The Ereri Project!

Wildflowers

Eren discovers quickly that Levi actually prefers napping outside to taking a nap in his own bed in his quarters.

He thought it was odd for a while, but the more he thought about it the closer he came to deciding that the Corporal just liked the extra feeling of freedom.

So very often, when Eren has nothing to do when Levi is napping, the brunette titan-shifter will sit by the sleeping officer to watch him until he wakes up.

The afternoon, Eren is surprised to see all the wildflowers growing in the field where Levi naps.

He smiles and walks around to pick a bunch of them. When he sits down he tries to remember how his mother weaved flowers together once to make a crown for herself and then one for him when he asked.

As he imitates the motions her hands once made, he finds himself sinking into nostalgia in a way he hasn't in a long time. He starts crying soundlessly, still weaving the flowers together.

When the crown is finished, he sets it on the grass beside him and rubs his eyes, drawing his thighs up to his chest. "I miss you mom," he mutters into his knees.

Levi wakes up slowly and sits up, blinking the sleep from his eyes. Beside him, he finds Eren where he always is, but today is different.

The brat is all drawn up inside himself and his shoulders are shaking.

When Levi notices the flower crown on the grass between them, he picks it up and examines it before placing it on his head and laying back down, closing his eyes.

Eren sniffles and rubs his eyes, straightening his legs back out. When he goes to pick up his crown, he almost panics when he sees it's gone, but then he sees that Levi's wearing it and he blushes.

Levi pretends to sleep just long enough for Eren to run off somewhere.

Levi sits up and takes the crown off, smiling. "Silly brat."