The Ereri Project!

Queen (Royal)

Eren is sometimes very surprised how happy he is with Levi.

The older man has a way of masking his emotions that Eren was initially bothered by but has since come to be very good at reading. 

The system of two kings that their parents devised was originally a very shaky idea, the thought that they could make their sons try and make it work was laughable to other kingdoms, but somehow Levi and Eren are making it work. 

They focus on different parts of politics and deal with different things so their people like that they have two rulers to go over a problem before deciding how to fix to it.

The only other problem was deciding on an heir. Obviously two men couldn't have their own children and they didn't have much in the way of family who would send their children up to rule. So it was something of a blessing when a child was left at the door of the castle.

Several of the servants offered to take care of it but Eren, after picking a wet nurse for the child, decided to keep it. A little girl they named Zoe.

She was like Eren, energetic and noisy, but she was very smart, perhaps smarter than both of her parents by the time she was ten years old. Levi has never had a history of women really liking him all that much, but that little girl who became his daughter seemed to adore him for some reason.

"I don't get it," he told Eren one day.

Eren smiles at him like he always did. "Don't get what?"

He looked over at Zoe who was 'picking flowers for Daddy', "How she likes me so much."

"She doesn't just like you, she loves you."

"Still don't get it."

Eren shrugs. "You're her father, of course she loves you."

Levi frowns and leans his chin in his palm. "Do you think we should start letting her sit in on meetings?" he asks.

Eren looks at Zoe. "She is quite a bit more reasonable than some of the people we have to negotiate with."

"I'm just worried they won't take her seriously."

Eren snorts. "Really? Zoe? You're talking about the girl who demanded she be allowed to break her own horse at age six."

Levi can't really argue with that. "She's too smart for her own good."

"She'll make a fine queen one day."

Levi looks at Eren and then leans over to kiss his cheek.

The brunette grins. "Thank you," he says.

Levi shakes his head. "Why do you always thank me for that?"

"Because you don't have to but you do anyway."

Eren leans over and kisses Levi. "I love you," he says.

Levi has to look away so Eren can't see his blush. "Love you too, pixie."

Eren laughs and Zoe runs up with a handful of flowers. "Daddy! I made you a bouquet!"

Levi smiles and takes it. "Thank you, darling."

Zoe sits between her parents. "Papa?" she asks Eren.

"Yes, Zoe?"

"Can I have a new gown made for my first meeting?"

Levi gives her a look. "What's wrong with the ones you already have?"

She stands back up and poses. "The colors are too bright," she says matter-of-factly. "They won't take me seriously if I look like a child."

"You are a child," Eren replies with a chuckle.

"They don't have to know that," she says with a grin. "I already asked my handmaid to help me find a way to look taller, she says we can tie wooden blocks to the bottoms of my shoes and see if I can still walk like that and if that doesn't work..."

Both Levi and Eren listen closely to the little girl in front of them, so full of ideas and great ways to execute those ideas.

Yes, Levi thinks, she will make a fine queen one day.