"You won't believe how many applicants we got Erwin!" A woman dressed in sleek red dress with dangerously tall matching heels, paired with a white jacket strangely resembling a scientific lab coat, jumped in her seat as soon as the tall blonde walked into her bright office that morning.
"Oh?" He placed his coffee on a stack of binders that littered the desk, sitting across from the brunette. He slowly unbuttoned the cuffs of his blue plaid shirt, and rolled the sleeves up with care. He held his arms up together to make sure that the sleeves were the same length, and once he was satisfied, he carefully crossed his right leg over his left. His eyes flicked to his shoes for a moment, so make sure they were free of scuffs, before his attention went completely back to the woman who sat before him, fumbling with her pony tail, trying to tie her hair back as she explained the applicants to him.
Smiling widely, she squeaked, "Yeah we got three in one night!" She eyed the elastic band on the table, realizing that she needed two hands to hold her hair in place while a magical third hand had to tie it. Erwin rolled his eyes before getting up from his chair, reaching over the desk to grab the elastic in the process. "There were two boys and one girl. Isn't that fascinating? A girl wanting to work in a porn studio!"
"Hanji," Erwin chuckled as he pulled brown strands into a tight cluster on the top of her head, "We have lots of female employees here. Even you."
"Yes, yes, but this is different. We have female performers, but I don't think we have any female staff!"
"What about you?"
"Oh, you know I don't count!" She scoffed at his statement.
"Of course, how foolish of me." Ewin let out another one of his chuckles, the low rumbling noise filling the empty room with a sense of warmth. "There you are," he stepped back from Hanji, her ponytail sitting on top of her head perfectly with not a single strand out of place. The hairdo represented Erwin almost too perfectly.
Jumping up, Hanji rushed over the mirror placed above a browning plant, staring at her reflection for some time before lighting up and screaming, "It's perfect!" She sent a smile Erwin's way before whipping around to the mirror again. "Too perfect…" She whispered to herself, although Erwin could clearly hear her, as she began to take small strands out of their perfect place near her face. "THERE."
Just then, the door slammed open and a small man walked in. His black skinny jeans were sinfully tight as they clung to his thick thighs like a second skin. He made his way over to the pair of bodies, his combat boots echoing in the room as he floated on confidence. He took his leather jacked off, hanging it on the coat rack in the corner before he plopped down in the chair Erwin was previously occupying. The sunglasses on his nose slipped down slightly as he fixed the cuffed sleeves of his plain white t shirt. Even though it was a small is still hung off his frame. He refused to get an Extra Small, although Hanji insisted that it was his size.
"Good morning Levi! Did you get my good morning text?" Hanji wiggled her eyebrows at the man who said nothing as he put her boots on a chair next to him, propping his feet up. He turned his head slowly to her, something that never failed to give Erwin the chills, and slid down the sunglasses he wore off his face. His eyes bore into her face before they flicked downward to the coffee, with the name Erwin scribbled on the side, sitting in front of him.
He leaned forward and snatched up the cup, inspecting the rim. "I did," He answered curtly as he took a sip of the caffeine, feeling it burn as it rushed down his throat. "How are the applicants? Any potentials?"
"I thought you didn't want to know?"
"Cut the shit Glasses, just making small talk. Send them to my office if they've got it. I'm not letting you hire another idiot just because you fell for their sob story." He stood to leave, scraping the chair against the floor loudly.
"Yes Boss." Hanji gave him a salute. "What're you looking for exactly?"
"Hmm," he thought for a moment. "Another me?"
"Levi please. You're much too… original." Erwin smiked.
"Listen Captain Eyebrows, no one asked you." Gray eyes flicked to a clock on the wall. "Shouldn't you be moving sets?"
"Eren?" A knock at the door roused the brunette from his sleep.
"Hey Ar." Eren tried to sound as awake as he could.
"Did you just wake up?"
"What?" He tried to stifle a yawn. "No, I've been up for hours!"
"I'm coming in," was the only warning Eren got before the blonde haired boy pushed the door open and plopped down on the end of his bed with a bounce. "Oh yeah. You've been up for hours." Armin looked around the messy room that was clouded in darkness thanks to navy blue shades that blocked out the sun. Dirty and clean clothes intermingled in mountains around the floor with a few stray soda and beer bottles mixed in. Thankfully Mikasa had a full stock of air fresheners in the bathroom, or Eren's room might have smelt like roadkill.
Eren pushed up onto his elbows, glaring at his best friend. "I was up for hours. All hours of the night doing research!"
"Eren," Armin rolled his eyes. "What kind of research does an unemployed dropout do on a Wednesday night?"
"Ouch," He clutched his heart. "You cut deep Ar."
"Yeah yeah. I'm going to class. See you later. And please don't let Mikasa know you slept until 2 again or she'll have my head. I'm supposed to wake you up at 12 when she's not here to do it herself, remember?"
"Ah yes, how could I forget my 3rd and 4th parents? How lucky am I to have my best friends treat me like a child on the daily? Would you like me to turn over to you can wipe my ass too?" He raised an eyebrow at his friend.
"It's not my fault your sister has to regulate your sleeping schedule. You know, most adults do that on their own? You should consider it."
"But then you two would be so sad." Eren pouted. "I know you have nothing better to do with your time than to wait on me hand and foot!" Eren tossed his body back onto his pile of pillows behind him.
"Because working to get my PhD is just a hobby compared to doting on my best friend." Armin batted his eyelashes. "What will I do when you move away! I'll have to empty nest. Maybe this room can be my personal library-"
"Yeah yeah, we all know how much you want a room filled with books." Eren rolled over to reach for his phone. "Don't you have a class to go to?" He asked as his hand opened and closed inches away from his nightstand. His eyes shot to Armin as they pouted for a moment before Armin gave in and grabbed the phone for him.
"You are correct my good sir." Armin stood from where he sat. "See you tonight!"
"Bye" Eren breathed as he opened his phone; 6 facebook notifications, 43 emails, 8 snapchats and 3 texts. He slowly went through his phone, opening texts after snapchat before coming to his email. "Holy shit."
"Quiet on set!" Levi bellowed as he grabbed his camera, selecting the correct function. "Ready Petra?"
"All set." The small strawberry blonde smiled shily at Levi as she adjusted her position on the large king bed. The walls, sheets, bed, floor, and even the lingerie worn by the actress were all stark white. Levi sort of had a thing for cleanliness, and it was reflected in his sets. Everything was spotless, and the moment the performer had finished filming and relaxing, everything was immediately scrubbed down.
"Three, two, one, actio-"
"LEVI!"
"Jesus motherfucking God of all that is good, HANJI-" he whipped around to the door, "what could be so important?"
"Well you see, so I got in contact with those three people and all three agreed to come in for interviews!"
"That's great." he deadpanned, sounding slightly exasperated. "Now if you can't clearly see here, Petra was about to start her set." He could swear his forehead veins were bulging.
"Yes I can see that." Hanji looked around a seething Levi to wave at the small girl clad in underwear on the large bed. "Hello Petra, looking sexy as usual." She winked, causing the girl to blush.
"Oh.. t-thank you …."
"Please don't make Petra uncomfortable right before she performs." Levi rubbed his temples with his fingers, slowly counting up by odd numbers to try and calm himself. He had been dealing with Hanji ever since high school, he honestly didn't know how he had put up with her for this long.
"I'll be on my way! If you need me i'll be in my office!" And just as fast as she had came, Hanji was gone.
"Thank fuck. Petra im sorry for that interruption. Do you need a minute to refresh?" Dead eyes turned to the model who only gave him a look of empathy in return.
"Thanks but I'm good to go." Petra smiled. Levi wasn't religious in the slightest, but he had to thank whatever higher power there was for Petra Ral.
"One more time… Three, two, one, action!"
"Now, here under previous work places you have McDonald's, can you describe your duties and responsibilities?" Hanji stared at the young boy in front of her, squirming in his seat. For someone as free willed as Hanji, she surprisingly took her job (mostly) seriously.
"I, uh, I made burgers?"
"Is that a question, Mr…. Bolton?"
"Yes ma'am, I mean, no ma'am…"
"Thank you for coming in today but I'm afraid I'm going to have to move onto my next appointment now."
"Oh. Yeah, I, uh, I understand." He stood up from the seat he had barely breathed in for the past ten minutes. "Thank you for your time." As soon as he left, Hanji picked up a small picture from the corner of her desk that depicted a small fuzzy brown cat. "Oh Bean, none of these applicants are good enough for Levi!" placing the frame down, she spun around in her chair. "He's going to be mad if I don't find anyone soon!" A small knock at the door had Hanji stopped, mid spin.
"Yes, come in."
The door opened slowly and a tall boy walked in. He couldn't have been older than 18; he still looked like a high schooler with an invisible fifty pound backpack weighing his shoulders down. His clothes were still juvenile, as if his mother or father had left them out on the bed for him the night before. A slightly oversized black hoodie adorned his torso, and fell all the way to his fingertips. Jeans hugged his hips, yet remained lose at the bottom where they met with a pair of dirty green sneakers. "Hello, I'm Hanji. One of the main producers here at Survey Corps Videos" Hanju stood and shook his hand.
"Eren Jaeger. Nice to meet you." Unlike the boy before, Troy, Eren actually looked her in the eye when he shook her hand.
"So let's get right to it, shall we?" She extended her hand to the seat that sat across from her desk, silently offering it up to the boy.
"Oh course!" His butt met the seat with extreme efficiency as his eyes never left her gaze. "As you can see on my resume I was part of my high school's video club, I've taken many courses in editing and sound production. If you have any specific questions about the programs or the course itself I can answer them all." He breathed out rather quickly.
"This is very impressive Mr. Jaeger. But I do have a few questions."
"Yes, anything."
"Have you ever worked in the porn industry before?"
"I have not." He answered the question swiftly, without batting an eye.
A small grin started to tug at the corner of her lips before she spoke again. "Have you lost your virginity?" Her eyes looked him up and down
"E-excuse me?"
"He doesn't have to answer that." Eren jumped at the deep voice that was suddenly behind him. A man with jet black hair rounded the corner of the chair he was sitting in and came to the side of Hanji's desk, leaning against it. Eren was practically scooting back in his chair to escape the intense confidence that seemed to ooze from the man's impressive biceps.
"Levi, how lovely of you to join us."
"Yeah, yeah. I finished cleaning early and wanted to see how it was going over here. Making sure you haven't fucked anything up while I was gone." His boots crossed over each other as he stared at the boy. "Levi Ackerman, head filmer, editor, and producer."
"E-Eren Jaeger." The boy managed to stutter as Levi grabbed his resume off Hanji's desk, eyeing it up and down. The expression on his face didn't change as he scanned the rather impressive set of skills Eren had apparently learned.
"Are you familiar with the Mac operating system?" He didn't take his eyes off the paper as he questioned.
"Yes sir."
"And you seem to be proficient in editing.. Winning quite a few small film festivals it seems."
"Yes sir."
He placed the paper back down on the table, pivoting so he was parallel to Eren now. "I'm going to be straight here. This industry isn't for everyone, but it can accommodate anyone. We have a wide variety of staff here, and I expect you to collaborate with everyone. There will be naked bodies and it can be vulnerable to expose yourself to strangers with a camera. I won't have any issues in my studio. And absolutely no relationships. If you can handle that then you've got the job kid."
"I'll take it." Eren didn't miss a beat. He wasn't some perv looking to film sex scenes. He knew this was his chance to take on a new cinematic challenge and make human bodies dance on his screen. Videography was more than just point and shoot.
Levi walked around Eren and headed to the doorway which he came from. "Hanji will explain everything and give you a tour. You'll be trained under me until you can be trusted not to fuck up." Before Eren could say anything else, the man had left.
"Alright Sweets, hours are 9 to 5, just like any other job out there. Lunch can be taken whenever you're free. That can be between shoots, or sometimes at your desk. Although Levi is a clean freak so never ever leave a mess unless you want your ear chewed off, soaked in bubbles, and used as his personal sponge." Hanji opened her desk drawer and got out a paper. "This is a small contract. We pay by the hour, as well as bonuses depending on your video's views. There is another bonus for our performers-"
"No, I'm all set, thanks." Eren's hands viciously waved in front of him.
"Just encase you change your mind, you can read over that section too." Hanji winked. "The sets are usually set up by whoever is free. We're a small studio so we do our best to help out here and there. The three big bosses you'll have are me, Levi, and Erwin. We all share the studio space and run it together so report to us. Although we all have our strengths for the company, so ask whomever can give the best answer."
"Okay?"
"Im sort of the producer I guess. I run the website and come up with ideas and themes and do a lot of PR." Hanji winked at that part but Eren just nodded and smiled, hoping she wouldn't notice his obvious confusion. "Erwin is the money man and one of the most reliable people here. Sometimes on special occasions he bears all for Levi and it's a sight to see." Hanji's eyes glazed over slightly and she sighed. "Which leads to Levi!" Her hands clapped together loudly, startling Eren slightly. "Levi, if you can't tell, is our main videographer. Until just recently he had another underling but he couldn't meet Levi's ridiculous standards. To tell you the truth, no one has lasted Levi for that long. I'd say the longest was about two and a half weeks." Hanji smiled fondly at the memory. "He was a wonderful boy. Poor Levi had him in tears after he accidentally deleted a section of prime footage from a bondage scene. You can't skip from blindfolding to full on spanking without some play in the middle, I mean that's common knowledge-" Hanji stared at Eren.
"Of course." He nodded, and she seemed satisfied with that answer.
"Hmm." She smiled. "As Levi said, try to restrain from a relationship with coworkers. It's not a rule perse… It's more of a 'Levi Rule' I suppose. Mixing business with pleasure can get messy- especially when you're business is pleasure!" Hanji's head fell back on her chair and she let out an alarmingly vibrant cackle. Eren fidgeted in his seat slightly, but said nothing. "Oh, speaking of, shoots are usually closed for filming, but Levi might have you observe for learning. We have contests every month and the performer who did the best will win a prize of some sort. We like to have fun here, so welcome to the family Eren!"
"Thank you for this opportunity Ms. Zoe, I'm really looking forward to sharing some of my ideas."
"Please, call me Hanji! Feel free to look over the paperwork at home and then come on in tomorrow at 9! Levi hates tardiness, so try to be here a little early if you can! Have a good day, Sweets!" Eren got up to leave before he heard Hanji make a small noise. "Oh, and try to get on his good side fast! Although he seems to have taken a liking to you, I can feel it."
"Eren, you can't be serious!" Armin's arms shot up at the dinner table, sending some food flying off his fork.
"I am serious Armin. I think it will be a great chance to try out some new video techniques with models that aren't photosynthesizing.
"But why does it have to be porn!"
"Mikasa, back me up here." Eren groaned as his palms dug into his eye sockets, desperate for some help.
"Money is money." Mikasa shrugged. "It's not like you didn't have that drawing class in school with those naked models."
"I was one of those models." The blonde girl under Mikasa's arm smirked. "I remember noticing Eren from across the room and thinking 'Wow. I hope he has a really hot friend.'"
"Is that how that went? I can't seem to remember…" Eren smirked as he shoved a piece of chicken in him mouth, fondly recalling how him and Annie actually met. Which was, of course, the fateful day when he forgot to knock on Mikasa's door and walked in on her in a very 'compromising' position with her friend Annie. They both threatened to beat him senseless if he ever breathed a word of what had happened.
"Are you two seriously okay with this?" Armin spoke softly. "I can't believe this!" He sighed loudly as he let the exhaustion in his body take over and he slumped in the uncomfortable chair.
"Hey, it's better than him doing nothing all day. Maybe he can finally pitch in for rent." Mikasa raised an eyebrow."
"I know, I know. I promise I'll pay you guys back." Eren held up his hands to defend himself.
Armin let out another sigh, hoping it would entice Eren to rethink his decision. But alas, he continued to shove protein in his mouth. "When do you start?"
"Tomorrow."
Hey fam! If youre here because I normally post Fairy Tail fics... Im sorry but I had to mix it up. Eren and Levi have been my OTP for years now and I finally worked up the courage to post a story about them! I was so afraid I wouldnt be able to do them justice, but I wanted to add to the fandom. Thanks for reading!
~Hana