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Wrinkles

"Hey Papa?"

Eren is sitting on the couch with Levi's feet in his lap while the older man is taking a nap. He looks up see Petra leaning over Levi, staring at his face. "Yeah sweetie?"

"Where do Daddy's lines go when he's sleeping?"

"What lines?"

Petra stands and pushes her face into a nearly perfect emulation of Levi's causing Eren to laugh. She points to the outer corners of her eyes and her forehead. "All those lines," she says.

"Oh," Eren drawls. "Those lines, Daddy's just relaxed enough when he's asleep they don't have to be there."

"Does that mean they'll go away when Daddy retires?"

"No, they'll just turn into wrinkles then," Eren says. "All old people get them."

"So you're gonna get them too Papa?"

"Unfortunately."

"So wrinkles are a bad thing?"

Eren shrugs. "They're just a sign of aging," he says. "Like losing flexibility and sleeping more often."

Petra goes back to examining Levi's face. "Don't tell Daddy but he already has a wrinkle between his eyebrows," she whispers at Eren and he laughs again.

"I can hear you, you know," Levi says.

Petra squeaks and scampers off to her room. Levi just shakes his head at her. "They're not that bad," Levi says.

"What?"

"My wrinkles."

Eren rolls his eyes. "They're not even wrinkles yet, old man, don't worry about it."

Levi shrugs and sits up, moving to sit on Eren's lap. "You're not going to divorce me when I do finally get real wrinkles, though, are you?"

Eren shrugs, kissing Levi. "Depends on how crotchety being old makes you," he says and Levi swats his shoulder. "And it also depends on whether or not you'll still like me old."

Levi takes Eren's face in his hands. "Nope, can't imagine you with wrinkles."

"I'm still not quite thirty," Eren replies.

"Damn it," Levi says.

He shifts again so his head is on the arm of the couch and his back is across Eren's lap. "I think that you'd look pretty good grey at least," Eren says.

"You are going to have the worst laugh lines," Levi replies.

Eren chuckles and leans down to kiss Levi again. "Who cares, at least I won't grow old alone."

Levi is annoyed by how comforting that sounds. "I'm going back to sleep, don't bug me again brat."

"Love you Levi."

Levi buries his face in Eren's shirt. "Love you too."