WARNING THIS CHAPTER HAS GRAPHIC CONTENT

Chapter 2

That damn brat.

Levi quietly seethed to himself as he pretended like he wasn't intently watching everything Hanji did as she fussed over an unconscious Eren. He had known, he had known something was up with the kid damnit. But he hadn't said anything. It hadn't been his damn problem. It still wasn't. Yet…

He knew that look. That expression he had glimpsed in Eren's eyes several times now. He may not have seen it in a while- not since his days in the criminal underworld- but it was unmistakable. Yet he must be mistaken because this was Eren fucking Jegar for gods sake! He was a fucking titan shifter! Why the hell would that sort of raw, unbearable, haunted look be in his eyes? Admittedly most soldiers had a fairly haunted look to their eyes- going beyond the walls and watching your friends be consumed by monsters tended to do that to a person- but this was different look and, most importantly, it hadn't been present at all when Levi had first met Eren after the last Titan attack.

Levi frowned as unsettling theories started to swirl within his mind and he tried to shake them off. It still wasn't his business, he reminded himself. His only duty was to supervise Eren as he carried out Erwin's orders and to kill the boy if he appeared unstable or treacherous in his Titan form. That was all. He was not the boy's fucking shrink, so whatever had happened to make to brat start having panic attacks left and right he needed to get the hell over it himself. Once the brat woke up Levi resolved to tell him so.

It wasn't his business.

What did Levi care if that beautiful fire he had witnessed in Eren's eyes when he had first met him had seemed to have been extinguished? What did he care if whatever the hell had happened caused Eren- the brat he corrected himself- to all but disappear aside from the small bit necessary to carry out his physical duties… that's all Levi was ever interested in having him here for wasn't it?

It wasn't his fucking business! And he definitely didn't care for one snot nosed brat's problems.

Even if said brat cried in his sleep, begging for his Corporal to save him from a fate that somehow Levi didn't think had anything to do with Titans.

Goddamnit all… Levi suppressed a groan rubbing his forehead, even if it wasn't his business it bugged him! And he didn't like it one bit. Not what was happening to the brat and not how the brat's pain seemed to affect him.

Sighing, Levi focused on the young man laying before him. He was far too skinny and dark shadows circled his closed eyes. Even in sleep, Eren didn't seem peaceful. Levi cursed within his mind. What a shitty time to start caring. What a shitty person to start caring about. He hadn't felt this way since Isabelle and Farlen and the way things were looking it wouldn't be long before Eren too would be taken away from him… one way or another. If the Titan's didn't get him the no doubt the counsel wouldn't allow him to live very long anyway. He really couldn't afford to get attached.

Well a bit late for that.

"Ara, if you keep glaring like that you are going to get frown line's permanently etched into your face! You won't attract any fine young things that way!" teased Hanji poking his cheek and reminding Levi of her less than appreciated presence. Not for the first time Levi entertained the idea of stabbing her in the head repeatedly. But, not only would that lose humanity a great asset, Levi wouldn't put it past Hanji to be creepy enough to come back from the grave just to bug him for eternity. It didn't have anything to do with the fact that he was rather fond of her. That was definitely absurd.

"I don't need any young things chasing after my ass, there are enough of them as it is, so if glaring repulses them then all the more reason to do it I say." Retorted Levi raising a condescending eyebrow.

"Aw, my Levi is never going to get laid, no wonder you're such a grump," sighed Hanji dramatically and Levi felt a muscle in his face start to twitch uncontrollably, "Ah but if people knew what an insane freak you were you wouldn't have nearly so many worshippers."

"And who is calling who a freak now, hmm?" tisked Levi clicking his tongue. Before Hanji could gleefully retort the response he could see on the tip of her tongue he cut her off, "So what's wrong with the brat?"

"Hmm? Eren?" Hanji's face lost it's teasing expression and turned serious, "I don't know. If he was hurt or sick then his body had long since recovered from it… All though it does appear that he is a bit malnourished and sleep deprived. Other then that he should be fit as a fiddle… Physically that is. You an I know that for a soldier that's not all that matters is it, Levi?"

"Hmm…" hummed Levi noncommittally turning over the information over him his mind, "So there is no sign that anyone had been giving him trouble recently?"

"If someone has then Eren's titan abilities have long since removed any evidence." Said Hanji shaking she head before fixing him with a quizzical look, "Is there any reason to think that there might be?"

"Just a theory." Said Levi vaguely pushing himself off the wall and heading for the door.

"Don't you want to wait for him to wake up?" asked Hanji in surprise.

"Why the fuck would I do that? I am not his mummie, I couldn't care less." growled Levi walking out, behind him he could hear Hanji sigh softly.

"You know, you're not half the actor you think you are sometimes Levi."

Eren could hear voices speaking softly as he started to wake up. He realized that for the first time since this whole business started he had slept without any dreams. Then Eren realized that he wasn't in his cell downstairs and his blood went cold. Had he passed out during a… session or something? It had happened before, though Erwin had just continued to fuck him while he was unconscious. But no, he body was lacking that sort of hyper sensitive sting on his skin that always was present if he had to heal at all. So not an encounter with Erwin then. Now that he knew it was safe to remember, Eren tried sort through his most recent memories. Levi… it had had something to do with Corporal Levi. Eren's eyes widened as it came back to him.

He had had a panic attack and passed out in front of his most important person.

Shame weld up within Eren as he squeezed his eyes more tightly shut. Fuck, he hadn't been able to face himself in the mirror in a while now and interactions with other were already difficult, but how on earth was he supposed to face his superior now? He would want an explanation surely, and Eren couldn't tell him. He supposed he would have to come up with a lie, but it better be convincing because Eren was a terrible liar at the best of times and these were definitely not the best of times.

"-rong with Eren?" asked a deep baritone that sent shivers of panic up and down his spine.

"Hmm? I thought Levi was supposed to drop by your office and fill you in." came Hanji's confused voice.

"He did drop by," sighed Erwin, "He just said that Eren wouldn't be coming to my office because he was unwell and then stormed off."

"Ah, he was in quite a prissy mood when he left here wasn't he?" laughed Hanji.

"So what happened?" asked Erwin and Eren had to try very hard not to tense and alert the two of them that he was awake. When Erwin found out he would know. He would know right away that Eren was losing his usefulness, that even something as small as a meeting with his superior was enough to bring him quaking to his knees. Would he even bother keeping him now or would he cut his loses and just have Hanji cut him open?

"I am not sure actually." Said Hanji's uncertain voice, "Levi wasn't all that articulate. He just kicked open my door with Eren in his arms and told me to fix him… "

"But why…?" wondered Erwin frowning. Eren was wondering something similar. Why hadn't Levi ratted him out? Why hadn't he just called some of the other soldiers to come bring Eren to Hanji instead of carrying him himself?

"Yeah, I thought it was a bit out of character too." Agreed Hanji.

"So did you find out what's wrong with Eren? We have a expedition coming up, we can't have our Titan shifter out of commission." Said Erwin going right back to business.

"Like I told Levi, if he got hurt then it's already healed. Whatever has happened he seems to be fine now." Said Hanji and Eren could almost picture the half shrug she must have given.

"Then why is he still unconscious?" asked Erwin.

"My best guess? He appears to be a bit sleep-deprived. I think that after he recovered from whatever caused him to lose consciousness in the first place his body merely seized the opportunity to catch up on it's sleep." Said Hanji unconcernedly, "It's fairly normal for humans, and Titan shifter or not Eren still seems to require sleep and rest."

"I see." Said Erwin, his tone giving away nothing about what he thought on the matter, "Well tell him when he wakes that he may take the rest of today to recover. I want him fully functional for the training and experiments tomorrow."

"I will!" said Hanji cheerfully and Eren heard tapping of footsteps and the soft thump of the door closing as Erwin left, "You know Eren, if you want to pretend to be asleep then you should probably try and remember to breath. I've seen corpses more relaxed then you."

"Why didn't you say something?" mumbled Eren opening his eyes and looking over at her.

"You looked like you didn't want us to know." Shrugged Hanji with a smile, "I've been there, eavesdropping is fun right?"

"That's… not…" muttered Eren in embarrassment as he sat up, but what was he supposed to say? That he was afraid of the idea of having another panic attack in the presence of his tormentor? She had given him the perfect excuse.

"So Eren, as you heard Corporal Levi did not tell me much, do you think you could explain what happened?" asked Hanji casually, though her eyes were watching him closely.

"Oh… I.. um…" said Eren looking anywhere but her, he hadn't come up with a good lie yet! "I forgot to eat breakfast and got a bit dizzy?"

That happened to people didn't it?

"You make that sound like a question." Laughed Hanji though Eren swore her gaze sharpened.

"Well… it's a little foggy." Eren tried.

"I see, though I am a little confused as to why that might have happened. After all, you've been a soldier for a while now, and before that you were a refugee weren't you? Your body should be fairly used to missing a meal now and then." Said Haji casually and Eren's blood went cold.

"Yeah… that is kind of weird isn't it?" laughed Eren nervously.

"Hmm…" hummed Hanji in agreement before she abruptly got to her feet, "So I suppose you heard what Erwin said right? Please take the rest of the day to rest and take care of yourself."

"Oh yes, thank you." Said Eren blinking and hurriedly getting to his feet.

"Oh and Eren?" said Hanji as Eren paused with his hand on the door, "When lying it helps if you look like you actually believe the words you're saying."

"Hanji-" began Eren gulping nervously.

"You don't need to tell me, it's really not my business unless Erwin orders it to be. But just to warn you that if you try lying like that to Levi or Erwin they are going to be pissed." Said Hanji frankly.

"I- thank you for telling me. I'll- I'll keep that in mind." Said Eren lamely.

"And do actually try and take care of yourself Eren. Believe it or not there are people here who care about what happens to you." Said Hanji with a sad smile.

"I understand." Said Eren with a tight smile that he hoped was believable. From the sigh Hanji gave he could tell it wasn't. Not wanting to get caught out in any more lies Eren hurried back to his room instead.

This couldn't go on. Hanji was right, if Corporal Levi asked Eren wouldn't be able to lie… but maybe, just maybe, he could tell the Corporal what was going on. It wasn't like he had any pride left to preserve. Levi probably wouldn't be able to help but… maybe he'd understand when Eren inevitably failed them. He had kept Eren's panic attack a secret after all. Maybe he could continue to be Eren's haven. Maybe-

Eren's heart seemed to stop as got to his room and realized that the guards were not there. He wondered if he could just go somewhere else, but he had been ordered by the Commander to rest and Hanji would be suspicious if he returned to her office and he didn't want to even try and contemplate the torrent of questions that would come from Armin and Mikasa if he went to rest in their rooms. Swallowing, Eren forced himself to push open the door, already knowing what he would find and knowing that it would be worse the longer that he put it off.

"You know you're stiff as a board when you pretend to sleep." Commented Erwin not turning to look at him as he inspected the chains by the bed.

"Yes sir." Agreed Eren quietly letting the door fall shut behind him.

"Will I need to worry about another incident like to today repeating itself?" Inquired Erwin mildly.

"No sir." Said Eren so softly he wasn't sure Erwin heard him. Finally, his Commander turned and looked at him with an unreadable expression.

"You know what to do." Erwin told him flatly. Eren nodded numbly and began fumbling with the straps to his gear, carefully placing them on their hook before doing the same with his cloths. Fighting the ever present humiliation Eren stood bare and awaited his next instructions.

"On your stomach." Erwin ordered nodding to his bed. Obediently, Eren complied, sprawling out on his sheets with his head buried in his arms and his hips raised the way he knew Erwin would want him. Chains locked into place so that if Eren changed his mind part way through- the way he often did- and tried to get away despite the consequences that would follow he would be held in position for Erwin's use. Lastly, Erwin secured a gag in his mouth that would keep him from biting anything and accidentally transforming.

"Titan healing abilities are really quite extraordinary," mused Erwin spreading and squeezing Eren's cheeks for his gaze, "We've done this so many times and you're always back to a near virginal state by the next time."

Eren tried not to whimper pathetically into the gag as Erwin unceremoniously shoved two slick fingers inside and began stretching him slightly. He was right, his healing abilities did make it so that every time was about as painful as the first time. The only reason Erwin prepared him at all was because he was always too tight and tense to just shove right in and that wouldn't really feel good for Erwin either. It would hurt less if he stopped fighting it, but he couldn't seem to trick his body into thinking that it wanted this pain. His cock always remained limp in these sessions unless Erwin was in the mood to torture him with his own pleasure. However, Erwin didn't usually bother to take the time to root for his prostate or stimulate his cock. Eren suspected it was because he liked the way Eren's muscles would spasm and clench in pain.

"You know what Levi asked me today?" asked Erwin conversationally as if he didn't have his fingers shoved up Eren's ass, "He wanted to know if I'd seen or heard about anyone hurting you lately. Tell me Eren, what did you say to him?"

Eren shook his head frantically as tears blurred his vision. Levi had been asking about him. Levi had been trying to find out who was hurting Eren. Too bad he asked the wrong person. Eren had a feeling he was going to pay for that concern. And he was right. Fingers were removed far too swiftly causing spots to flash painfully in his vision.

"Lying to your superiors now Eren? It's clear you must have said something…" insisted Erwin giving no warning before he shoved to the hilt. Eren screamed into his gag his whole body jerking against the chains, desperate to get away from this massive intrusion. Erwin gripped his hips more firmly as he started thrusting. Tears streamed down Eren's face and he could feel a trickle of blood and other fluids start to drip down his thigh, "Maybe I should offer you to Levi too? How does that sound? You've always been fond of him."

Panic zipped through Eren's senses at that and he shook his head furiously. Anything, anyone, but Levi. Erwin was right, he was fond of his Corporal. Having him use him in this way felt like it would destroy Eren completely.

"You would hate that wouldn't you? You think you want his help, but you don't really want him to see you offering your ass like a dirty slut, do you?" commented Erwin so nonchalantly someone might think they were talking about the weather. He did usually talk so much… usually he just threw Eren down on the nearest flat surface and took him with barely a word and then excused him to his duties. However, it appeared that the knowledge that Levi was taking an interest in Eren had pissed him off. A particularly sharp thrust had Eren losing his shaky train of thought and screaming into his gag and clawing at the scratchy sheets. Erwin picked up the pace and it wasn't long before he came with a muted grunt.

"I will be leaving for a short while to organize some things for the up coming expedition," said Erwin the moment he caught his breath resuming the conversation as if nothing had happened, "In that time I expect you get your act together and be ready to fight at full capacity for the upcoming battles. I will ensure that no one bothers you for the rest of today so that you can recover from your episode earlier today."

Eren nodded mutely and let his body go limp as it was released from it's chains. Erwin rattled off a few more practical instructions about taking care of himself while he was a way but Eren barely registered anything. When the Commander departed Eren made no move to clean up though there was blood and cum on his thighs and some of the places where the chains had been attached where not only bruised but had broken the skin as well. He knew he needed to at least clean himself out before his Titan abilities kicked in and everything more difficult again, but Eren couldn't seem to find the will or strength to do so. He lay limply on the bed and let the tears continue to stream down his face not even bothering to remove the gag or untangle himself from the chains. He was so out of it he didn't even here the soft click of the door opening again or the choked gasp.

"Eren, who the fuck did this to you?!" snarled Levi.