Something Wicked - 1

Summary: Levi is secretly thrilled to finally find someone who he can actually bend down a little to kiss. Among other things.

For the Shingeki No Kyojin/Attack On Titan Kink Meme. The prompt I used is the summary.

A snort and a neigh sounded from the gates as the fresh recruits for the Survey Corps came trotting in on horseback.

Levi glanced away from the open window pane with obvious finger prints on it to look over the few that had come to dedicate their lives to the Corps. The group was always small - unfortunately - and this time it was no different. There were perhaps a dozen recruits from the training squads that had to hold a few hundred even with the recent Titan attack and this was all they received this time.

He had to wonder if Erwin had intimidated them to be left with a group that he couldn't believe was smaller than normal. The tally of deaths in the Corps didn't help their cause in the least, but there was no reason to lower their numbers even more by scaring potential recruits away. They needed every last one they could get their hands on.

His eyes flickered over them, a few of which he recognized from Eren's tribunal back in the city. The young blonde boy, Armin, supposedly shielded by Eren from cannon fire based on another's testament. Mikasa, who shared his family name; trying to figure out the ties to that relation were beyond him however and quite frankly he didn't have the time. His mother had never mentioned any members of her own family before dying anyway.

It would just be his luck if it ended up being one of those common names if he bothered to look into it. Considering his mother's occupation it was a likely scenario.

His gaze stopped on the last recruit as the door to the old headquarters was closed.

She was significantly shorter than her companion seated on the horse right in front of her own. Hair a light blonde that just fell a few inches past her shoulders, eyes a dark blue that seemed to glimmer in the sun's light.

The steady clop of her own horse had slowed and he kept his eyes on hers as she gazed back at him. Hm.

Well, since he had her attention. Levi parted his lips to mouth the words, 'Come here,' to her.

The girl blinked, turning to look at her companion a moment later; leaning forward to say something and the other woman stopped, taking hold of the last horses' reins as the younger one swung her leg over the side of the beast and slipped down from the saddle. Even the horse was taller than her, her head not even clearing it's back as it followed the rest to the stables. Something even someone of his own stature could accomplish.

She jogged over to the window, stopping a yard away and he took the second afterward to ask, "What's your name?"

Almost immediately she assumed the usual salute of a soldier: facing forward, feet placed a foot apart, left hand twisted behind her back, right hand enclosed into a fist over her heart. "Krista Lenz, sir."

Krista. That had a nice ring to it; almost like a hidden gem. "Your first duty is going to be cleaning off the window here. I expect it to shine when you're done." With the order given he turned and walked across the room back out into the hall.

He would be back later to make sure she met his specifications.

Let me know if you like the story. I have more stories for these two, just under the other 'Attack on Titan' category running around the site.