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Heat (Vampire)

There is no question how much Levi likes the rain. Any excuse not to be forced to stay locked up in the castle during the day is a good one.

He's never had an easy time getting to sleep, after all, even since he turned Eren. He's always been had an uneasy soul, he supposes.

But sitting on the roof in the rain when he knows it would be just a few hours before daybreak on a normal day, it feels sort of peaceful.

Eren will probably yell at him again for letting himself sit outside cold and wet like this but it's worth it.

Silence makes him think too much so the noises of heavy raindrops shattered against the rooftop is just the kind of white noise he needs to focus.

In his head he goes over the dozens of times he's listened to Hanji drone on about heat cycles and soulmates and how if he's never felt those things before they would definitely start once he was together with his own.

He has been afraid of that for a really long time.

What if when he and Eren are together nothing happens? What if they both turn out to be the same types?

Alphas can't be with alphas and omegas can't be with omegas. What if he isn't good enough?

He tucks his head between his knees. Somehow his instincts are telling him his first heat cycle is going to start soon and he knows what to expect but he's afraid it won't go quite right.

Even if he knows Eren adores him and would do anything for him, just as he does in return.

He wishes there were more vampires around for him to talk to but the only other omega he knows personally is Petra and he suspects she would just be going to sleep about now.

He looks up at the sky, lighting striking far in the distance.

Heat cycles turn into babies, he knows. But babies don't always survive to be born. He's so surrounded by death as it is he doesn't know if he could handle that.

He feels sort of lost and sort of hungry but he doesn't feel like looking for a meal right now. He sort of just wants to let the rain embrace him in the cold until his nerves start to subside.

He gasps when warm arms wrap around him from behind. "What're you so sad for?" Eren asks against the back of Levi's neck.

The shorter man shrugs.

Eren moves so his legs are on either side of Levi and he can get a better hold on his lover, gently laying kisses across the back of his neck. "You smell extra good right now?" he mutters.

"You can eat if you have to," Levi replies.

Eren shakes his head. "Not like that, exactly."

Levi leans his head back so the rain can hit his face. Eren leans up to kiss his cheek. "I love you," he says.

Levi feels a strange pulse in the lowest part of his stomach that tells him they both have to be naked right now.

He worms out of Eren's hold so he can stand and takes the brunette's hand. "Let's go to bed," he says.

Eren lets out a breath like he's smelling something new and his eyes flash the same red they do when he's hungry. "Okay," he replies, getting up instantly.

By the end of the day, Levi is no longer quite sure what he was afraid of.