"A final attack on the Titans. We exterminate the last few remaining, we use Eren's titan shifting abilities to the maximum and the Scout Regiment will act as his support. Captain Levi, we are entrusting this mission to you."

Levi sat at his desk staring at the report from the meeting. This is it, they could finally win, humanity won't have to live in fear anymore. The captain sighed and put his head in his hands. They were entrusting their lives, entrusting humanity, to a kid.

It wasn't that he underestimated Eren's abilities, quite the opposite actually but Eren is so young. To put all of this responsibility, the entire weight of humankind on his shoulders, it was almost cruel. But then again… putting everything on Eren was their best option.

Levi looked up when he heard a knock at his door.

"Enter." He called. He sat up straight when he saw Eren Jaeger open the door.

"Captain Levi, may I speak with you a moment?" Eren asked with complete politeness.

"Yes, of course."

Eren closed the door behind him and walked forwards slightly. "I… I have a f-favor to ask of you." The cadet stated.

"You are in no position to ask me for a favor Eren." The Captain replied coldly.

"I understand sir, but this is not just a favor for myself, it's a favor that benefits humankind." That sentence caught Levi's attention.

"What is it?" he asked.

"I was just informed of the mission to eliminate the rest of the Titans. They plan to use my strength to the maximum, in other words, for me this is possibly a suicide mission." Eren explained.

"This won't be a suicide mission, you will return if I have anything to say about it." Levi replied, but he knew in his heart that he would definitely not like where the rest of this conversation is going.

"That's just it." Levi looked up at Eren with confusion. "Every last Titan." Eren continued. "I vowed to kill every last Titan, to protect humanity, if this plan works as you say it will and I survive there will still be one titan left."

"Eren-"

"If I survive this mission, I need you to kill me."

Levi stilled, outwardly he showed little emotion, but inside he was screaming. He couldn't kill him, no that's not it. He could definitely kill him if he wanted to, but that's it, he doesn't want to any more than he wants to be eaten by a Titan.

"Eren you can't ask me to do that." Levi stood up and started towards the door. Eren rushed to get in front of him.

"Please! I beg of you! I will not be considered humanity's last threat!" Eren pleaded with his captain.

"If you want to die so much then kill yourself." Levi stated as he stared at Eren with anger in his eyes.

"If I try to kill myself then I will just end up turning back into a Titan, and if that happens you are the only one skilled enough to kill me then anyway." Eren explained.

Damn. The brat actually had a point, but he was almost begging Eren in his mind. Please rethink this, don't make me kill you. Please don't.

"I can't kill you, Eren."

"Why the hell not?!" This was the first time Eren had actually yelled at his superior "Not too long ago, you would have relished in killing me! What's changed?!"

Levi finally lost his temper, "Because back then, I didn't care if you lived or died! I want you to survive! I lo-" he stopped in his tracks and his eyes widened. What was he about to say? He was about to say that he loved Eren. Oh God, no, he couldn't be in love with Eren Jaeger… but he was. The boy he loved was asking his commanding officer to kill him, and he couldn't do it.

"What?" Eren asked quietly. "What were you about to say?"

"Don't worry about it, it doesn't matter now." He opened the door to his office to walk out when-

"I love you too." Levi froze.

"That's not what I said." The captain said.

"But that's what you were going to say, wasn't it?" Levi slowly closed the door again and Eren tensed, he didn't know what the captain was going to do.

Levi spun around, marched up to Eren, grasped the front of his shirt, and smashed their lips together.

Eren responded immediately to the kiss, kissing back with as much fervor as the older man and wrapping his arms around his neck. Levi replied by placing both hands on Eren's hips and pulling him so close that there was absolutely no room left in between them.

After a while, the need for oxygen became too great for both men. They pulled apart and stared at each other, Levi's eyes were pleading with Eren not to have him deliver the killing blow. But Eren couldn't have anyone else do it. "Please Levi." He begged softly. "I can't live knowing all of humanity hates me for being the thing they fear." Levi stared into his love's eyes and found them so sad, begging for release from this world full of fear. Levi swallowed the lump in his throat and looked down.

"I'll do it." He whispered.

That night, they made love. Because they knew that in two days, they would be separated forever.