Quiet Understandings(Erwin X Levi)

Addition

A:N So I added another little part to this series just for fun! These two live in my head rent free and I use them as a means to distract myself from the piles of work I have to do...so please take this and I hope you enjoy it!

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Most mornings start off with Armin's whines filtering through the baby monitor. Though this morning he wakes up to the sound of his phone ringing. Confusion settles in since the routine is thrown off but then logic takes over...Erwin must have gotten Armin up. Slowly his eyes peel open and he can see the sunlight streaming through the window Erwin must have opened when he woke up. With a grunt he reaches over to grab his phone and squints at the unknown number but ultimately hits decline and lays the phone right back on the nightstand.

Armin had a bad night last night which meant he was up nearly every hour whining. Levi refuses to cave into Erwin's suggestion of letting him sleep in their bed because he knows the habits that creates. He had slept in bed with his mother as a young boy, so when she died and he had to go live with Kenny...it was a rude awakening. Not to mention he enjoys having the space from the one year old. Armin was one of the greatest joys in his life but that didn't mean he intended to have the kid around him 24/7. He needed for the bedroom to just be his and Erwin's space, but he will admit on the nights that Armin is fussy there is a brief moment when he considers just caving.

He's a couple seconds from falling back asleep when the phone rings again. He growls as the sleep is ripped from him and he grabs the phone, "For fucks sake..." It's the same number and he wants to chew whoever it is out for messing with his sleep but the odds of it being some automated voice is high. He'll just be wasting his breath. After pressing the green button he holds the phone to his ear, "Hello?" His voice is laced with sleep and obviously irritated. There's a brief silence on the end before the person speaks.

"Yes, hello," it's a woman, "Is this a Mr....Ackerman-Smith?"

HIs brows furrow and he's running a hand over his face before sighing, "Yes, this is he, but you can just call me Mr. Smith. Who is this?" He questions right back because if this was some sort of scam he was going to scream.

"Right, Mr. Smith, my name is Petra Ral and I'm a social worker. I was calling with a few questions for you."

That sentence is enough to make his heart drop to his stomach. A social worker? Was this about Armin? Anxiety flooded his veins as he sat up in bed and lifted a hand to his hair. He tugged at the roots gently before swallowing, "Are you calling about my son?"

The woman is silent before she offers a small laugh, "No sir. I realize my statement can sound scary as a parent, my apologies. I'm actually calling for a different reason. Mr. Smith, are you aware that you have a younger cousin?" He was relieved this wasn't about Armin but the other question left him puzzled. Did he? For a moment he ran through the relatives he knew of and only came up with his mom and Kenny. His dad was never in the picture so he never knew that side and growing up with a prostitute mother didn't exactly warrant trips to grandma's.

"I can't say that I was aware," he clears his throat and chews on his cheek, "I'll be honest the only relatives I'm aware of are my mother and my uncle." The woman on the other end of the line hums before sighing.

"Well, I'm assuming the uncle in question is a Kenny Ackerman...we didn't even bother to call him and I'm sure you can understand why," the woman sounds exasperated just talking about Kenny and it makes Levi chuckle the smallest bit because he could understand fully, "Anyways, you seem to be the only relative we can get in contact with or that isn't dead or in prison."

Levi nods even though he knew the woman couldn't see him, "Okay, well what is all of this about?"

"Right," she quips and there was a shuffling of papers in the background, "Well, as of 10:30 this morning your cousin, Mikasa Ackerman, was found hiding in the living room of her home. It appears that the home was broken into. They killed and robbed the Ackerman's but Mikasa was hidden well enough for them to not find her. This was all brought to our attention by Dr. Grisha Jaeger. He was scheduled to visit them at their home but upon his arrival he saw the front door was cracked open. He went in and found Mr. and Mrs. Ackerman in the kitchen but his son found Mikasa hiding. Currently she's with the Jaegers and they agreed to take her until we could find a relative or a home for her."