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"Dad!"

Levi turns and smiles when he sees Petra running towards him. "Hey hazelnut," he says, hugging her.

Baggage claim is crowded and noisy but Petra is insistent on talking to her father. "Oh my god, Dad, Paris is beautiful! I know why you and Papa didn't want to show me pictures before."

"So you had fun?"

"Of course I had fun," She giggles. "I brought you back wine, I hope I picked the right one."

"Even if you didn't get the right one it's fine," Levi replies.

Instead of going to college right away, Petra decided she wanted to travel for a while.

She charmed her way into writing for the Travel section of their local newspaper to fund her trips and she gets some extra money for the webshow she started; blogging about all the places she's been.

Needless to say, Levi was happy his girl was still living with them when she wasn't away.

"You hungry?" he asks when she finally gets her suitcase.

"I could eat," she replies.

"Does McDonald's sound okay?"

"Some Mcnuggets actually sound really good right now," she replies as they get in the car.

Petra turns on the radio as Levi navigates them onto the freeway. "I'm glad you taught me French," she says.

"Even with Grandma Celia's help there were some things I had to do on my own. When we at a restaurant one night, we say this man try to order in English and the waitress just looking really annoyed with him and pretended she didn't know English. When she came over to us I stumbled when I was trying to say something and she told me, in English, that it was alright and I didn't have to order in French."

Levi laughs. "That's how it is. Most people just want you to try. What did Celia say?"

"She said she does it too when people go to her shop."

"That sounds like her."

Petra pulls her hair down from its ponytail and fingercombs it. "How's Papa?"

Levi snorts. "You know him, he's fine. Resilient."

"I know, but right before I left he-"

"He stopped wearing black every single day," Levi says.

Petra smiles, if only a little. "That's good."

"He actually wore that rainbow sweater you gave him when you came back from San Francisco."

Petra giggles. "Oh my god, did he look as cute as I thought?"

"I can show you the pictures when we get home."

"How's he doing with needed the extra help at the bakery?"

"He hates it, as expected, but the better part of that is he's teaching himself how to do things on his own again."

"So he doesn't need your help as much at home?"

"Less than you'd expect but still more than he'd like. He wants to be able to do everything he could do before but he just can't."

Petra sighs, looking out the window. "Is Uncle Erwin okay too?"

Levi pauses, he learned right after Petra graduated about her crush on his best friend. Erwin still doesn't return those feelings, but Petra still feel them. "He's good," Levi says. "He's happy."

"Are he and Armin still together?"

"Judging by the fresh flowers at the library every time we go there, I'd say so."

Petra frowns but doesn't complain. "That's good."

Levi doesn't miss the vague disappointment in her voice.

The line at the driveway is blessedly short, as they pull away Levi frowns. "What?" Petra asks, sipping her soda.

"The guy in the window was checking you out," he says with an annoyed edge on his voice. "I should've hit him with this bag."

Petra giggles and they spend the rest of the ride in a comfortable silence.

When they get home, Petra carries in their food while Levi gets her suitcase. When she walks inside, she sees Eren doing pull-ups on a bar in the kitchen doorway.

The empty space where his right leg used to be makes her heart ache a bit but she puts on a smile saying, "That's new."

Eren grins, turning his head to look at her. "Yeah well," he says, balancing himself on his remaining foot so he can maneuver back into his wheelchair. "I'm getting old, gotta take care of what's left of me."

She smiles and hugs him. "Welcome home sweetheart," he says.

"Good to be home, Papa."