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Summary: You're the jokester of the Survey Corps. A mission goes wrong and suddenly there's no more jokes. Levi wants to know why.
You never really thought much about your sarcasm or the effect it had on people. Okay scratch that, you thought about it a lot and you believed people thought you were funny. Which you were. Your jokes often set off the entire lunchroom if they were listening. Oftentimes new recruits would come to you in search of a pick me up after a mission outside the walls. Everyone loved the way you could remove tension from the room.
Levi however... he wouldn't laugh at your jokes. At all. Hange told you not to take it personally, that he just had a stick up his ass. Everyone was inclined to believe her. The man wouldn't laugh at anything. It sort of bugged you; the way he didn't show happiness or amusement in any way. So you decided to make it your personal mission to make Humanity's Strongest Soldier laugh.
It started off with small quips here and there about various things.
"Hey, Captain. This breakfast is egg-cellent. Don't you think?"
"An MP, a stationary guard, and a recruit walk into a bar. A scout laughs and walks under it."
"Do you think that if we tell the kids to protect the horses, Eren will protect Jean?"
That one got a laugh from Eren and a few others, and a huge 'fuck you' shouted from across the field from Jean.
So your jokes weren't over-the-top funny, but they were appreciated. As time went on your jokes became worse but the soldiers - mostly the cadets - loved them. Every day there'd be something you had to say about the missions, food, soldiers, or even yourself if you got really bored. Somehow Levi found himself waiting for the moment your eyes would light up as you were about to tell a joke you hoped he would laugh at. Some of them he did find funny, but he couldn't bring himself to laugh aloud. He figured that once he did anything of the sort you would be satisfied and leave him alone to tell your jokes elsewhere. Levi enjoyed your presence, he didn't want you to leave. So he kept the blank expression on his face and watched as you became more determined every day to make him laugh.
That was how it began for you. The occasional pass through the hallway turned into you striding by at his side to help with what you could. Of course this would be the time when you would ramble about this or that and make a joke or two, but there would still be no reaction. So you would try harder. Eventually you found yourself realizing that you liked talking to Levi, even though he would normally roll his eyes and sigh at you. It was strange, but he didn't send you away so you assumed he didn't mind your presence too much.
