THIS. IS. THE. LAST. REAL. CHAPTER. Ahhhhhh yayy! We finally made it here my lovelies! Thank you all so much for staying with us on this story guys, you are all mine and ghosties' favorites. YA BEAUTIFUL.

(Also I say last real chapter bc remember when I asked if you guys wanted and extra special add on *wink wink*...well that's your lovely epilogue for this story)

Disclaimer: We do not own Attack on Titan or any of the characters belonging thusly. As always, if we did, Eren and Levi would have a small cottage in the woods which they share with their miracle children.

Peace~

~Aria

~GhostiesandGhoulies

The next few days were rough to say the least - what with Eren's surprisingly slow healing, the new parents attempting to settle into a routine with their children, and the various people visiting to see them… Things were borderline pandemonium.

Hazel and Cayden woke and cried together at random points during the night, waking both of their parents when they did. Levi would rise, hand off one or the other to his spouse, then take the other in hand. It was then they would calm the infants and distinguish the reason for their awakening. It was a bit of a surprise when they figured out it was usually for the same reason as the other twin, though there was still plenty of times when one woke the other by crying.

Hanji was great in assisting them where they needed. They were especially thankful for her intelligence, as she had single handedly made up a powder of sorts they were able to mix with milk in order to feed the babies. Her small inputs and advice definitely helped keep them sane as they adjusted to the change in their lives.

Eren, despite the help from his lover, Hanji, and other friends, continued to be stubborn. He would get up and attend the babies, even though it put him in obvious pain to do so. His incision site was healing at a snail's pace at best, which only made for a more pushy Hanji and Levi. The lack of decent sleep was bad enough, not allowing himself to heal before being so active was worse.

By the time the end of the first week came, Levi was sure the bags beneath his eyes would be permanent if they weren't already. But, despite this, he felt grateful for his little mismatched family. He never would've imagined himself as a father, and yet there he was, helping Eren raise the two new lives that had entered the world. Who would've thought?

One night as Eren was lying abed alongside his slumbering lover, he heard the distinct whimpering begin from the twins who were situated in their cribs in the small adjoining room to his and Levi's. He sat up slowly, wiping at his exhausted eyes. His hearing had quickly become accustomed to hearing even the slightest of noises from his children. The same could not exactly be said for his spouse, who seemed to only hear them once they were fully crying loudly.

But, tired as he was, he couldn't find it in himself to be bitter towards the other. Levi was still working a bit even though he was technically on leave, at least for three months. So that coupled with his usual lacking ability to sleep and then the wearisome days caring for their newborns was a lot.

He lumbered into the extra room and lifted his fussing son into his arms with a low hushing sound. "It's alright baby," he murmured, "Daddy's here. Now what do we need this time?" If the usual timing was anything to go off of, it was time for a diaper change. He quickly changed his son and shushed both of them back into a sleepy peace.

Once they were both successfully out again, Eren found himself looking down at the twins as they slept. They were only about two weeks old, yet they already seemed attached to one another. Their little hands often found each other's bodies, where they would clasp onto the fabric of their onesies. It warmed his heart to see.

He also felt immensely relieved that despite their quite early arrival, besides being very small, they seemed to be healthy. Nothing had come up by way of their breathing or otherwise. His babies were growing more everyday, and they were healthy.

"You got them back to sleep then?"

Eren looked to the doorway where he found his lover leaning against the frame. He sent him a small smile.

"Yeah. Cayden just needed a diaper change, and Hazel needed to be comforted but they're okay now," Eren replied in a low, quiet tone.

Levi gave him a small nod, "Sorry I didn't get up sooner. I guess my hearing is still kinda fucked up."

The younger sighed, biting his lip at the memory and going to his husband's strong side. He wrapped his arms around Levi's neck and huddled into him.

"It's fine," he assured. "I'm hypersensitive to it now anyway, so it probably wouldn't have mattered."

Eren felt Levi nod into his shoulder, the man's strong arms instinctively going to hug his waist. He nuzzled sleepily into the man's dark locks, the lack of sleep catching up to him all of a sudden.

"Were you watching them sleep like a fucking creep?" the man asked in a deceptively light tone.

The brunette in his arms pulled away like he was on fire, glaring at his husband.

"S-so what if I was? Look how cute they are when they sleep...I couldn't help it."

Levi smirked and scoffed, "Doesn't make it any less creepy."

Eren's cheeks puffed out as a blush slowly covered his face, marking his ears and nose with a rosy pink. He crossed his arms over his chest in a pout and sneered at his lover, "Whatever...I watch you when you sleep sometimes-it's not any different than that! Plus look how sweet they look…"

"Yeah they're adorable but-wait a fucking minute," gray eyes narrowed at him, "Did you just say you watch me when I sleep?"

The young father smiled sheepishly, Levi paling at the response, "It's the only time I get to see you without that crease in your brow."

As if on cue, the Corporal's brow creased with another glare.

"Sometimes when I wake up in the middle of the night I just watch you while I fall back asleep," Eren looked up at him with sparkling eyes, "You look really cute."

"I am not cute," the older argued, staring strangely at his husband.

Eren just smiled at him, blush still staining his cheeks.

"You are...Plus I know you watch me when I sleep at night. So you can't say anything," the brunette surmised with a smirk.

Levi's gray eyes darted to the ground with an embarrassed scowl, "Oh shut the fuck up. You know I sleep like shit at night."

Eren just smiled and brought his arms back round to his husband's neck, hugging him close and kissing his lips gently.

"Well I guess we're even then."

For a while they just stood there, held in each other's arms, taking in even breaths as they watched their peacefully sleeping children. Levi held his waist close and Eren huddled himself into his collarbone, taking solace in the warmth there. He shivered a bit against the cold night air. He pulled away gently, Levi watching him carefully as he tucked the blankets around his babies tighter. He looked down upon their sweet faces, soft with milky dreams, little mouths pursed and rosy, cheeks plump.

"They're beautiful."

The admission from his husband made Eren grin. He turned back to Levi, taking his hand in his and kissing it, intertwining their fingers.

"They are."

They watched for a few minutes more. Their little ones hands had found each other again.

"We should go back to bed now," Levi said quietly, giving Eren a small tug on the arm. "You can watch them all you want in the morning."

The younger nodded and smiled, following his husband's lead through the door and back to their bed. They laid down, listening carefully to make sure no more fuss came from the room next to theirs. Not a peep was heard. Levi's arms pulled Eren close, hugging his back to his chest and laying a gentle kiss into his hair. As the brunette drifted into sleep, he could hear his husband's breathy whispering, "I love you so much, you shitty, beautiful brat."

Eren fell asleep with a smile.

Levi looked over the squirming mound of flesh he held with a sharp eye. Its soft chocolatey tufts of hair and big green eyes remained an odd reminder of what strange events had led up to him being a parent of two brats - scratch that, three, since Eren still counted.

"I guess how big you got makes sense now," Levi grumbled, resituating the baby's head so as to ensure there wasn't pressure on the neck. He bounced his arms a bit, not missing the smile that took his daughter's face. "Look how fat Hazel is."

It was true that of the two, Hazel seemed to be growing at a faster rate. Her weight and length had increased rather dramatically since birth, while Cayden's rate of growth was a bit slower. Though he too was steadily getting bigger.

Eren's head shot up from cooing at their son to glare at his lover.

"She's not fat, Levi. She's just growing. Hanji said she's almost up to normal size of a week old baby," the young man argued, holding the boy in his grasp close to his chest as if to shield him too from his father's crude remarks.

"Whatever. She needs to stop smiling, too. It's fucking creepy." Even as he said as such, her small face lit up with a small smile.

Eren laughed, "She's happy. That's a good thing, Levi."

He poked the little raven haired baby gently in the stomach. The boy squirmed a bit and let out an indignant whine at the prodding. Eren smiled at the reaction.

"It's better than Mr. Sourpuss over here." The younger smirked at his lover, "Wonder where he got his attitude from."

"Tch." A scoff and an eyeroll was all the response Eren got.

Meanwhile, the short Corporal shifted the girl in his arms, seemingly uncomfortable with his position. Eren sniggered at his awkwardness. Levi shot him a glare.

"How am I even supposed to hold this thing?" the older man grumbled as he shifted the baby again in his arms.

Eren laughed, "She has a name you know."

Levi frowned. "Of course I know, shitface. But how do I hold her without my arms going numb?"

Eren merely grinned at the man and bounced the boy a bit from where he lay on his legs, cooing again.

"You know he's human," Levi mocked. "You don't have to speak uneducated gibberish to him. He won't understand it either way."

The teal eyed man stuck his tongue out at the other before standing up and crossing the room. Levi followed the other's motions with a close eye. It had been about a month or so since the babies had been born, and quite frankly it shocked Levi how quickly Eren had managed to get back to normal. Hanji had guessed he might be out of comission for a few weeks, then would be up and moving - but Eren had been up and about much sooner. And there the man was, rocking a small raven haired child as he almost danced around the room. It amazed him.

"Cayden looks just like you, Levi," Eren stated, grinning wide as he made his way over to the other.

Levi scoffed, "His eyes are tinted green, shitty brat, he looks nothing like me."

The young man's smile only widened as he leaned in toward his husband, lips pursed and expectant. Levi rolled his eyes and planted a soft kiss on the other man's sweet lips. Levi smiled a bit despite himself, unable to hold back the amusement his hodgepodge little family brought him.

"Hanji said that my eyes might have been the 'dominant trait'," Eren mused. As if hearing this, two sleepy sets of teal pools looked toward the familiar voice.

The shorter man glared at him, smirking darkly with a sensual look in his eyes that made Eren tremble, "How fantastic for you, seeing as though it's the only time you'll be dominant in this relationship."

Eren's cheeks flushed immediately. "L-Levi! Don't say stuff like that in front of the babies!"

Levi raised a raven brow at the other, shaking his head. "They're babies, Eren. They have no idea what I'm saying, so it doesn't matter."

The brunette puffed his cheeks out in a pout, "Well, it's not my fault then if they inherit your terrible language."

"I have no idea what the fuck you're talking about, shitface."

"My point exactly."

It had been another long day of taking care of the twins, and Eren was absolutely spent. They had cried over ten times that day, over various reasons including soiled diapers, lack of milk, and overall loneliness. Already the brunette could tell that his two babies would be spoiled by his love-he just couldn't stand to hear them cry, so all they had to do was let out a whine and up in his arms they went. Nonetheless it was exhausting.

So when Levi came back to the room and offered to take them off his hands for a while- or more like ordered he hand them over so Eren could take a damn shower-he immediately obliged. He kissed the twins on the head and their bleary teal eyes lifted to his curiously. He smiled, giving Levi a quick peck before heading off. As the scalding hot water washed away the day, he couldn't help but look back.

It had been a long journey for Eren and Levi. They had come so far in their relationship together. From a cynical protector and bratty subordinate, to mentor and prideful student, to close friends and comrades, to lovers with lasting glances, to married couple...and now they had taken the next step. The step to fatherhood. Already, life was so different with their two bundles of joy. Eren had worried that their relationship might be hindered when their baby was born, but in actuality it was only stronger. Eren had never heard the words 'I love you' more from his lover than he did now. It was almost baffling to him, the complete turnaround in Levi's character when the children were involved. He hadn't changed, but that soft side he didn't often show was leaking through much more often. And every time he heard those words fall from his husband's lips as he cradled a child to his chest, Eren fell in love all over again.

His hands traveled unconsciously down his stomach as he washed himself, touching gently the large scar on his abdomen. Hanji had said that it would disappear in the not too distant future due to his healing, and he couldn't help but feel sorry at that. It was a sign of what he had been through, and would go through a thousand times again if he had to. It was a sad thought to him that he wouldn't be able to show it to Cayden and Hazel one day when they were older. He rubbed the wound with a frown, sighing as he shrugged and rinsed his body.

Eren got out and began to towel himself dry, wondering how Levi was handling their kids while he was away. He supposed it was dumb, being worried about him-the man could kill titans afterall. But this had been quite a learning curve for his raven haired love, and he couldn't help but worry about him. He had been very awkward with the twins at first, and though he had mostly gotten over it by now, he was still a little wary on his parenting skills. At least that's what Levi thought-Eren thought he was doing amazingly. The man was even helping clean diapers. Captain Levi cleaning dirty diapers. Eren was amazed.

The young father threw on some loose clothes and headed back into their room. Hopefully the babies were asleep by now, but Eren wasn't going to place any bets on it. They had very weird sleeping hours, and it wasn't rare for them to fall asleep early and wake back up when their Papa came back from training. That's why when Eren walked into the room and found the two sound asleep in Levi's arms, he was a bit surprised.

"Did they go to sleep already?" he asked quietly.

It was only when he approached the couch that he realized why Levi hadn't responded. The raven was sprawled across the couch, feet up and boots hastily kicked off. His shirt was unbuttoned at the top only, as if he had gotten tired and decided to quit in the middle of undressing. The babies were perched in either of his arms, clutched close to his chest. Their little heads laid close to his heart and Levi's head was buried in between their two mops of peach fuzz hair. Their eyes were closed and all three of their bodies were slack with sleep.

Eren had to put his hand over his mouth to keep from giggling. He supposed Levi had done just fine with the kids after all, if all three of them sleeping in a pile was any indication.

He gently pulled the babies from his lover's arms, placing them in their crib as they slept peacefully. Then he piled onto the couch next to Levi, pulling his arms around him and snuggling into his warmth. Their life had changed quite a bit in these past few weeks, but Eren couldn't find a reason to care. Because whatever darkness that remained in the world could always be brightened by twin pairs of shining green eyes.

See you guys next week for smut *aahhheemmm* I mean the epilogue!

~Aria and the Ghosts and the miracle children