The Ereri Project!

Snow

"Daddy, c'mon!"

Levi just wants a goddamn cigarette but he promised Eren he'd quit smoking, or at least near Petra. He is still barely awake, his four year old having not given him enough coffee before dragging him and Eren out to play in the newly fallen snow an hour and a half ago. Eren was already out helping her build a snowman but Levi had cleared a spot on their front porch to sit and watch instead.

Petra's snowsuit made her look like an oversized, yellow marshmallow. Levi wad surprised she could move in the stupid thing but at least she wouldn't be cold and the water wouldn't leak through onto her skin, unlike her parents. Eren was wearing his jacket with three long-sleeve shirts underneath, jeans, long johns, and three pairs of socks. Levi, too prideful to deal with actually bundling up, was in his pajama pants and leather jacket. All three of them were in waterproof boots, gloves, hats, scarves, and earmuffs.

Levi hated the cold, he hated the way it burned after too long and he hated driving with potential ice all over the road. He regretted not pressing Eren harder about moving south where it was warmer. Watching his husband and his daughter in the snow, he thinks that Eren acts too much like a kid sometimes. "Yeah, c'mon Levi," Eren says, turning those too-big green eyes on him.

Levi rolls his eyes and leans back on his hands, watching the way the steam looks coming out of his mouth. Suddenly, he has snow in his face. When he looks back down, Eren is laying in the snow laughing and Petra is hiding sheepishly behind their half built snowman. "Sorry Daddy," she mutters. "I was aiming for your chest. Papa told me to do it."

Levi stands calmly and stalks over to Petra, who cowers with her eyes looking larger than normal. He crouches beside her. "Know what we're gonna do Hazelnut?"

"What Daddy?"

Levi leans in to whisper to her. "We're gonna go get revenge on Papa for being a bigger brat than usual."

"Okay, what're we gonna do?"

Levi grins and whispers to her. A few feet away Eren gets suspicious at how silent his family suddenly becomes. He goes to sit up but suddenly Petra sits on his chest, weighing his down. "Petra," he starts to say but suddenly she grins and he doesn't see Levi standing over them before his head is practically buried under snow.

He shouts and shoots up, knocking Petra, who is giggling, over into the snow. "That's what you get brat," Levi says, swiping excess snow off his sleeve, smiling.

Eren grins and tugs Levi down with them. "But I got you to come play with us, didn't I?"

Petra shoots up and grins even harder at them. "Daddy, Daddy!" she stands and pretends to knock on a door. "Do you wanna build a snowman?" she sings.

Eren laughs. For as much as Petra loves Tangled, she'd taken an immediate and intense liking for Frozen. Levi chuckles and shakes his head. "Fine," he says.

"I'm gonna make some hot chocolate," Eren says. "Do you want coffee Levi?"

Levi looks up at Eren and grabs the collar of his jacket, kissing him. "I love you."

"Ew," Petra says. "Uncle Erwin says coffee's bad for you Daddy, you shouldn't drink it every day like that."

Levi rolls his eyes. "That's what she's grossed out by."

Eren shrugs. "I'll come get you when your drinks are ready, okay?"

Eren goes inside and Petra tugs at Levi's hand. "C'mon Daddy, we just have to put the head on my snowman and then we can decorate him!"

Levi can't help but smile at her enthusiasm.