’t know. Probably like loaded cheese fries or something. Or a fried Oreo. 
14. Did you play pretend a lot as a child? Were there any recurring plots or themes? Yeah, I pretended a lotttttt. One of the biggest things I did was make cars in my dining room by setting up our chairs. I’d pretend to go on road trips with my dolls. 
15. How do you feel about runny egg yolks? I’m not a huge fan but I don’t mind them. I’d rather them be firm.
16. Has a teacher ever tried to teach you something that was undeniably wrong? Yeah, my 7th grade math teacher was a JOKE. 
17. If for some reason you had to give up one of your hobbies, which would you choose? Maybe Facebook? 
18. Have you ever hidden a relationship from your family? I’ve definitely been in some online ones that I didn’t tell them about. 
19. How much do you know about first aid? Not very much oops. 
20. Which of your relatives do you know the least about? Hmm. Good question. The magic of Facebook has changed this dynamic recently. I used to not know anything about some of my second cousins but I have a lot of them on FB now, so I know at least a little about them. Maybe some of the family I have in TN?
21. Have you ever meditated? If so, did it do anything for you? Yeah. It was nice I guess? I supposed I do my own forms of meditating now, like relaxing in the tub or enjoying being outside. 
22. Have you ever given advice to someone who was much older than you? Yeah.
23. Have you ever used a view-master? Yeah!
24. Do you ever listen to talk radio or podcasts? If you do, what are some of your favorite shows? Sometimes I’ll listen to NPR, and my favorite segments on that station are Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me and This American Life. 
25. When was the last time you got ice cream from a truck? Oh it’s been a while. I’m hoping I can catch one this summer with my niece because she’d love that. We’ve gotten ice cream from one of those bicycle cooler things before and she thought it was so neat. 
26. Are any of your favorite bands broken up or on hiatus right now? I don’t pay attention to that, haha. I do know Die Antwoord is going to break up at the end of the year or already did or something. Like I said, I have no idea about those things. 
27. Do you know any sex workers? If so, how do they feel about their job? I did. She seemed to enjoy it. 
28. What’s the biggest art project you’ve ever attempted? How did it go? Hmm. I can’t think of anything. Maybe my architecture final? That I did pass. 
29. What kind of wild animals do you see most frequently where you live? Squirrels, birds, bunnies, raccoons, and unfortunately skunks. 
30. Have you ever cooked anything other than s’mores over a fire? Yeah, we’ve cooked potatoes and corn in a fire before. And also hot dogs. Oh and beans one time too. 
31. Are there any items in your house that you use for something other than its intended purpose? Hmm. Mark’s night stand is currently a storage box. 
32. What do you hope the afterlife is like? I don’t know if I believe in that or not. 
33. What’s the worst behavior you’ve ever seen from a child? One of the kids at the daycare my sister owns used to communicate displeasure well into his toddler years by SCREAMING and refusing to move. Like would stiffen up and just scream. He was a terror and my sister could not get him adjusted no matter what she tried, and the parents didn’t want to listen either. 
34. Have you ever planned an act of revenge? Maybe little things as a kid. Like one time I was hanging out with my sister when I was about 9 or 10 and she was 18 ish, and then all of a sudden her boyfriend came over and they deserted me. They ordered Chinese food for just them and while they were upstairs, I poured an insane amount of garlic powder in it. But the joke ended up being on me because my sister then offered the leftovers to me. Haha. 
35. Do you and your parents share any of the same hobbies? I mean, we enjoy doing things together, definitely. My dad and I go to Cubs games and watch movies and go out to eat together a lot. He also likes going on trips and so do I. But he’s definitely a lot more interested in music than I am. And golfing. When my mom was alive we enjoyed shopping together, and she liked trips and movies as well. She also collected antiques, which isn’t something I’m super interested in, but I do appreciate them. 
36. Do you think it’s more exciting or scary to get older? Both. 
37. How was the reception of the last wedding you attended? My sister’s wedding was basically one big reception in my dad’s backyard. It was SUPER laid back; there was a small ceremony and then afterwords we had a taco bar and my sister grilled the steak herself in her wedding dress. I loved that part haha. We also had my dad’s friend’s band play and my dad also got up and played a few songs on his guitar as well. Everyone just danced and laughed and had a really great time. It was really fun, despite who she was marrying, haha. 
38. Do you have any physical photo albums? There are a TON at my dad’s house. 
39. Would you feel comfortable working at a sex shop? Eh. 
40. Who was the worst friend you ever had? Aside from lil pre-teen jackasses in middle school, my ex friend Jessica. She was SO into herself she never asked me how I was doing and she thought she was a really good signer and definitely wasn’t. She also pulled some bullshit when my ex and his best friend tried to break Mark and I up early in our relationship. Long story short, when I told her what happened she was like “I’m not going to take sides” (my ex’s best friend was her bf’s brother). UM that situation was definitely something you should take sides in, especially when it happened to your supposed best friend. I stopped talking to her that day. 
41. What’s the biggest sacrifice you’ve ever made? Staying at home longer than I wanted to. I did it so my dad wouldn’t be lonely. I was on track to moving out when my mother passed away and then I felt like I needed to/wanted to stay with him and it ended up being a few more years before I moved out on my own (with Mark).
42. Have you ever campaigned for a political candidate, or otherwise played an active roll in an election? Eh. 
43. What’s the coolest hand-me-down you’ve ever gotten? What about the best one you’ve ever given? Oh man I cannot think right now. I’m sure there have been a few things I’ve given my niece. The only thing I can think of right now is my Barbie collection, even though they are still at my dads and she only plays with them there. They will eventually become hers fully though. OH! The coolest hand-me-down I ever got was my sister’s old room in our parent’s home when she moved out. It was painted blue top to bottom and had a KILLER walk in closet. 
44. Do your parents and grandparents get along with each other? My dad’s mother is my only living grandparent and they bicker A LOT. I think he might harbor some of the same resentment I do against her for treating my mother so horrible when she was alive. And that he’s on his way to retirement but now has to take care of her. And now on his own since I moved out, which I feel super guilty about but that’s a story for another day. This survey is over and I need to sleep. 
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