Levi gets home from a tiring day a work to find Eren sick in bed.
Levi was tired, all he wanted to do was crawl into bed with Eren as soon as he got home and smother him with kisses. Work had been a bitch lately, he usually got weekends off, but they were working in a big case, which meant Levi hadn't had a day off in three weeks. He knew it bothered Eren as much as it did him, even though Eren tried to hide it. Fortunately the trial was tomorrow and everyone was well prepared and ready so they left work early to get some much needed rest.
Levi pulled into the driveway and grabbed his suitcase from the passenger seat before getting out and walking to the house. He didn't see Eren anywhere, and there was no response when he called for him. He went to their bedroom and saw the shape of a body underneath the covers.
Levi walked over to him and pulled the covers back, Eren groaned, "Eren? What's wrong?" Eren looked flushed, Levi sat at the edge of the bed and put a hand on his forehead, he was burning up.
"I have a fever," Eren groaned.
"I can tell, how are you feeling, babe?" Eren's response was to groan again and cover himself with the covers again, "do you want me to call Armin?"
"No! I hate him,"
Levi sighed, "babe, come on, he's not that bad,"
"He's not, unless he's in doctor mode. That's when I hate him," Levi chuckled, every time Eren was sick, Armin would come over and 'take care of him', which consisted of making him eat and do things to see what would make him feel worse not better, "he's evil,"
Levi chuckled, "do you want me to take care of you then?" Eren nodded.
"Yes please," he pulled the covers back just enough so that Levi could see his face, "why are you home early?"
"Trial's tomorrow, they sent us home to rest," he watched as Eren closed his eyes when Levi cupped his cheek.
Eren opened his eyes and sighed. "then you should rest, I'll call Armin,"
Levi shook his head, "I'll take care of you," he leaned in and kissed Eren's hot forehead, "let me go get some water," he was about to get up when Eren grabbed his hand.
"Thanks, babe," Levi smiled at him and kissed his forehead again before standing up.
He walked into the kitchen to get a rag and filled a small bin with chilled water, he didn't take long but Eren was asleep when he went back to their room. He sat the bin in the nightstand and dipped the rag in, then he made sure to strain the excess water before placing it on Eren's forehead.
Eren's eyes opened wide and he hissed, "it's cold," he pouted.
"That's the point, babe. When did you start feeling like this?"
"This morning,"
Levi frowned down at him, "and you didn't tell me before I left for work? I would've taken the day off,"
"I didn't want to be a burden," Eren said softly, pulling the covers up again to cover everything except his eyes up.
"You're my husband, it's in my job description to take care of you when you're sick. Besides, if it were me, wouldn't you want me to tell you?"
"No," Eren stated. Levi knew he was joking so he did his best to look sad. He must've done a good job because Eren threw back his covers and grabbed Levi's arm, pulling him down onto him and wrapping his arms around him. Levi had his hands on either side of Eren, holding himself up, "I'm so sorry Levi, I was just kidding, of course I'd want to know if you were sick. Let's have sex, I'll make it up to you,"
Levi chuckled at Eren's suggestion and kissed his shoulder before he pulled back to look at Eren, "I'm not having sex with you if you're sick,"
"But Armin always says to 'sweat out the sickness,'" Eren pouted.
"And you're going to take advice from Armin?" Levi raised his eyebrow.
"I faintly remember my dad saying the same thing,"
"Fine, let's help you sweat out your sickness," Eren's face was practically beaming as he tugged at the bottom of Levi's shirt, but Levi pulled back before Eren could get it off, "let's go for a run,"
"What?!" Eren whined.
"You wanted to sweat out your sickness, let's go run,"
"Levi," Eren pouted, "I don't want to run,"
"Gym?"
"No. Sex,"
"I'll have sex with you as soon as you feel better,"
"Really?" Levi nodded, "I feel better,"
Levi raised his eyebrow and put his hand on Eren's neck, "still hot,"
"Thank you," Eren winked at him.
"Still feverish," Levi chuckled.
"Do you even like me?"
"Eren, we're married," Levi held up his left hand, flashing Eren his ring, then pointing to Eren's.
"So you do like me?" Eren smiled.
"Of course I like you, I love you," Levi took Eren's ringed hand and kissed it.
"I love you, too,"
Levi smiled at him and resisted the urge to kiss him, "what do you want to eat?" Eren shook his head, "you have to eat something," Eren opened his mouth but Levi quickly interrupted, "and I mean food, not anything sexual," Eren closed his mouth, which caused Levi to chuckle, "I'll make you some soup,"
"Can you just lay here with me for a while?" Eren asked softly, "I feel like I haven't seen you in a long time,"
Levi frowned, he knew work was getting in the way of his home life, he tried to get home as soon as he could, but Eren was usually sleeping by the time Levi got home, or Levi was too tired to stay up and went straight to bed. It was no wonder Eren was insisting on sex. Levi walked around the bed and got in on his side, getting under the covers. Eren smiled happily as he curled up onto his chest.
Levi wrapped his arms around him, pulling Eren closer to him, "I'm sorry I haven't been home lately,"
"I know it's not your fault, it's work,"
"I'm still sorry,"
He felt Eren's warm lips press against his neck, "don't be. You're here now,"
They stayed with their arms wrapped around each other until Levi was sure Eren was fast asleep. He carefully disentangled himself from Eren and went to go make him some soup, but not before he kissed his forehead and changed the rag so it was cold once again.
He went into the kitchen and starts making Eren his soup. He tried to make as little noise as possible, and everytime there would be a loud noise, he'd flinch and freeze afraid of waking Eren. It happened several times, but Eren didn't seem to be waking up.
Once the soup was made, Levi put the soup, tea and a couple cookies on a tray and took it back to the bedroom. He placed it in the bedside table and got on top of Eren, straddling him. He bent over do that their faces were almost touching, he pecked Eren's nose.
"Eren," he cooed, "wake up," he pressed a kiss to his flushed cheek, he frowned at how hot he still was. His own hands were pretty cold, so he placed a hand on either of his cheeks. That's when Eren's eyes shot open.
"You could've continued kissing me instead, jerk," he shivered at the touch of Levi's hands, he moved them down to cup his neck.
"So you were awake?"
"I was, I just liked the feeling," Levi leaned down and kissed Eren's nose, his hands trailing underneath Eren's shirt and helping him out of it, "what are you doing?" Eren asked, once his shirt was off and Levi was roaming his arms around his torso and kissing his neck.
"I'm helping you cool off," Levi mumbled into his shoulder
"Although I'm loving this, I'm starting to feel more hot,"
Levi chuckled and pulled back, but kept his chilly hands at Eren's sides, "I guess I'll continue when you feel better then," he used his knees so he was kneeling above Eren and motioned for him to scoot up. Once he was properly sat, Levi once again sat on his legs and grabbed the bowl of soup, getting some in the spoon and then fed it to Eren.
"it's delicious," Eren said, once he had swallowed it, "but you know, I can feed myself. That way you can go into the spare bedroom and rest," Levi raised a questioning eyebrow, "so that you're prepared for your trial tomorrow," Eren added.
Levi sighed and fed him another spoon, "I want to take care of you, so let me. I'll be fine, I've never needed that much sleep anyway,"
"I know that," Eren opened his mouth for more soup, "but don't think I haven't noticed that you don't even come to bed some nights. I didn't want to say anything because I knew you'd just say the exact same thing you just said now. But this case is almost over and you need to be prepared for it," he tried to take the bowl from Levi, but Levi had a firm grip on it.
"Eren, why are you worrying about me if you're the sick one?"
"Just 'cause I'm sick, that doesn't mean I don't worry,"
"Let me worry about you today and help you feel better and you can worry about me tomorrow,"
Eren thought for a second, it wasn't an ideal compromise, but he knew that it was either take it or leave it. He smiled, "deal! But you have to go to bed early," Levi nodded, "more soup, please," he opened his mouth, he felt like a child, but he didn't really care.