Eren waited outside Levi's private office, two coffee's in his hand and a bag under his arm at 9am on a very cold Monday morning, waiting for the man to arrive. Eren had worn his best shirt and trousers, making sure to keep deodorant in his bag and even remembered to get Levi his coffee and some pain au chocolat for breakfast, as was now ever more nervous. He kept checking if Levi was inside and if he was even at the right office. He stared at his phone, wondering if he should text Levi, but then the shorter man appeared, looking like he was going to kill everyone in the room brutally, he swallowed hard and tried to smile at him, as Levi pushed past the younger man, unlocking his office.

"Good morning." Eren said softly, and Levi just glared, going into his office. "I uh, brought you a cup of coffee. The skinny latte like you asked, and some pasties for breakfast." Levi looked at him, as Eren extending the arm with his coffee in. "Do you take sugar, because I have some in the bag. And I had Mr Smith email me all the paper work you need doing and I organised it over the weekend, and emailed the folders to your work email." Levi stared at the coffee for a moment, before back at Eren, making the brunette very uncomfortable under the stare and silence.

"You are a fucking saint Eren. At least someone can do their goddamn job you lazy fuckwits!" Levi yelled, before going to his desk. Eren knew he was going to be hated by Levi's entire team; he could feel their glares piercing his back as he scurried after, closing the door without looking at the room full of people. "Planning something?"

"No." Eren tried not to spit back, remembering what Mikasa and Armin had warned him about his temper. "It's umm… chilly."

"Sit down Jaeger and give me that bag." Eren sat at the chair opposite Levi, who had sat in his chair behind his desk, Eren passed the bag over. Levi opened it, frowning, before placing it down. "The American's never make Pain au Chocolat right. They taste like shit."

"I think it's alright."

"But you haven't had freshly baked ones in the morning in Paris. It will be disgusting. I don't want it, you can have it." Levi passed it back, sipping his coffee as Eren took the bag, very unsure on if he should eat it, due to the fear of being sick. "Or stare at it like a lunatic."

"I've eaten. I'll save it for later." Levi didn't reply, instead slapping down a file in front of Eren.

"You need to read through that carefully and sign it. You are by law, not allowed to speak of anything you see or hear within this building regarding the work we do once outside working hours. If you do, someone will kill you in your sleep. Most likely me." Eren nodded, his heads shaking as he read through the papers. "Are you a fucking Chihuahua or something? Stop shaking."

"Nervous. I don't get nervous, usually. Done a lot of things that would make people blush." Levi raised an eyebrow, as Eren seemed to instantly calm down, smiling to himself as he sipped his coffee.

Levi had spent the entire weekend thinking about the brunette in front of him with a hand in his trousers, trying to find the right adjective to describe him. There was no doubting that Eren was handsome; beautiful even, but there was a childlike innocence which gave him a cuteness. And then there was the way he had looked at Levi during the interview; there was an underlying sense of lust in his eyes which had been returned, which made him hot, sexy in a way.

"Mr Ackerman... What are you…? I mean why are you staring at me?"

"I'm wondering when you are going to get that dumbstruck look off of your ugly mug and sign the fucking forms. You have to take them to Erwin later. I bought you them, which is all you will smoke around me if you insist on it." Levi pushed across the desk a packet of Vogue cigarettes, and Eren smiled through his anger, before putting them in his pocket. "Sign the forms." Eren nodded, quickly reading through the long legal documents, signing them before smiling slightly at Levi, who looked bored as he read something on his phone. "Finished?"

"Yes sir." Levi seemed to twitch, looking away from Eren.

"Don't ever call me Sir."

"Sorry, I won't."

"Good. Take them down the hall to Erwin's office, give them to him and tell him to stop fucking sending my candy crush requests or I will make him choke on his own shit, the bastard." Eren just nodded, getting up and walking down the hall, finding the door with Erwin Smith written on the door, knocking lightly before waiting. When Armin opened the door, Eren almost screamed.

"Why didn't you tell me you got a job here too?"

"I wanted it to be a surprise!" Armin yelled back, grinning. He was wearing his best suit, and totally knew he was running the place; being Erwin's assistant gave him just that little extra power. "How's things going?"

"Mr Smith, sir. Mr Ackerman ask me to give you this, and he also says if you don't stop sending him candy crush requests, he will make you choke on your shit." Armin looked alarmed, as Erwin erupted into laughter, jumping out from his seat to lean out of the office door.

"BUT I NEED LIVES YOU GRUMPY OLD MAN!"

"FUCK OFF ERWIN! I AM NOT PLAYING THOSE SHITTY GAMES!"

"BUT I NEED LIVES LEVI!"

"FUCK OFF!" Hanji slide along the corridor on an office chair, their phone in hand.

"Is Levi playing Candy Crush, dude I need lives too!" Levi came storming around the corner, pushing the scientist off of the chair without remorse before glaring at the taller man, Eren and Armin having retreated to the corner, unsure on what on earth was happening. Hanji let out a squeak in pain, before jumping up. "Boys, play nicely."

"I am not playing that game."

"Just send us some lives."

"But Levi we need you. I will buy drinks later, we can go to that cool club too." Hanji wined, hugging his legs. Levi rolled his eyes, trying to kick Hanji off of him. "Please. Or Sonny and Bean will be put in your bed."

"I will squash them."

"DON'T HURT MY BABIES!"

"They're spiders." Eren went white like a sheet. And Hanji saw, leaping to their feet to slide over, taking Eren's hands in theirs, grinning madly. "Hanji don't."

"Scared of spiders? I will knock that right out of you. Sonny and Bean are tarantulas. They're beautiful. Want to see!? They are harmless really. I will bring them in some time and just release them, and watch everyone live in fear until I catch them again. I just love spiders, such misunderstood creatures, you just wait till you hold them; they're so fluffy you will just adore them." Eren just shook his head, Armin trying to get away from the crazed person in front of them. "Oh come on you baby."

"Hanji!" Levi called out, an emotionless expression on his face. "Eren has work to do."

"I bet he does. I want updates on those designs today, Mr Ackerman so we can play with them in science. 12pm or else its spider time. We should get lunch, us and our new and cute assistants. You guys are going to love my guy." Levi just left the office, Eren trailing behind like a puppy, making Hanji laugh and smile. "Oh so cute. Imagine how cute and scary their babies will be?"

"Let's hope they'll take after Mummy Eren." Erwin added.

"Levi's a very handsome man, but let's hope they get Mummy Eren's big eyes so they aren't stuck with the permanent pissed off look."

"So, Mr Ackerman does like Eren?" Armin asked, uncertainty in his voice, and Hanji laughed even more.

"Oh you are adorable. Little He-Man. Of course he does. We should set them up. I'm going to lock them in a room and not let them out and till they make my godchildren. Anyway, I have bio-nuclear warfare to play with. Bye He-Man, bye Erwin!" Hanji got back in the chair and rowed away, making Erwin chuckled, going back to his desk, and everything resumed as if whatever it was that had just happened didn't happen.

Armin was regretting taking the job now that he knew everyone was psychotic.


Back in Levi's office, the older man was shifting threw drawings, and Eren sat in the chair opposite quietly, looking at his feet, very unsure on what he was supposed to do. Levi would look up at him on occasion, Eren usually missing the glances but blushing when he caught them. After half an hour of doing nothing but subconsciously flirt, Eren opened his mouth to speak, but Levi caught him out;

"If you're going to spend your time sat there doing nothing, you might as well tell me more about yourself. Considering all we did on Thursday was drag up personal history." Levi said, not looking up from the thing he was doodling on his iPad.

"I... Like what?"

"Well, full name."

"Eren Jaeger... Your turn." Levi put the iPad down to glare at Eren, but decided he was going to play along with Eren's game.

"Levi Étienne Francis Ackerman."

"Fancy."

"Étienne is the French word for Steven."

"You're French?"

"Half. My mother was, her mother was British and her father was French, but his family were originally from Belgium."

"Wow... How does that all work?"

"My Grand-mère was on a school holiday in Paris when she met my Grand-père. He was 23 when she was 16. She wrote home saying she wasn't coming home and was married three weeks later. They've been together ever since." Eren smiled softly at the thought of that, as Levi remained stone faced

"That's really sweet."

"Yes. So they were less than thrilled when their daughter fucked a business man and then died in childbirth. My father tried to get custody, but then he would have had to tell his wife and my half siblings that he'd slept with a much younger, more beautiful French woman, and I've never met him. I went to France and lived there for most of my childhood, but moved away to Britain for boarding school, ran away from there to join the army. Now I am here. Your turn."

"My parents lived in the city all their lives….In Manhattan. My dad was a doctor and my mum just lived at home... I've never been outside of the city, like ever."

"How?"

"Never had a reason to... I've always wanted to go to Europe though. My Grandfather is German, but I've spoken to him."

"Maybe you will. Anymore random questions?"

"Do you have a favourite colour?"

"No. Do you?"

"Green. And blue. And red."

"You don't get the concept of a favourite, do you?"

"My favourite song is Break Free by Ariana Grande. And my favourite flowers are roses." Levi just nodded, as Eren smiled, slightly smug. "Do you have a favourite song then?"

"'Si. MI chiamano Mimì' from La Boheme. I have a job for you." Eren leaped to his feet, almost knocking over the chair. Levi stood up, walking to his filing cabinet to grab a large, neatly stacked pack of files, which he plonked into Eren's arms, so he would drop them, and Eren knew this, and exactly what happened. "Turn around and pick them up."

"Mr Ackerman, with all due respect, I didn't apply to this job for this."

"And this is?"

"You. Flirting with me. Stop it. I know exactly why you just did this, it happened to me a lot in school, and I would like you to cut it out. ." Levi leant back on the desk, folding his arms. Eren could feel himself getting more and more pissed off as the older man let out a small chuckle. "I don't care if you're rich, or powerful, I am not here for that."

"Did stop you from flirting back earlier. Trying to play hard to get?"

"No! I am here to work not be your slut!" Levi's eyes went cold, as Eren glared at him.

"Speak to me like that again, it will be the only job you'll be able to get is a whore on the side walk. I will guarantee that; do you understand me?" Eren just nodded, picking up some of the paper work. "You and I are going to get along fine."

"Bite me."

"I intend to."