Ode to Sleep // Eren x Levi //

Mornings pt. 2

Hey guys! Thank you for reading this ridiculous thing XD
I am enjoying this so far and am very excited for all the upcoming fluff, I hope you are too.
Also! I'm trying my absolute best for Levi to be in character, because I always struggle with writing him. Okay, long author's note is over!
Enjoy ~

Levi's POV

I'm going to strangle him.

These words I had become accustomed to waking up to.

I'll do it with my own hands. Nobody would find the body; not even that shitty genius friend of his.

"Imagine this....One day you wake up...have your coffee or whatever, and then...go to get dressed...but when you try to...wiggle your ass into some jeans, they won't...slide up!" He exclaimed between motions.

I sighed, running a hand down my face in exasperation. It was half past five, we didn't have to be awake for our morning classes for another half hour, and yet here I was, laying in bed next to the exercise freak who insisted on doing push ups in the middle of the goddamn room.

"I seriously can not fucking deal with you right now, brat. At least go do them in the living room. Aside from bashing your face in, the only thing that sounds pleasant right now is sleep." The words were laced with venom, and he sat up from his position, taking a sip of his water, undeterred by my tone.

"I can't. There isn't enough room, and I don't feel like pushing the coffee table." My head emerged from the pillow.

"How are you such a nuisance so early in the morning?"

"How are you such a whiny bitch so early in the morning?" He spit back.

I growled, "If I weren't physically unable to get up right now, my foot would be shoved up your ass."

"No it wouldn't. That would be unsanitary." He grinned.

I threw my pillow at his face, satisfied with the yelp he let out.

~~~

"Levi, come on. Stop being a lazy bum."

It was the next morning and my assassination attempts have aptly failed.

"I am not running around the neighborhood with you." I stubbornly pulled the covers over my face, praying to whatever god is up there that he would leave me be. Sadly, my prayers went unanswered. The cold whipped across my body as he pried the blankets away, leaving me with only my thin nightclothes. I shivered, but otherwise ignored his cruel actions.

If you ignore it, it'll go away.

"Levi. Leeviii." A poke at my ribs. The bed dipped as he sat inches from me. I pressed my eyes closed, and turned away from him. I knew that brat was smiling, I could feel it radiate from his face. "Do you really want to lose that figure of yours just because of laziness?" I felt him lean over my frame and pinch my stomach through my clothes, and I gasped, sitting up in a rage and firmly pushed him off of the bed.

"Fucking fine! I'll go on the damn jog as long as you stop assaulting me like an overactive gerbil."

"Your insults need some work, Levi." He poked his head over the side of the bed with a grin.

"Your face needs some work."

~~~

The next night my slumber was awoken once again, and I took a breath, ready to tell that son of a bitch off, when I heard a whimper. I propped myself up and wiped sleep from my eyes. The clock told me it was 3 am, and I was almost positive he wasn't actually that motivate to get fit (but you never know with him).

A shout filled the room, and my hazy mind cleared, and I looked over to a frantic Eren.

"What's wrong?" I panicked, squinting my eyes in the dark room for any signs of an intruder.

I threw off the covers and walked carefully over to the boy, and I realized as I came closer that he was still asleep. Half of his blanket was thrown off the bed, the rest of it only covering his feet, leaving his legs bare up to his mid thigh, and he was shaking almost violently. Quiet murmurs spilled from his lips, and they got louder as he thrashed.

"No.....please....stop. STOP!" I gasped as his yells became painful, and his voice cracked, probably straining his vocal cords. Tears stained his cheeks and spilled at an alarming rate. His arms and legs were splayed out across the bed when I leaned over and scooped him up and held him, whispering soft words of comfort as the screaming died down. I cursed, desperately hoping that whatever he was dreaming of was over.

His face contorts into something more peaceful eventually, my soothing was somehow effective, and I continued to murmur into his hair, and watched his eyebrows straighten, the frown lines receding, and his thrashing become mere twitches every so often. His trembling never ceased, neither did the frown that was fixed on his face. Once I trusted that he could handle it, I pulled away, only pausing when he let out a grumble at the loss of contact, and grabbed the covers, flinging them over his frame. I wiped his cheeks carefully with the back of my hand so that he didn't wake up with a crusty face and ran a hand through his hair, shuffling back to my own bed with a sigh.

I would choose the overactive gerbil boy over this one any day.

GUYS OH MY GOD GAY MARRIAGE IS LEGALIZED IN ALL 50 STATES STARTING TODAY I AM LITERALLY CRYING I AM SO HAPPY THIS IS SO GREAT ❤️ THIS IS A HUGE STEP THOUGH THE BATTLE FOR EQUALITY STILL ISN'T OVER. WE HAVE TO KEEP FIGHTING <3
Alright, alright, enough with the excitement, on another note, I am taking suggestions! Each chapter is going to be a new situation for my boys, so if y'all have any ideas, I would love to hear them! Even if you don't, I would totally love a comment anyway ;)
Thank you all for reading
-Aubrey <3