It Started With Cadet Training (Reader/Levi/Erwin/Hange/Mike)

Lonley Nights

"With the total count we had to calculate, far too much," he admits with a sigh, trudging back to the conference room with you.

"I'm just glad I didn't get many orphans today, two are heartbreaking enough," you mutter, making small circles with your palm on Bertolt's back.

"Tell me about it," he agrees, rounding the corner with you.

"Fuck- I'm an idiot- The one you're holding is Reiner, by the way, and the one I have is Bertolt," you explain, grimacing at the fact it took you this long to introduce him.

"Thank you, love. But you're not an idiot," Mike hums, tilting his head to kiss the top of yours as you reach the conference room door.

Just as you reach out to open the door, it swings open- inwardly thankfully- and you come face to face with Pyxis.

"Ah, Scout Section Commander Mike, and Scout Captain (Y/N)!" he exclaims, causing both of the boys to stir on your chests.

You shoot a hand up to his mouth, muffling him as his eyes blow wide at the two kids in your arms.

"Garrison Commander Pyxis, it's lovely to see you two. My apologies about that. May we have a word with Erwin?" you whisper, removing your hand from his mouth.

"Of course, I was just leaving. Going to get a drink or two, simmer down the old nerves," he chuckles, patting you on the shoulder as he sneaks out of the room.

"If you see Hannes, tell him we found out about the uncle. Please, he was a big help today," you say as he passes by.

"Will do, I'll put a note down in his file about helping out," Pyxis dismisses, waving a hand as he walks off down the hall towards the exit.

You sigh as soon as he is out of earshot, turning back to Mike who was trying to get Reiner to fall back to sleep.

"Sorry Reiner, he didn't mean to wake you," you murmur, rubbing the poor boy's back.

Reiner turns to you, reaching out his tiny hands.

"Mike, swap?" you quietly ask, looking up at Mike from where you were standing.

He nods his head calmly, turning slightly so he could lower Reiner down to you carefully. Once the boy was safe in your arms, you allowed him to pick up Bertolt from your chest. He was out cold, quietly snoring, and made no move to stir as he was shifted.

"How do you do that?" Mike ponders as he watches Reiner calm down, curling up against your chest and dozing off again.

"He was just disturbed from the noise, don't take it personally. You got him to sleep in the first place," you whisper, standing on the tips of your toes to kiss Mike's cheek.

He chuckles, bending down to kiss your lips chastely as faint pink covers his cheeks.

"Are you two going to stand out here all night, or are you actually going to come in?" Levi asks from the other side of the door.

"Ah, right, sorry," you flounder as Mike nudges the door open with his boot. Levi helps swing it open so the two of you can step inside.

In the room, there is a large table with a few teacups, a teapot, a bottle of whiskey, a couple of scones, several maps, and one very stressed Erwin with his head in his hands. Levi returns to his spot next to Erwin, tidying away the maps as you look about the room.

You've barely taken a step inside when the door swings open again, missing you by an inch, to reveal an out of breath Hange.

"Sorry, I'm late-! We had-" they pause to catch their breath- "We had a patient go into a manic state. We just got them calmed down and restrained," they pant, their hands on their knees.

You let out a small groan as the tiny boy in your arms grips your shirt tightly, trying to curl in closer. Instinctively, you reach up, bouncing him slightly as you shuffle over to a seat.

"Ssh, it's okay, I know they're loud," you murmur, rubbing circles against his back.

Out of the corner of your eye, you watch Hange shut the door as Erwin stands from his seat, walking over to you with wide eyes and his head tilted slightly. The exhaustion was still plainly written across his face, yet the small smile across his lips was present as he walked up to you.

When he reached you, he held his hands out, mouthing to you:

"May I?"

You nod your head, watching as he reaches down and carefully scoops him up from your arms. He shifted the jacket on his shoulders so that it covered the small boy as well, kissing the top of his head.

"Hey, there little one, what's wrong? Did they scare you?" he murmurs, his hand resting on Reiner's back.

"We had just gotten them back to sleep after Pyxis woke them back up, sorry Erwin I-" you started to apologize for being late when he cut you off.

"-There's no need to apologize, dear. I heard your conversation with Pyxis. Another casualty to the titans?" he looked to you for confirmation, receiving a nod of your head.

"Marlene's squad brought him in. They don't have anyone else left- the plague- so I figured that maybe we could take care of them, they don't really have anywhere else to go and they're so skinny that if they were on the streets that-" you started to ramble on about your plan.

"Yes," Erwin says, cutting you off. You blink, looking up to him with your eyebrows raised high.

"Pardon?"

"He said yes, as in we can keep them," Levi clarifies quietly from the other side of you.

Turning around you could see him enraptured by Bertolt, gently brushing his hair with a slightly tilted head. You had to admit, you'd never seen Levi so calm. Even Hange had quieted down and was leaning against Mike's shoulder to watch the small child.

"Thank you," you whisper, kissing Erwin on the jaw.

"Even if I tried to stop you, you would've convinced me otherwise," he chuckles, "Besides, they're pretty cute. A good fit for us, since they look so much like us."

You smile, leaning your head against Erwin's chest, copying Hange, as you gaze at the two blonds holding the tiny boys. There was a certain domestic air about the whole situation, watching your lovers take care of the two children you've spent all day with.

"His name is Reiner, and the one Mike's holding is Bertolt," you whisper, brushing the hair back from the sleeping Reiner's face.

"Two strong names for two strong children of the Scout Regiment's leaders," Erwin hums, pressing a kiss to Reiner's head.

"We should go get dinner before these two wake up again so that we don't have to scare them with walking through the streets," Levi suggests, stepping back to stretch out his back.

"Good idea, I'm famished," Erwin agrees with a smile as he drags his attention away from Reiner to Levi.

You smile as a yawn rolls through your body, your mouth stretching wide behind your hand.

"Let's head out before (Y/N) falls asleep too," Mike chuckles as you watch Levi take the sleeping Bertolt from him carefully.

"Come on, it was just a yawn," you protest as Hange comes to stand next to you.

"Lean on me if you fall asleep, okay?" they offer, putting their arm around your waist.

"Thanks, Hange, let's go. I've had enough of this morbid place for one day," you mutter, slumping against Hange as the five of you- plus the two new additions- exit the office towards the Scout barracks.