Eren raked the broom furiously back and forth across the hard cold stone, as if attempting to erase any trace the floor had ever been touched by the outside world. He wasn't going to give his captain any chance rebuff his work this time, even if it meant sweeping his arms right out of their sockets. If it was sparkling clean he wanted, it was sparkling clean he was going to get.

He had just finished wiping down all of the surfaces until they were as shiny and sleek as the captain's swords. His brow furrowed as he recalled the the pointed look Captain Levi gave his assigned room, as if the captain had smelled something disgusting under his nose.

Eren sighed and leaned against the broom handle, surveying the work he had done so far. The room was now cleaner than he ever thought possible, but somehow he still wasn't sure that it would be up to the captain's unreasonable standards. He blew a couple of the stray hairs slipping out from under the scarf tied to his head away from his face.

He had idolized Captain Levi for so long and had not been prepared for this person now giving him pointless, tedious tasks. The Captain Levi he had worshiped was the brave hero of the survey corps, obliterating the titans and ushering humanity towards victory. Surely someone as brave and valiant as that wouldn't be so concerned with something as meaningless as sparkling windows. Yet here he was. Captain Levi. Hero of humanity. Conqueror of dust.

Eren carefully leaned the broom against the wall and wiped the sweat of his hands off on his trousers. It was wrong of him to think so negatively of the captain. Captain Levi had saved so many human lives and remained a beacon of hope for humanity's resistance. Eren was lucky to be able to work so close to him and help him in whatever way possible to continue the war efforts. Eren silently resolved to take all of his work the extra mile. He would make the captain proud.

Yawning, Eren pulled the scarf off of his sweaty head and set out looking for the captain. "Captain Levi!" he shouted, wandering through the hallways. He needed to get the work surveyed before moving on to the next room in his queue. Levi was supposed to be working on the same floor, on the opposite side of the building. "Captain I need to show you my-"

Eren shut his mouth quickly as he gazed into the next room. There was his captain, standing in the center of the room, holding a duster in his hands, with his eyes quite shut. Eren stared for a moment, completely bewildered. What exactly was going on here? A slight breeze traveled in through the open window and lifted Captain Levi's bangs gently off the front of his forehead. Eren had never seen the captain like this.

Suddenly, Levi tiled backwards and started to fall. Eren gasped and quickly lept into action to save his superior officer.

"Owww..." groaned Eren, feeling the sharp pain where his back had hit the wall with the combined weight of himself and his captain. Eren looked down at the figure now cradled in his arms. Fast asleep. Eren was confused. He knew the captain had stayed up all night with Hanji, reviewing the mad scientist's latest research, but he hadn't realize the toll it had taken upon the young captain until now. He must have been exhausted. Come to think of it, he had just gotten back from an expedition the previous day...

Eren gazed down again at his captain. His usually surly face was amazingly free of those lines that made him look so old compared to his peers. He looked so calm, so relaxed. His breath gently eased in and out as he lay with his head nuzzled on Eren's chest.

Suddenly Eren blushed furiously. He had not realized what what a compromising position they had landed in until now. If anyone else saw them like this, then surely...

Levi made a sound somewhere between a sign and a groan and a breath of air washed up Eren's neck. Eren felt every hair on his body stand on end and was now acutely aware of every inch of his captain's body touching his own. Eren looked down at Captain Levi's now gentle expression, at his thin, relaxed lips. Without his patent stern expression, they now looked so soft and inviting. Eren lifted one of his hands and slid his finger across one of those lips. Soft and warm, and comforting...

Eren immediately jerked his hand down. What was he thinking? What was he doing? How did he get himself into this? He couldn't wake his captain up when he was finally getting that much needed rest. He decidedly stared at everything around him but the sleeping figure. The candle on the table, the rag resting on the bookshelf, the duster that had clattered to the floor when the captains body had unceremoniously tumbled into his arms...

This was not working. Eren was again acutely aware of the warm form in his arms, the soft, raven hair tickling his chin. Levi let out another sigh and his head twitched and then swayed across Eren's chest. Eren was now looking down and the pale, exposed skin of Levi's neck. Eren shivered. Levi's neck smelled of cleaning supplies and somehow of the grass and wood. Eren breathed in cautiously, taking in the sights and smells before him.

It was just so... teasing. He looked so soft and smelled so nice. This couldn't be the same man that had scolded him this morning for the small smudge on the outside of the second floor windows. This man looked so warm and peaceful. Eren leaned down further towards Levi's neck, breathing in his scent. He was so close to him. If he wanted to he could even...

"Jaeger, what exactly do you think you're doing?"

Eren froze. He hadn't even notice the minute tensing of every single muscle in his captain's body. Captain Levi was awake.

"I-I-I uh... I w-was..." Eren sputtered, and then stopped. His mind was blank, completely empty. All of his thoughts had been full of the captain and had suddenly flown out. Nothing was left.

"I advise you to let go."

"O-of course Captain!" Eren exclaimed, immediately releasing the grip he hadn't realizing he had been holding on to. Levi stood up slowly and expressionlessly. Eren fearfully watched as his captain took his time wipping off every inch his body where dust or filth could have possibly invaded his body.

"You were just so tired... and so... I didn't want to... I was trying to..."

"Jaeger, shut up."

Eren bit his lip as Levi continued the hard job of assuring himself that he was free of any contamination. Finally, Levi turned and stared down at Eren, who was still haphazardly positioned on the floor.

"Next time you feel like molesting me, at least wait until I am awake."

Eren blinked twice, and then felt heat rising from his body and covering his face.

"I wasn't- I mean I was just-"

Eren scrambled to find the words for the situation, but there was nothing. He could think of nothing to add to this situation. He looked up at his captain's face and saw an almost half smirk and a slight glint of something, Eren wasn't quite sure what, in his eyes.

"Back to work, Jaeger." And with that, Levi turned and left, leaving Eren to think about everything that had just happened. Eren buried his burning face in his hands. It was impossible to tell what the captain was thinking, what he meant. Eren felt his racing heart and flushed skin.

It was going to be an interesting time with Captain Levi...