Eren and Levi watching the stars together.

I haven't written something cannon related, so here's one.

Eren sat on the edge of the roof. His feet swung underneath him, his heel lightly tapping the bricks of the castle. He hummed to himself, a melody he remembers his mom used to sing, as he gazed up at the stars.

It was rare that he did this, when he first got to the castle he would be chained up in the basement just as it was getting dark. But a couple months back, he gained enough of their trust so as to allow him to sleep in an actual room, he had to be by himself, they were still afraid he might attack, and it had to be right next to Levi's room.

Eren didn't mind though. Levi always locked his room as soon as he escorted him inside and then went back to his room. Sometimes Eren would sleep with Levi in his room, if he asked nicely. But even then he was always so tired from the day's experiments and training he always fell asleep as soon as he made contact with a bed.

Some nights, like this one were different, Levi had eased on the training, and Hange wanted to go over her data before she started new experiments, so Eren's day was spent mostly helping clean the castle, which wasn't as physically exhausting.

So he waited until Levi had been back in his room and Eren hadn't heard a noise for a long time. He slowly got out of bed and made his way to the window, he never knew if they hadn't taken this into consideration: that he would intend to escape through the window- but they never added bars to it, or made sure he couldn't open it. He made his way climbing up, using the vines growing against the side of the building and the other window panes to make his way up.

It was a small adventure for him, doing this. It was as though he was going through an obstacle to get his prize: seeing the stars. He could see them from his window, without actually having to leave his room, but this was more exciting, he felt closer. The stars felt more real.

Eren continued to stare up at the stars and his eyes started to close, he jerked his head up to stay awake but his eyes would just close again.

Maybe cleaning had been more exhausting than he thought...

Eren woke up because he felt cold, his side pressing into something uncomfortable and he heard a gentle and rhythmic tap, tap, tap. When he opened his eyes, he realized it was still night, the stars were still out and the sky was still dark. That was a relief.

But then he noticed he could see a pair of legs, mimicking his motions from earlier and swinging over the edge. He immediately froze, afraid of who it was and what they might do to him since they had found him here. Eren was too afraid to look at who it was.

"Relax, Jaeger. No need to piss your pants,"

Eren both tensed and relaxes at the words. He knew he was safe, but he was also afraid Levi could be lying. He sat up straight and held his arm, he had fallen asleep on a rock.

Eren didn't know what to say, should he apologize for not following orders? No one had explicitly said "don't climb out your window and onto the roof" but it was a given. Maybe he should just try to small talk.

"Close your mouth if you're not going to say anything,"

Eren hadn't realized he had been gaping his mouth.

"Sorry, Captain,"

"For what? Gaping or sneaking out of your room,"

"Whichever one you're mad about, or both," Eren finally looked over to him, Levi was still wearing his uniform, Eren had long since changed out of his. He had bags under his eyes and he looked tired.

"I'm not mad,"

Eren was then truly relieved, but now he was concerned about his captain, "what are you thinking about?"

"Whether or not I should punish you. And if I do, what should that punishment be,"

"I'll accept it," Eren said, Levi was supposed to be in charge of him, and Eren had too much respect and admiration for the man.

"I know," Levi sighed, "I also know this is something you like to do,"

"You do?"

"I'm to watch over you. And I can't sleep,"

Eren stared in disbelief, "you check up on me?"

"Don't act so surprised, Eren,"

The use of his name made Eren smile a little, "I just didn't know that was something you did," he leaned his head in the smaller man's shoulder. For whatever reason, Eren always felt the atmosphere change when Levi said his name. They went from captain and subordinate to friend, and even lovers.

"Why do you come up here?" Levi asked after a while of silently sitting.

"I like to see the stars,"

"You can see them from inside the walls. In the towns,"

Eren sat up straight and pointed at the sky, "but look," Levi turned to the direction where he was pointing, "look at how they stretch out so far, the stars see more land than we can! They could maybe even see the sea!"

Eren saw Levi was actually listening to what he was saying so he continued, "and do you see that really bright star?" he pointed to the brightest one," I could see that one from my house. When i was little, I used to sneak out of the house and sit on the porch so I could look at the stars. Back then it used to be because i thought they were pretty, but now, now i look at them because they tell me that there's so much more to see than just inside the walls,"

It was Levi's turn to rest his head on Eren's shoulder, "what else do they tell you,"

"They tell me that one day I'll be able to visit the sea. And I'll be able to see more places I never could if I had stayed inside the walls,"

"They tell you all that?" Levi mumbled, "sound like some talkative stars,"

Eren chuckled, "well it's not really the stars, it's the promises I made to them,"

"Hmm,"

"Do you want to know other promises I made?"

"Yes," Levi's voice was soft, barely audible.

Eren could tell Levi was falling asleep, but he was encouraging Eren to speak, any other time he would have been told to shut up.

"You know I love you, right?" Eren asked.

"I do," Levi yawned, "I don't know why you love me, but I know you do. And I don't know why, but I love you too,"

Eren chuckled and nudged Levi with his shoulder a little, "jerk," Levi hummed and Eren continued.

"Well when I first realized I loved you, I snuck out here and I sat here and I promised them I would love you forever and fight alongside you,"

"You're so sappy," Eren heard Levi murmur.

Eren kissed the top of Levi's head, "just shush, go to sleep. I'll carry you back to your room in a bit,"

"No one better see you," Levi said, but he didn't object.

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