Jacket – Levi x Petra Clothing Prompt
Disclaimer: I do not own Shingeki no Kyojin.
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Petra is definitely the mother figure on the team.
Once there was a time that she sustained an injury to her knee, preventing the young woman from participating in the next excursion. That just about drove her insane with an unprecedented worry for the squad's safety. Frankly, in her opinion, how the hell are they going to survive without her? These men are far more dependent than they realize. Sure, they laughed when she said it and that was upsetting, but then Levi-heichou touched her lightly on the shoulder. His nimble fingers smoothed back the loose strands of her copper hair in an assuring manner. The bewildered, frantic look in Petra's hazel eyes lessened a bit then. Maybe the captain's permanent scowl softened in affection. Everyone else pretended not to notice.
On the expedition the following day, much to the squad's chagrin, they realized that she was right.
"Damn it, Owen, are you fucking incompetent!?" Erd bellows, seizing his new teammate roughly around the collar. "You had one job. Do not fight an abnormal unless the captain gives the order. We all could've been killed because of you!" He shoves the younger soldier away. "Get on your knees and thank Heichou for saving your sorry ass." Owen glares viciously at the ground, head hung low in a burning shame.
Levi sighs, turning back from his horse with a satchel tucked under his arms. "Stop being morons, both of you." Yes, he is irate at the boy too for causing all this unnecessary chaos. He was selected for the squad based on his promising talent with the 3DMG, but his overconfidence is proving to be an issue.
"When I fight alongside Owen I feel like I'm cheating on Petra with a lesser woman," Auruo says bitterly, shooting the boy a glare.
Levi is becoming rather irritated by the whole lot of them, but he bites his tongue as he reaches into the satchel and then tosses each man his own brown bundle. They open them hesitantly.
"Holy crap, this is meat!" Gunter exclaims, and the others exchange a look of awe. "Who packed this?" Then he finds the small scrap of a note that is attached to his lunch and it is written in a neat, girlish script:
Don't give Owen such a hard time, you jerks. Remember that you need to refill the gas tanks when you reach the third stopping post. Please listen to Levi-heichou. He's a lot smarter than you. Enjoy this lunch I made with all my love! Be safe. – Ral
"If this divine piece of meat was prepared by Petra, I will gladly devour it!" Auruo says and Levi does not fight the urge to roll his eyes. All of them were acting like stuttering fools, utterly smitten and starry eyed. Levi feels a prick of something akin to jealousy in his heart, but easily brushes it away. Things were bound to get complicated if it turned out that they were all in love with Petra, and he does not extend mercy in a competition.
He is not worried about it, though. Earlier that morning, a similar note fell from the pocket of the clean jacket he picked up from the laundry room:
I know it's a bit irrational of me to think you need me by your side. The truth is I know that I need you, Levi-heichou, when we are out there and even here from where I write this letter in the safety of the dorms. So - just this once - please think about my feelings before you try to be a hero or something. Don't let the boys annoy you too much! – Petra.