It has been almost an year since wall Maria's destruction and everything is going into chaos. The government is planning to disband the survey corps because of their recent failed mission, corruption inside the walls is increasing, the economic stability is faltering and Levi sits in the middle of it all, left behind at the HQ because of his sprained ankle, and he hated every single hour of his temporary vacation. However, his little 'time off' changes when he meets three orphans from the Shiganshina district. Or a story about Levi navigating through his new life as an adoptive father of three troublesome children. Alternate universe: - Time line a little altered for the purpose of this fanfiction - Eren saves Mikasa when he is six and Mikasa is seven: he does not kill the kidnappers but rather injure them to buy time for him and Mikasa to run away. THEREFORE HE IS STILL AN INNOCENT BABY WHO HASN'T KILLED A SINGLE SOUL....yet - Armin and Eren are 7, and Mikasa is 8 when the colossal titan first appears - Eren is 7 when he is given the injection and like the anime/manga, he does not remember - Mr Hannes died saving Mikasa and Eren - Levi joined Survey Corps like an year or two before the fall of wall Maria in canon, so I will be just rolling with that - Levi is in his early twenties around the starting of this story - Levi squad was made after the fall of Wall Maria, the same year Levi 'adopts' Eren, Mikasa and Armin in this story About the writing: - written in past tense - anything like: $@#* or similar to this means the character is cursing - platonic relationships - Characters might get a little occ - Written from third person POV - I don't know the exact location of the survey corps HQ in the manga/anime, so I am just going to be using Trost as survey corps HQ's location I may add somethings as the story progresses