Author's Notes: Just wanted to throw in a little EldxBri fluff since I've been focusing so much on Aria and Levi in the main story.

I don't own Attack on Titan.

Bri sat bolt upright in her bed, her eyes wide and her chest heaving. She frantically looked around the room, slowly registering that she was still in her dorm room.

'It's okay... It's okay... Everything's fine... It wasn't real, right? It was just a nightmare and Eld most certainly didn't get bitten in half by that...that thing,' Bri thought in an attempt to calm down. She laid back down to make an effort to go back to sleep.

She made it all of two minutes before throwing the covers off of herself and wordlessly making her way out of the suite. She couldn't stop the tears forming in her eyes as the nightmare replayed itself in her mind.

Bri didn't quite understand what was happening at first; it was like watching television and being unable to move or look away. Eld, Oluo, and Petra were soldiers of some sort. They were a part of some elite squad charged with guarding a boy she recognised as Eren Jeager, a freshman at the university.

In a flash of light and steam, a giant, humanoid creature appeared. It looked like a human without skin, with a mop of blonde hair on its head and piercing blue eyes. Bri heard Eld call out orders to the others to keep it away from Eren and the three engaged the creature after encouraging Eren to go on ahead. Everything seemed to be going fine at first; they were able to blind and slowly disable the giant in an attempt to reach its nape, apparently its only weak point.

After that, everything went wrong. Just as Eld was about to finish the creature off for good, she was somehow able to regenerate one of her eyes in enough time to intercept the attack. She did so by biting Eld clean in half, spitting his top half out of her mouth a second later. Bri could vaguely register Petra and Oluo screaming as the creature came for them next, but all she could focus on was Eld's lifeless eyes looking up at her from the forest floor.

Bri shook her head to rid herself of the image, but it kept coming back to her. Soon enough, she found herself outside of Eld's suite.

'I just need to make sure he's really okay...,' she thought as she knocked frantically on the door.

The door eventually swung open to reveal a sleepy-looking Gunther. He looked down at Bri, yawning, "Bri? Do you have any idea what time it is?"

"Is Eld here, Gunther?" Bri asked shakily, ignoring his question.

"Of course he is. But...," Gunther trailed off after noticing the tears in Bri's eyes. "You okay?"

Eld had been woken up by the pounding on the door, 'Damn it, who'd be up at this time of night?' he thought. He could vaguely hear Gunther answer the door and speak to whomever had knocked. He was about to roll over and go back to sleep when he heard Bri's voice. He couldn't make out what she was saying but the panic in her voice was clear as day and he was out of bed in an instant.

"Bri, what's wrong?" Eld asked, coming out of his room.

She didn't answer him but immediately crossed the room and latched her arms around his waist. Eld shot Gunther a questioning look as Bri hid her face in his chest; Gunther just shrugged and headed back to his own room.

"So, uh...do you want to stay here tonight?" Eld asked.

Bri nodded wordlessly, her face still hidden in his chest. She didn't let go of him as he led her back into his room. As Eld settled the two of them down on his bed, he finally managed to coax her to look up at him. He could see the tears in her eyes and the sight both broke his heart and made him want to kill whatever caused them.

"Do you want to talk about it?" he asked gently.

Instantly, Bri's face was buried in his chest again. Her muffled voice was difficult to understand, but he was able to glean 'you', 'eaten', and 'giant'.

'Ah,' he thought to himself. 'Nightmare, huh? Must have been pretty bad if it scared her this much.'

Eld sat there with Bri, gently stroking her hair and whispering to her, until she'd calmed down enough to try to go back to sleep. He carefully wrapped his arms around her, slowly guiding her back down to lay down with him. He positioned them so that Bri's head was resting on his chest. When she blinked up at him curiously, he said, "It's so you can hear my heartbeat while you're asleep. So you'll know I'm right here."

Bri gave him a small smile and nodded, closing her eyes. "Thank you."

Eld continued to stroke Bri's hair until her breathing became deep and even, signaling that she had fallen asleep. He looked down at her peaceful face, brushing aside a stray piece of hair that had fallen in front of her eyes. She truly was beautiful and he'd be lying if he said he didn't enjoy holding her like this. There was no doubt in his mind that he had strong feelings for her and, if tonight was anything to go by, she had feelings for him as well. He watched her for a moment longer before pressing a gentle kiss to her forehead.

"Love you, Bri-Bri," he whispered.

Bri stirred a bit, a tiny smile on her sleeping face as she mumbled, "Love you too..."

Eld smiled to himself, 'At least I don't have to worry about whether or not she'll say yes when I ask her out after the Halloween concert.'