Icha Icha Paradise

Nightmare (Eren and Levi)

I stared up at my mom who was calling out to me. I kept trying to walk into my house but something stopped me and I kept getting farther and farther away from the welcoming wooden door.

Finally I turned around and stared at my father as he looked at me with a cold stare.

"You killed me, Eren. I'm dead and its all. Your. Fault."

I turned around again only to see that I had grown more mature and was standing in Wall Sina.

The people were whispering around me staring at me with such hostility.

I walked to one of them to push them away but I fazed right through them, my eyes growing wide in shock.

"What a nuisance."

"Honestly, they should just put him down like the mutt he is."

My breathing grew faster as I stared down at my hands and looked up again only to find the commander that nearly killed me when he discovered I was a titan.

He still had that crazed look on his face "ARE YOU A HUMAN?! OR A TITAN?!"

I tried to shout back, unconsciously screwing my eyelids shut "A HUMAN!"

I opened them once more only to find mother dying. The titan grinned cruelly as it salvilated.

I screamed "STOP IT!"

And then my mother faded into Hannes.

My breath caught in my throat, Hannes couldn't die, right? Hannes couldn't, wouldn't.

But I just stood there as the titan grinned and chomped his body in half.

Tears silently streamed down my face and I let out a roar of rage.

"Wake up!" I heard a distant voice call out to me.

What? 

"WAKE UP!"

What does he mea-

"WAKE UP!"

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Eren woke up in a cold sweat, panting heavily. His vision, blurred was gradually growing in clarity. He remembered the deep, male voice. The black eyes filled with an unusual emotion, worry only confirmed his suspicions. 

It definitely wasn't Mikasa so- 

A startled voice muttered "H-Heichou?"

The elder man shushed him, muttering a curse as he the signs of a panic attack appear. The captain did the necessary procedure "It was all just a nightmare, you weren't there. You are with me, Captain Levi. Its 11:03 P.M, year 849(that's as accurate as I could get.) You joined the Survey Corps at age twelve and are in the 104th Training Corps."

Eren had tears streaming down his face, utterly horrified. Levi's features softened as he cradled the frail body closer shushing him and whispering soothing words, combing his fingers through Eren's long, luscious locks.

Levi had dealt with soldier's nightmares before. It was his job as a captain to make sure that his comrades come back alive, a responsibility that was nearly impossible to fill. The least he could do is offer comfort to his comrades when they were suffering from  a particularly terrifying dream.

Levi heard the younger boy stuttering but the elder shushed him, gently cajoling him to sleep. Gentle was something that Eren hadn't experienced in years, Levi was well aware of that fact just glancing at the boy. Even as determined as a front he put on, Levi, ever observant, could see through that. This boy was tired and vulnerable and broken and- Well, the list could go on.

Even if Levi wanted to break just as badly as Eren, he would stay strong. Not only for his soldiers, but for himself. Levi would do whatever it took to protect these soldiers, even if he can't protect all of them, he has to try for the sake of mankind at least.