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Best EruRi Slow Burn Fanfics

The best slow burn EruRi (Erwin Smith/Levi Ackerman) fanfiction on AO3, curated by popularity. Readers love the anticipation, the meaningful character development, and the eventual payoff of a well-earned romance.

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Top EruRi Slow Burn Fic Recs

1 slow burn EruRi fic matched, followed by other top-rated EruRi stories.

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Blind Spot

Slow Burn

by Spark123

Levi Ackerman has always lived outside the system — no records, no safety net, no future plans beyond getting through the next day. Raised by an infamous serial killer, he learned early that survival doesn’t allow clean hands and heroism. As the war between Marley and Paradis intensifies, the milita

187 kudos 186,332 words 23/? chapters Mature
2

To Love A Slave

by JuniperAdler

Erwin Smith is a gladiator for house Marcellus. Recently purchased, he must become worthy of a wealthy ludus. But his eyes are set on Levi, the body slave of the dominus, and will risk everything to set him free.But sometimes little birds don’t seek the freedom others think they need. Ancient Roman

509 kudos 59,297 words 21/? chapters Explicit
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Pas de Deux

by Pearlhart

Old glory marrying new money is a tale as old as time. The Smiths are on the brink of financial ruin and in a desperate attempt to keep the ship sailing a marriage has been arranged with the Ackermans, a family that has inexplicably risen from nothing to the top like a shooting star. Now they're pro

297 kudos 68,513 words 14/? chapters Explicit
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La Mer

by sunnuie

Erwin has only ever had one purpose in his life for the past few years: to get his PhD in political and ethical philosophy. He might reconsider his workaholic habits after he meets the mysterious singer from Mike's band.Levi's life is well structured: work, study, music, sleep, repeat. He wants noth

63 kudos 27,723 words 6/? chapters Explicit
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Good Dog

by RedelliaValentinos

"You need control. Or, rather, it seems that you need to be controlled. We can rein you in. We can help you keep the nightmares away. This,'' Erwin motions to the gag still dripping onto the desk, ''This was merely a morsel of what we can offer. And it would allow you to vent your rage without causi

62 kudos 23,617 words 10/? chapters Explicit
6

Afterlight

by Monoxolotl

“Well, if you’re not a whore,” Erwin started, “then what are you exactly?” ”I’m someone who is trying to make the best out of what I’ve got,” Levi said, inhaling slowly from the cigarette as the glow lit his face for a moment. “Is that bad?”

61 kudos 16,867 words 4/? chapters Explicit
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A jazzy tune about why Erwin doesn't mute his phone

by FluidAcorn

Erwin Smith, a Hollywood star, decides to retire from acting, completely unaware that one night he'll be woken by a call from an old friend. "Guess who applied for the lead role in my film?""Just tell me.""Levi, damn it, Ackerman!"

56 kudos 39,146 words 13/13 chapters Mature
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On thin ice

by FluidAcorn

Erwin spends on him a ridiculous amount of money just because he can afford that and - because Erwin is Levi's sugar daddy.The thing is - Levi is not a sugar baby. He's an Olympic figure skater with shitty attitude, recovering from knee injury. And it seems like this relationship only getting more a

36 kudos 28,295 words 6/16 chapters Explicit
9

out at sea

by Kiwiqamari

On his way to drop off documents, a history teacher meets the counselor of a youth summer camp.

35 kudos 14,843 words 14/? chapters Teen And Up Audiences
10

Douse the Sun

by BlakeWeiss

Survey Collegiate Academy is a reform school whose pipeline sends delinquent students straight into crime. With brutality rising and the leadership at a loss, social studies teacher Erwin Smith has wrangled kingpin Levi out of the Underground City and into the department's arsenal. The two must bala

31 kudos 34,632 words 11/? chapters Explicit
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Secret Letters

by shindekure

When official business calls Erwin away to Stohess, Levi happens upon his unsent letters to an old flame. His next impulse sparks a chain of unfortunate events, exposing a captivating truth neither man will name.

26 kudos 9,700 words 1/1 chapters Explicit
12

No Chair for Levi

by xmpiistarr

Levi Ackerman faces the realization he is about to pass out after days awake. He needs to sleep, but the only bed available is Erwin’s.

21 kudos 997 words 1/1 chapters General Audiences
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Wanderfalke

by RandomLoner_1412

“Look!”,They breathed, eyes nearly pressed against the glass.For a moment Erwin wasn’t sure what he was looking for, then he caught a small sliver line of steam flowing from the cut. The leg, hair thin but moving like it was filled with muscle and ligament, steadily grew back. In a matter of seconds

18 kudos 229,186 words 29/39 chapters Mature
14

Maybe In The Next Life

by I_Exist_andidk_why

Erwin Smith has everything and intends to share it with the world. He has money and a dream to bring Eldians like his mother up in a world that has only pushed them down. It's why he's helped bring the people of the Underground above, if only for a day, and it's why he and his family are boarding th

13 kudos 12,686 words 3/? chapters Mature
15

Quarrel

by thatonedragonfly

Levi decides it is time for a divorce with Erwin Smith. Eren just wants to sleep.

9 kudos 2,814 words 1/1 chapters General Audiences
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On having a body

by Anonymous

T for language*** It happens on a random day, during a random week, during a random month. There is truly nothing special that can be said about it. The birds sing in the sky, the mice skitter around the kitchen pantry, and Erwin Smith wakes up a woman. ***This came to me in a midnight bout of insan

5 kudos 7,755 words 1/1 chapters Teen And Up Audiences
17

Broken Down, Bitter

by greenbeans_44

Levi is what the Underground made him. Erwin wants a weapon.

5 kudos 2,880 words 2/? chapters Mature
18

Wanderfalke 3/3

by RandomLoner_1412

The final installment of the Wanderfalke series, in which grief, love, and a gang of lost souls face the end of everything, and the start of something.

2 kudos 17,724 words 3/13 chapters Mature
19

The Jaeger Files

by egosoldier

"You were asleep, Zeke. It was just a nightmare." It was his dad who he probably woke up with his crying. Zeke frowned, sniffled and noticing that his face was wet. "Oh. I didn't mean to wake you up. I'm sorry, papa," he says, lowering his head. Grisha shushed him, gently scooping Zeke up with an ar

2 kudos 8,838 words 1/? chapters Explicit
20

Absence

by didrosis2514

No summary provided.

1 kudos 7,107 words 2/? chapters Not Rated

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Why Slow Burn EruRi Fanfiction Works So Well

Erwin Smith/Levi Ackerman — The Survey Corps commander pulled humanity's strongest soldier out of the Underground and earned a devotion Levi gave no one else, culminating in Levi's choice to let Erwin die at Shiganshina rather than drag him back to his demons. Their partnership of dreamer and blade defines the series' adult generation.

Slow Burn — A romance that develops gradually over time, with tension building across chapters or the entire story.

The serumbowl decision — love expressed as letting go — gives this ship a gravity few others in any fandom can match. Readers love the anticipation, the meaningful character development, and the eventual payoff of a well-earned romance. That's why slow burn EruRi fanfiction is one of the most consistently popular combinations on AO3.

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