Author: NereElocin
Summary: "Perhaps I should rephrase that." Levi said bluntly, "I don't want to take care of your kid. I have enough problems as it is, and looking after a little brat who just graduated from using diapers isn't something I want to get involved with." That's what he said, but after being blackmailed, the young man is forced to look after the said brat. Modern AU. Series of drabbes/one-shots. Parental!Levi. FLUFFINESS.
Disclaimer: I do not own the cover image or Shengeki no Kyojin/Attack on Titan
Beta: PureBlackMoon
Eager Wings
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"A Sticky Situation"
"Eren, you little brat, where are you?" Levi's voice was raised and more malicious than usual. Eren blanched, his features paling from impending dread. The tiny brunet shuffled further into the crevice in-between the dark leather couch and the white wall.
He was so dead.
"Eren, you don't want me to find you, so I suggest you come out now." Hushed noises of the laundry machine sang with the perpetual hum of the house, yet the quietness following Levi's proclamation was terrifying.
Dead. Dead dead dead.
Though, he could end up even more dead if he didn't listen to Levi that instant.
Shaking to some extent, Eren scooted out of his hiding space as slow and deliberately as possible. The time it took to wriggle out was not long enough, however. Once the boy left his safety he suddenly felt a livid dark scowl glaring down on his small figure. The boy breathed in deeply, reassuring himself, and then met the man's dangerous gaze straight on. He glowered quickly to mask his subtle flinch.
After a single taste of utter helplessness of recent events, Eren felt determined to become stronger. Facing off his pissed guardian was easy stuff!
…Or at least, that's what he wanted to think.
"I-I didn't do anything!" Eren squeaked defensively while still sitting on the ground, knees tucked tight against his chest. After all, he was most assuredly innocent. He was definitely not the one that spilled that huge container filled with chocolate syrup and milk. Nuh-uh, he had nothing to do with the accident. Absolutely nothing to do with it.
"Then explain the kitchen."
Eren's glower lessened and the child shifted his bright eyes uneasily...Maybe if he thought enough about how he didn't do it then it would be absolutely, and unquestionably true. After all, it wasn't like he was the one that ran away and hid from the scene of the crime after the loud crash of glass had ricocheted throughout the once spotless kitchen. Nope, he didn't do anything. Eren had just decided to randomly sit in the little nook, out of view from his guardian, because he felt like it. And he was only acting guilty because...because...well, just because!
"It wasn't me." He muttered under his breath. "It was…was…it was a ghost. A really mean ghost that haunts clean kitchens."
Levi watched the six-year old with unamused expression. His stern eyes wandered over Eren's wet, chocolate-stained T-shirt and his corresponding sticky skin. At least the boy's hair had been spared.
"I don't want to hear excuses, brat. Go clean up that filth off the counter and floor before you take a bath."
Not even a moment had passed after the man uttered his last word before Eren was up and sprinting.
Levi watched the small child fly past him and into the kitchen.
Though, his stoic face twitched ever slightly, hinting at his fleeting amusement.
AN:
Okeeey, I am shocked with how many alerts I got for this story! Thank you so much! I will make sure to continue this fic!
Now to be clear, there isn't going to be a set timeline on the drabbles/one-shots that occur, because I'm pretty much writing on whim, but you can expect SOME structure...Maybe. Perhaps some plot bunnies will appear, especially near the end, if I feel like it.
PLEASE feel welcome to give me any scenarios you'd want to see in either a review or PM. Cute, sad, goofy, scary - anything.
Thank you!
Next update: Somewhere over the rainbow
