The Ereri Project!

Breakfast

Levi eats breakfast alone.

He always does, these days.

With nothing but the morning news to keep him company, he usually eats a granola bar or something else fast and easy.

What's the point of cooking if he's the only one who's going to be here to enjoy it?

He sighs and gets ready for work.

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Levi eats breakfast with Eren now.

The brat really has it in his head that breakfast is important, so it's never just a granola bar anymore.

Eren is usually only good for baking, but Levi's beginning to believe Eren is good at cooking anything as long it either satisfies his sweet tooth or is made early in the morning.

Levi starts getting grandiose breakfasts like stuffed French toast and homemade hash browns or bacon pancakes.

Even without all the good food, Levi is glad for the company.

He feels better on days he gets to laugh over breakfast.

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When Petra is born, breakfast changes a bit.

First thing in the morning, Eren gets up to make her bottle and get her out of her crib.

Once Levi's a little more awake he takes her and feeds her while Eren makes their breakfasts.

Levi finds he doesn't really mind holding a sleeping baby while he eats.

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When Petra starts eating real food, it starts getting tricky.

She usually gets oatmeal and pureed fruits for breakfast, which is both messy and gross but he'd be lying if he said he didn't like spending the time with her.

She still spits out her food a lot, and tries to play with it, but Levi isn't anything but happy to spend his mornings with her.

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Mondays become everyone's favorite when Eren starts working at the bakery.

If there are any sweets left by closing time on Sunday night, Eren and his workers all take some home. So Monday mornings are leftover cake, pie, or muffin days.

Petra is especially happy about this since her sweet tooth is about as sharp as Eren's.

Levi's mostly just happy to see their faces on those mornings.

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Except for Mondays, breakfast turns into cereal or toast on most weekdays after Petra starts going to school.

Levi misses getting real food on those mornings.

On weekends though, breakfast is back big-time. Complete with pajamas and sleepy-eyes.

Levi is happy then.

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Breakfast is lonely again when Petra gets older. She's done high school now, and is off seeing the world and Eren has to go to the bakery earlier than usual because they get so many big orders now and can't afford to sleep in.

Levi sighs and takes a granola bar from the cabinet before shuffling off to work.

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After Eren loses his leg, Levi feels guilty about how glad he almost feels about it.

Since Eren needs a little extra help getting around in his kitchen, he has a few workers who know the recipes well enough to get on without Eren breathing down their necks.

So Eren starts going into the bakery later and sharing his breakfasts with Levi instead of his workers.

Levi starts loving breakfast again.

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Levi retires a month before Petra's baby is born.

He's technically still a few years too young to do that, but he's comfortable with his savings and Eren isn't planning on leaving the bakery any time soon so he'd rather do without the stress.

He loves having Petra home again, not having her around very often in so long made him forget just how much he loves her company, almost as much as he loves Eren's company.

It feels really good, having his family together for breakfast again. And with his granddaughter finally here, he's never been happier to be where he is.

Petra often complains about him spoiling baby Celia, but he usually just rolls his eyes at her and tells her about how he used to hold her while eating his breakfast so doing it with Celia is like reliving a good memory.

Eren laughs and Petra smiles despite her herself and Levi is happy.