Hey guys. Started this Halloween one-shot for the Ereri fandom which turned into something much longer. It is based off a fucked up poem called the Vine by Herrick (it will be introduced in later chapters). This WILL be a dark story near the end with lots of fluff until then. I'm only seeing this as maybe 3 or 5 chapters since I've already written over 8,000 words. Updates should be fast.

Warnings: RAPE, MAJOR CHARACTER DEATH, ANAL SEX (YAOI), LANGUAGE, and unbeta'd

I WILL MARK THE TRIGGER WARNINGS BEFORE THE CHAPTER!

Disclaimer: I don't own as much as I wish I did. :)

Chapter One

~Our New Home~

"It's perfect Levi!" Eren exclaimed as they pulled up to a small, white house. It was the picture-perfect house for the newly wed couple. It was a small one story white house with a short porch on the front. Green shutters decorated the windows and a large tree decorated the front lawn. "How could we afford this though?" Bright green eyes turned to gaze at piercing silver.

"Erwin decided he owed me for practically selling my soul to his damn company." A smirk pulled at Levi's lips. "Plus I knew a certain brat might like this one." When Levi parked the car, Eren hurriedly got out as Levi followed behind.

"It's better than I could have ever imagined! It's nice that we don't have really close neighbors either." The brunette said as he surveyed the large yard space that separated the white house from the others. Levi came up from behind and snaked an arm around Eren's waist.

"Less people to hear you when you're screaming my name tonight." Levi reached upwards and nibbled the edge of Eren's ear, which was turning a deep shade of crimson.

"Levi! Don't say those things you pervert." Eren pushed Levi away as his hands went up to cover his blush. Levi really enjoyed making that rosy blush appear on the younger man's face.

"Tch. Whatever brat. Call me a pervert for now…" He gave one last nip at Eren's jaw line and started to drag the brunette to their new home.

They had lived in the city of Sina for the two years they were dating. Levi had worked with his friend Erwin in Survey Banking and Loans while Eren went to an art college. They had met when Eren was 19 and Levi was 29. Eren had spilled his drink on the older man at Club Titan and things just ended up escalating from there. When Eren turned 21, Levi had finally proposed much to their friends' delight. Three months after their small wedding reception, Erwin announced he was moving his business and so Levi and Eren had naturally followed. It was definitely tough on Eren to leave his two best friends in Sina but he told Levi he was happy to come with him.

As they walked through the front door, Levi couldn't help but wonder if Eren was really okay with this move. Of course every time he brought up, the brunette would always smile and say he was happy as long as he was with Levi.

"Woah, the moving guys really got their shit done…" Eren stood in awe as he saw where all their boxes were stacked nicely in the room. It looked like they would have to move the larger furniture to the position they wanted, but the hard work was already done for them.

"So brat, are you ready to move into the official residence of Levi and Eren Ackerman?" A rare and genuine smile graced the raven's face.

Eren reflected his own beaming smile. "I do believe I am Mr. Ackerman. Shall we get started?" He jokingly clung to Levi like a stereotypical damsel as he over exaggerated each word. Expecting Levi to tch as he usually did with his jokes. He was quite surprised to find himself swept up into strong arms bridal style.

"Oh yes Mr. Ackerman. I do believe we shall begin…" Levi began making his way with Eren over to the stairs leading to the top floor.

"L-Levi! Put me down!" Eren clutched tighter to Levi as he began to ascend the stairs, afraid of being dropped. "We have to unpack all of downstairs first!" He struggled in Levi's arms when they finally arrived at the top of the landing.

"Tch.. Fine, fine. We can save breaking in the bed for a later time." Levi gently set Eren back onto his feet. The brunette was yet again blushing to the raven's delight. Even after of three months of marriage he still acted like a virgin most of the time.

"I swear you have the hormones of a teenage boy." Eren huffed at Levi as he made his way back down the stairs.

"Isn't that my line?" Levi countered as he followed the brunette closely. Eren ignored the shorter man and went straight to the living room. The moving men had left their larger furniture situated off to the side so the two men could decide where to place them.

"Let's start here and work our way to the boxes. I think it would be easier to get the large stuff out of the way." The brunette had already grabbed one end of the couch and was waiting for his husband to grab the other.

5 Hours Later

Eren was resting comfortably on Levi's chest as they shared the couch. He kept almost being dragged into slumber due to the constant rising and falling of Levi's chest. The raven had been rubbing small, soothing circles into Eren's back, which was making it even harder to fight off sleep.

The couple had finished re-arranging the living room furniture, the dining set, the two bedroom furniture pieces, and the larger kitchen appliances. They had managed to unpack most of their kitchenware and the bathroom items until Eren had drug Levi to the couch to take a break. The brunette hummed softly as he listened to Levi's strong and steady heartbeat.

"Don't go falling asleep on me brat, we still have a lot to get done." Even though Levi used a reprimanding tone, the soothing circles continued to be drawn on Eren's back.

Eren let out a soft whine. "We've been at this for hours now, don't we deserve a little bit of a break." He didn't bother to open his eyes.

"We've been resting for about half an hour now Eren. It's time to start up again." The brunette groaned as the raven finally begun to move which meant dislodging Eren from his comfy position. Much to his dislike, Eren opened his eyes and allowed Levi to offer him a hand up.

Another two hours had passed, and they were making real headway through the pile of boxes. The living area was now decorated with small trinkets Armin and Mikasa had gifted him through their travels. Eren wanted to travel, but he understood he needed to wait just a few more years so he and Levi could go on a long trip. Levi could speak fluent French and so he had marked Paris on the list of places to go. He also wanted to go see Germany, where his roots originated. He placed the "Trip Donation" jar on top of the bookshelf, which sat by a picture of Armin and Mikasa standing in front of the Grand Canyon. Of course they had invited him, but at the time he was busy with his art. He would go someday though, with Levi at his side.

Eren made his way back to the box he was unpacking and found only one more photo. It was a larger frame with a picture of Levi and Eren after their wedding reception. Levi was looking stunning in his tux and was holding Eren bridal style much like what he'd done earlier today. Levi actually had a small smile on his face, and Eren had on a huge smile that made his eyes squint in the corners.

Taking the frame in his hands he gently placed it on the end table by the couch. Sighing, he ran a hand through his hair. It was only 10 o'clock yet he felt drained. Eren decided to go upstairs and see how Levi was doing with his boxes. The upstairs consisted of two bedrooms right across from each other, and a bathroom at the end of the hall.

Glancing into their bedroom, he saw the dark navy comforter placed on the bed with all the pillows already lined up perfectly. The two end tables had a lamp on each one. On the left side there was a glasses case sitting on a book with a smaller picture of Levi smirking at the camera with a sleeping Eren on his shoulder. That was definitely Levi's side.

On the right end table there was a travel magazine with another small picture frame. This was a picture of Eren taking a selfie with Levi outside of the grand opera house in Sina. Eren's green ipod with headphones wrapped around it was also setting on the magazine.

With a content smile, Eren moved over to where the second bedroom was. Since the two didn't plan on getting much company, they had decided to make the second room Levi's home office. Peeking inside he found Levi arranging his books on the bookcase in the room. The desk was already set up with Levi's laptop and printer. Yet again he saw another picture on the desk, only this one was just a picture of Eren smiling in front of his art show back in college.

He snickered lightly. As much as Levi appeared to be rough he was actually quite the softy on the inside. Eren didn't even know they had all these pictures until now. The sudden sound of Levi clearing his throat snapped his gaze to face the pools of mercury. A quirked eyebrow was the only expression Levi had on his face.

Eren could feel his cheeks heat up. He really did still act like a blushing virgin in front of his husband. "U-uh. I just came to see how unpacking was going."

"I'm on the last box in here. How about downstairs?" Levi stood up and brushed off his pants as he made his way to Eren.

"Actually, the living room is done now. The kitchen is done. The downstairs bathroom has about one box left I think."

The raven nodded thoughtfully. "I have a surprise for all your hard work." Levi moved Eren's head downward and planted a gentle kiss to his temple. He took Eren's hand in his own and led him down the stairs. Moving to the side of the stairs Eren noticed a door he hadn't even seen before that was right across from the basement door. "Close your eyes for me brat. No peeking."

Eren closed his eyes and was led forward by Levi. They stopped after a few seconds. "Can I look now?"

"Have some patience." Eren fidgeted nervously as he waited a few seconds for Levi to come back to his side. He could tell that Levi had just turned on lights due to the glowing red that he could see through his eyelids.

"Open your eyes." Eren hesitantly opened his eyes to reveal the most wondrous sight. All of Eren's art supplies had been moved into the room and neatly organized around the room. An entire half of the room was just windows. He longed to see the room in the day with the sunlight.

"It's called a sun room. I thought you'd enjoy it for your studio." Levi paused as he saw tears running down the brunette's face. "Eren! What's wrong? You don't like it?" The raven's brows furrowed in concern when Eren could only shake his head. Before Levi could understand what was happening, he was engulfed in a bear hug.

"It's perfect… So perfect. I – Thank you!"

2 Hours Later

It was now close to one in the morning and Eren and Levi were once again on the couch in the living room. They had managed to unpack everything. The only place they didn't get a chance to go through was the basement. They both figured that the only thing that may be down there was the laundry room and maybe an extra freezer which could wait for another day.

"We did it Levi." Eren muttered sleepily. Levi brushed the brunette hair back from Eren's face to make room for a small peck on his crown humming in agreement.

"We should go to bed. I still have to be ready to go into work tomorrow." He couldn't believe that they had managed to actually unpack everything in one day. Levi had thought Erwin was crazy to make him work one day after arriving, but maybe he knew what was up. He yawned as he grabbed his phone off the end table.

To Captain America 1:17am : Hey fuckface, we just finished unpacking so don't expect me in the office until after 11.

To Captain America 1:18am : Oh, and thanks for the great deal on the house. Sun room was huge hit with Eren.

Levi sighed while looking at Erwin's name. Eren had a bad habit of changing names in his phone and one person he always changed was Erwin. He kept insisting that he looked just like Captain America in the Avengers.

Levi double-checked that there was an alarm set on his phone before nudging Eren awake. "Come on brat, let's go to bed." Eren only let out some incoherent mumbling. "Don't make me get your ass up off this couch." A groan this time could be heard.

Eren opened his eyes, wiping away the sleep that still blurred his vision. He got up slowly and started trudging up the stairs to their room as Levi followed and turned off all the lights.

Getting into pajamas didn't take long at all for either of the pair and soon they were burrowing under the covers. Eren had already turned off his lamp and looked to be dead asleep while Levi plugged in his phone. One last glance at his sleeping brat and he turned off the remaining light.

"Goodnight Eren Ackerman." He whispered and gave one last kiss to the brunette's forehead. He wrapped his arm around Eren's middle and the younger man automatically moved closer and nuzzled his face into Levi's chest. Even after three months he couldn't get over hearing Eren endowed with his last name. With Eren's gentle breathing, Levi fell asleep in just a few minutes.