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Parent (Mermaid)

"What is Eren doing with a whale?"

"Where is its mother?"

"Whales never leave their pods, why is she with them?"

"Did they kipnap her?"

Levi watches Eren race Bubby around the coral reef, ignoring the chatter of mermaids behind him. Even he's grown pretty fond of the baby whale by now. 

As long as Eren's happy and not killing anyone, he honestly wouldn't have cared if the pink-tailed merman had wanted to adopt a shark.

Now he's just annoyed the others can't accept that as well.

Tuning them out usually works but there's the occasional brave souls comes up to ask him what's going on. Merpeople aren't very parental after all, the babies are born developed enough to swim and find food on their own so family units beyond mated pairs are unnecessary. 

He knows it must seem strange that any of their kind, much less a male of their kind, would want to care for a child of a completely different species.

Bubby coos at Levi. "No, you two play, I'll watch," he replies.

She makes a sad noise. He chuckles. "I'll play later."

She perks up a bit at that and continues playing with Eren. Levi so focused on watching them he doesn't notice a merwoman sneak up behind him. "Levi?"

He startles, backing away from her. "What?" he asks.

She's a redhead and a cute one. She plays with her hair as she says, "So like, what's up with the whale?"

Levi glares at her. "Will you people shut the fuck up?" he growls. "If Eren wants to a mom for an orphan whale, he can do whatever he damn well pleases and it's no one's business but ours."

The girl shrinks back and swims away, the other mermaids following her.

Levi looks back to see Eren and Bubby both watching him. "Sorry," he mutters.

Bubby swims over first and taps his stomach with her nose, making a happy noise. He smiles and hugs her. "Love you too."

Eren grins and swims over. "Okay Daddy, we're going to play tag now and you're it!"

: Day 267: Parent (Mermaid AU)Chapter Text

"What is Eren doing with a whale?"

"Where is its mother?"

"Whales never leave their pods, why is she with them?"

"Did they kipnap her?"

Levi watches Eren race Bubby around the coral reef, ignoring the chatter of mermaids behind him. Even he's grown pretty fond of the baby whale by now. As long as Eren's happy and not killing anyone, he honestly wouldn't have cared if the pink-tailed merman had wanted to adopt a shark.

Now he's just annoyed the others can't accept that as well.

Tuning them out usually works but there's the occasional brave souls comes up to ask him what's going on. Merpeople aren't very parental after all, the babies are born developed enough to swim and find food on their own so family units beyond mated pairs are unnecessary. He knows it must seem strange that any of their kind, much less a male of their kind, would want to care for a child of a completely different species.

Bubby coos at Levi. "No, you two play, I'll watch," he replies.

She makes a sad noise. He chuckles. "I'll play later."

She perks up a bit at that and continues playing with Eren. Levi so focused on watching them he doesn't notice a merwoman sneak up behind him. "Levi?"

He startles, backing away from her. "What?" he asks.

She a redhead and a cute one at that. She plays with her hair as she says, "So like, what's up with the whale?"

Levi glares at her. "Will you people shut the fuck up?" he growls. "If Eren wants to a mom for an orphan whale, he can do whatever he damn well pleases and it's no one's business but ours."

The girl shrinks back and swims away, the other mermaids following her.

Levi looks back to see Eren and Bubby both watching him. "Sorry," he mutters.

Bubby swims over first and taps his stomach with her nose, making a happy noise. He smiles and hugs her. "Love you too."

Eren grins and swims over. "Okay Daddy, we're going to play tag now and you're it!"