"If squad Levi doesn't defeat it, who will?"

"Choose. Believe in yourself or believe in the Survey Corps and me."

Levi opened his eyes and stared at the ceiling. His heart was racing.

"A nightmare... was it?" he closed his eyes again and sighed heavily. He blamed himself for the failure of their mission. He wondered when it was that he fed his squad with false hope, or when did he stop calculating what would be the outcome when provoking the enemy. He swallowed bitterly, resting an arm over his eyes.

He hated useless deaths as much as he hated being responsible for causing them.

Running a sweaty hand through his hair, he decided he needed no more sleep and sat up, intending to get on his feet and leave the room, but as he attempted, a sharp pain on his ankle pushed him back onto his bed. He cursed under his breath, his eyes tightly shut. He knew that wound was a small price to pay for what he managed to achieve with it. He saved the girl and still managed to bring Eren back in one piece.

"Eren…" he sighed with relief. With a new resolve, he stood up carefully, limping slightly in order to spare his injured foot from strain, and headed silently to the doorway.

That building felt so dark and lonely at night, he thought. Or maybe it was just his mood that made everything so depressing. Every corner he looked at reminded him of how empty the headquarters would become. But he still had hope in their cause. They still had Eren. He still had Eren.

Levi made his way to the basement, and after excusing the guard from duty, he took a deep breath as he faced the door that lead to the dungeon. He hesitated for a minute or two before slowly pushing the door and going inside.

He stared quietly at Eren's sleeping form inside the cell and let himself sink into a worn out chair in front of it. The boy didn't have a peaceful sleeping face. The thought that maybe he was having nightmares too didn't escape his mind. He wondered if Eren's dreams were monstrous like his titan form or if he dreamed of human things. He thought that the boy was a monster, but at the same time he knew that Eren could be much less of a monster than the so called humans. His heart was of a passionate young human, just like Levi's used to be. And because of it, despite the rough treatment, he thought of Eren with affection.

He watched as sweat trailed down Eren's complexion, and so he rose from the chair and stepped inside the cell, approaching the bed hesitantly and finally sitting carefully on the edge. He placed a hand on each side of Eren's torso, and helped himself forwards with a knee, hovering over the sleeping form. He wasn't afraid, despite the youth's ability. If anything, he wanted to protect Eren.

Brushing Eren's fringe away from his forehead with his fingers, Levi slowly leaned down and kissed softly between his thick brows.

"Heichou...?" The voice was gentle and close, but it wasn't enough to make him open his eyes. He suddenly felt warmth over his shoulder and got softly shaken away from his dreamless sleep. "Heichou... are you okay?" Levi opened his eyes and the first thing he saw was a blurry vision of Eren's curious eyes staring at him. The next thing he took notice was how he let himself fall asleep on his bed and then how now Eren was squeezing his shoulder, yet the corporal made no move to pull away from it.

"Eren." was all that he managed to utter.

"Why did you sleep here, Levi heichou?" he asked, as sleepy as confused.

The older man just stared sleepily at Eren and occasionally glanced at the ceiling, making a mental note on how it needed to be cleaned often if they wanted to prevent spiders from making webs. He slowly propped himself on his elbow and sat up, scratching his undercut, not bothering to answer Eren's question. He didn't know himself why he had come there in the first place, but he did know that he had pushed into the depths of his mind the wish of being comforted.

He peered at Eren over his shoulder, who just sat there without moving, waiting for an answer he wouldn't get. As if realising that, Eren quickly averted his eyes, but soon pierced into Levi's again. "How is your leg, heichou?" He quietly asked.

Levi stared at his own leg and tried to move it casually, grimacing when it hurt. "It's going to take a while to heal" he replied. Swinging his legs off the bed, Levi stretched carefully and then walked towards the desk outside the cell, getting a hold of the keys to release Eren from the shackles. He knew at this rate that they weren't necessary, because if Eren could possibly turn into a titan during sleep, he would have done so years ago, yet these were orders he had to follow in order to keep Eren alive and under his care.

Heading back to the bed, he plopped beside Eren, who brought his arms forwards to get released. Whenever he performed this task, he couldn't help his heart getting filled with admiration for the boy's acquiescence. He never once complained, despite having the will of a hungry beast. The thought of Eren forcing himself to be completely vulnerable like that made something stir in his heart.

The corporal took the shackles, the thick iron now warm from the contact with Eren's skin for so long, and silently put them away neatly, on each side of the bed. He watched with the corner of his eye as the brown-haired young man examined his wrists and seemed relieved to finally have them free.

"Levi heichou," he called, with a very quiet voice. Once Levi stared down at him, he continued "what will happen to us?"

It was no secret that the authorities wanted Eren handed over, and that Erwin's competence had been put in check. He could not tell Eren not to worry, because even world's strongest soldier had no politic power.

"I don't know, Eren. But I won't let them kill you – even if I have to beat you again",even if I have to beat them up, he wanted to add, but he didn't want to set a bad example. If Eren followed passively all the rules, he would have more chances of staying alive. They both knew it well.

He watched as Eren swallowed hard and fiddled with the sheets, then quickly got on his knees and bent forwards, his forehead angrily pressed against the mattress. He was thanking him.

Reaching out to touch Eren's hair, Levi ruffled it absent-mindedly for several minutes.

A/N sorry it's short but hey I don't to many spoilers

This was practically a warm up

;) hope u enjoyed

Oh! And also in future stuff make any suggestions for what I should do for their relationship

Like "truth or dare "

"Pocky game"

Q and "gay"

Any thing so yeah bye