The Ereri Project!

Nails

Eren watches quietly while Levi sits on the couch, meticulously cutting and filing each of his fingernails before smearing this oily stuff that looks like it's in a nail polish bottle on each one.

He sits down and continues watching as Levi moves on to his toenails, using the same process.

"Is there a particular reason you're staring at me, brat?"

Eren jumps, not having expected him to speak. "What?"

Levi looks up. "You're staring?"

"It's nothing, you're just really neat."

"I practically kick you when you don't clean up after yourself and you tell me I'm neat now?"

Eren rolls his eyes. "It's just that you're even neat with things like this, I can never cut my nails even."

Levi finishes the last of his toenails. "You want me to do them for you?"

"You wouldn't mind?"

Levi shrugs and gets up. "I'll be right back."

He brings in a basin of soapy hot water and a bottle of rubbing alcohol with a few Q-tips.

"Put your feet in the water," he says. "Technically I shouldn't cut your nails when they're wet but I'm making the exception 'cause your feet have to be clean before I touch them."

Eren pit his feet in the water and watched silently as Levi puts alcohol on a Q-tip and starts wiping down the blade part of his nail cutters. He picks up Eren's hand. "Goddamn you have dry skin," he mutters. "Hold on, I'm getting lotion."

Eren makes a face, muttering, "This always happens when it gets cold outside."

Levi nods, bringing back his lotion to put on Eren's hands. "Dry skin is common in winter, it's fine."

Levi starts by cutting Eren's nails, then filing them, and then moves on the putting that oily stuff on them. "What's that?" Eren asks.

"Moisturizer," Levi replies. "When I was in college, I had such a poor diet my nails started drying up without this stuff. Obviously I eat better now so they won't dry out without it but I think they look better with it."

Eren nods slowly and watches as Levi squeezes some lotion onto his palm and starts massaging his hand, making sure to get some on the gaps between his boyfriend's fingers.

He repeats the process for the other hand before draping a towel across his lap. "Okay, give me your foot," Levi says.

He makes a face at how long Eren's toenails are. "Sorry," Eren whines. "But I always cut them too short and they hurt."

Levi shakes his head. "It's because you cut them round," he says. "If you cut them flat the sides won't cut into your toe as much as they grow."

Eren nods and watches as Levi dries his foot more thoroughly and starts cutting and filing the nails. He's gentler with Eren's feet than he'd been with Eren's hands so Eren leans back and relaxes while Levi works.

When Levi's done with Eren's nails, he starts massaging his feet and Eren blushes. Levi cocks an eyebrow at him. Eren moans quietly.

Suddenly Levi locks eyes with and brings Eren's foot up to his face, placing a kiss on the end of his big toe. Eren bucks his hips slightly and Levi's eyes widen. "You have a foot fetish don't you?" he asks quietly.

Eren nods, still blushing, trying to will his sudden boner away. Levi picks up his other foot to massage that one as well before dropping both of Eren's feet on the couch and getting up to put all his things away. "You're just gonna leave me here like this?" Eren asks, pouting.

Levi turns slowly, smirking. "Darling if we do this now, this shit won't get cleaned up until tomorrow." He walks into the hallway, swaying his hips slightly. "Plus I need a cigarette."

Eren just groans and sinks into the couch. Levi's such a tease.