The Ereri Project!

Toothbrushes

Levi is surprised how soon into their relationship he starts becoming unable to imagine not being around Eren.

He doesn't really think about it at all until the morning he gets up and realizes there are two toothbrushes at the sink in his bathroom.

He realizes at the same time that there's an entire drawer in his dresser devoted to clothes that aren't his, a mug and a glass in the kitchen cabinet that he always keeps clean but never uses, and an extra pair of shoes at the door that definitely wouldn't fit him if he tried to wear them.

He wonders how he let Eren worm his way into his life without him noticing.

He wonders why this has never happened before.

He dated Erwin for four years and they never purposely left things around each other's apartments. Levi wonders if he would leave his things around Eren's apartment if he didn't live in a dorm at his school.

Levi shrugs and goes back to his room. Eren is still asleep, spread out on Levi's bed since the shorter man got up.

He wonders if he should ask Eren to move in before his next semester of school starts, he doesn't live very far from campus after all.

Once upon a time he never would've dreamed of living with someone.

Fifteen year old him would be so confused to know adult him was considering having little Eren move in with him.

That said, fifteen year old him was more interested in getting out from under his parents' thumb than dealing with relationships with other people.

Levi sighs and gets dressed because it's cold in his apartment and he still needs to make coffee.

He hears the bathroom door close after he starts the coffee. He hears the toilet flush but the door doesn't open right away. "Hey Eren?" Levi calls through the door.

Eren opens the door and Levi's heart beats a little faster at how cute Eren looks right now; his hair messed up from bed, his eyes still sleepy, his clothes a little wrinkled from sleeping, and that toothbrush with toothpaste foam running down the shaft. "Hm?" he hums in response.

They could talk about him moving in later. "Good morning."