On this particular day, it was cold; cold enough to make Levi clutch his coat around him tighter. The wind, sharp and prickly, made his eyes sting. He blinked, making a single tear fall down his face. He stared down at the tombstone, plain and bare, and smiled. Jean did the same, crouching down and placing a bouquet of orange lilies.

"I don't know what to think," Jean said. "I hated him, almost all my life, but..." His sentence trailed off, Levi let out a dry chuckle.

"I still think he was a piece of shit, but I have a little more respect for him after what happened." Levi commented, digging his boot in the dirt by the grave.

"Yeah, I guess. It's just that, well, I was there every time Eren got beaten and needed to be taken care of, I was there to comfort him, I've seen the horrible things he would do. I don't think I could ever forgive him." He stood, then wiped his dirty hands on his jeans.

"Oh I still hate him, I don't forgive him, but Eren's alive because of him, and my love for Eren is more than my hate for Grisha, so, rest in peace, asshole." He huffed, then turned around to leave the graveyard, Jean followed.

"We should hurry back, Eren's probably missing us." They hurried to the car then drove back to the hospital.

"Mr. Williams!" Levi's head turned when he heard his "last name".

"Yes?" He asked the doctor.

"I'm going to discharge Eren today, but you need to make sure he gets plenty of nutrients over the next few months. He still needs to gain a lot more weight to be considered healthy. I would also recommend consoling for his severe PTSD." The doctor explained, Levi nodded.

"So he's ok, really ok?" Jean asks, the doctor sighs.

"Physically, he'll recover over time. I can't say the same in regard to his mental health. Not only does he suffer from night terrors, but he also seems to suffer from delusional paranoia and some schizophrenia. I do think it'll get better over time, but for now, just be careful what you do and say around him, and try to keep from saying things that might trigger episodes." Levi nodded then thanked the woman before walking towards Eren's room. He knocked, then opened the door when he didn't hear a reply.

"Levi?" Eren whispered, sitting up in his hospital bed. Levi was at his side in a second.

"I'm here love, how are you feeling?" He brushed the boy's hair from his face, making the shorter smile.

"I'm feeling good, though my stomach hurts a little, cause I just ate. Did you guys go see my dad?" He asks, Jean scoffs.

"Yeah, we did love, we brought him some flowers too." Levi answered before Jean could comment. Eren nodded, then laid his head on Levi's shoulder, closing his eyes as he let out a tired sigh.

"I know you two still hate him, and I do too, but..." He trailed off, Levi rubbed his back comfortingly.

"We know love, no need to explain." Eren nodded, curling up against Levi and laying against him until he was practically in his lap.

"They said you can come home soon, do you miss home, all the others miss you, Hanji practically attacked me once I went home to get some spare clothes, begging me to bring her here, but I didn't want you to feel crowded." Eren giggled, body vibrating against Levi softly.

"You should have let her come, all of them, I miss them so much. Hanji, Petra, Izzy, even Oluo, despite his constant teasing." Levi laughed, then laid the boy down on the bed. "Get some rest, we're leaving soon." He kissed the boy on the head, then stood up. Eren whined and grabbed for the taller.

"Don't go." He whispered, Levi sat back down.

"I won't." He wrapped his arm around the shoulders of the other. Jean stood from the visitors' chair by Eren's bed.

"I'm gonna go check on Kasa and Ar, I haven't talked to them in a while, they don't even know about what happened, obviously. Sleep well, I'll see you at the house when you get there." With that, he left the room.

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6 years later...

"You know Eren, I always assumed you'd be the most successful out of the three of us, but I never thought you'd have it all: a hot boyfriend, a kickass car, and a fuck-ton of money, and only at 23." Armin joked, taking a sip of his herbal tea. Mikasa laughed beside him.

"Aren't you happy with whats-his-face?" She asked, Armin shrugged.

"He had a small dick, plus his lips were always slimy. I was thinking though, isn't your cousin single now?" He wiggled his eyebrows, Mikasa rolled her eyes.

"You are not going to taint him with your slutness." She scoffed, making Armin clutch his chest dramatically.

"Who would have thought, the only two straight people in our group ended up being the gayest of us all." Eren snorted, Mikasa shrugged.

"I always knew you two were gay. You both were twinks when drunk, plus, you were surrounded by gays all your life, it would've been weird if you guys were straight." Before Armin or Eren could comment, someone's hands slammed down on their small table, making their cups rattle. Eren, on instinct, stood and was about to swing, until he saw it was just Jean. Wait, what is Jean doing here?

"Jean, what do you want? I asked if you wanted to come with me to meet Mika and Ar and you declined. You can't just show- Hey what are you doing!?" He yelled as a panting Jean started to drag him away from the table.

"Hey Mikasa, Armin, we have some, um, work-related things to attend to. So, we'll see you later, bye!" He said in one breath, Eren waved helplessly to his friends and then started to follow the man to his car, a sleek, gold Cadillac. It wasn't Eren's style, he preferred his all-black Mercedes Coupe, but he still preferred Jean's car over Hanji's crazy, Starwars themed van.

"What's the "work-related" things we need to attend to?" Eren sighs as they get in the car and speed off, most likely way above the speed limit.

"You want the simplified version or the longer version?" Jean asks, turning to face the other. Eren rubs his temples.

"The one that makes the most sense." He groaned.

"So Hanji is stuck in Mexico, Oluo's foot got cut off, and Petra's in the hospital." He says, like he's talking about the weather.

"And this concerns me because?" He asks, drawing out the last syllable.

"One, your husband is at fault for the situations with Hanji and Oluo, and, Petra is having your babies." Eren's eyes widen.

"Petra's in labor!?" He yells, gripping the car handle.

"Yes. Levi's already at the hospital." Jean says.

"Well drive faster dammit!?" Eren demands, Jean scoffs, stepping harder on the gas. They race to SMC, Eren practically tripping over his feet to run to the emergency doors.

"Petra, Petra Rally, she's giving birth, what room!?" He stumbled out to the woman behind the computer.

"Name?" She asked calmly, probably used to panicked people running here all the time.

"Eren Blimmer, she's my husband and I's surrogate." He explained quickly. The woman clicked, quite slowly might he add, then looked up.

"You said Blimmer?" She asked, Eren sighed, tapping his hand on the table.

"Yes, Eren Blimmer, B L I M M E R Blimmer." He said, getting impatient. She nodded, then looked back down at her computer.

"Here you are. Go ahead, she's in room 104." He rushed a small 'thank you' then ran to the direction the woman pointed. He barged into the room, only to freeze once he looked at the scene in front of him. Levi was standing by an exhausted-looking Petra, baby in hands, smiling as he saw Eren enter the room.

"It's a girl." He said, making Eren smile back.

"A girl, our little Farrah." He sniffed, tears of happiness rolling down his face as Levi pasted him the baby.

"What kind of name is that?" Jean joked, but he had tears in his eyes himself. Eren laughed, smiling down at the sleeping baby in his arms, his baby.

"Shut up, it means joy." Eren said, not really paying any mind to Jean or anything else but Farrah. Levi wrapped his arms around the other man, kissing his neck.

"Farrah Ackerman, it has a nice ring to it." The taller said, Eren nodded.

"Little ass-kicker." Jean offered, they all laughed.

"Petra, how you doing?" Eren asked, said woman snorted.

"I feel like shit," She groaned. "But I glad she's finally fucking out. No offense, but she's a fucking bitch."

"Thank you so much, Petra, I can never thank you enough." Petra snorted at Eren's words.

"Oh trust me, I have enough, you can have her. Speaking of children, where the fuck is Hanji and the kids?" Levi scratched his head.

"She's in Mexico." He answered hesitantly.

"And why is she in Mexico?" Petra asked slowly.

"Well, originally she was going there for a quick trade, but....she got arrested because she took Levi's bag instead of her own which had fifteen pounds of marijuana in it." She sighed.

"Well, I guess we'll get her after I get out. Jean, go get me a milkshake." She said, laying her head back on her pillow. Jean didn't question it, just turned around and went to do as she said.

"You know, sometimes I think I'm the luckiest man alive." Eren says, head laid back on Levi's shoulder.

"It's funny, I think the same thing." Levi said.

"We can be the luckiest people together." The baby, Farrah, opened her eyes to reveal bright green eyes.

"She has your eyes." Levi whispered to Eren.

"She has your fire, Levi ." Petra snorted.

"I think she got that from you too, love." He smiles, kissing the top of the baby's head.

"We're just a kickass family." Petra laughed from the hospital bed.

"We sure are. The badass Ackermans." Levi says proudly, arm wrapped tightly around his husband.

"The badass Ackermans." Eren repeats.

05/13/21: wow. 222k views? This is crazy, I barely even remember writing this it was so long ago. I'd like to clear some things up first, since I was a literal fetus when I wrote this and things are kinda confusing. Petra was a surrogate for Levi and Eren, so the child is legally theirs, no poly relationship or anything lol. There's plot holes as well and overall  my writing wasn't as developed as it is now, so excuse my horrible grammar and typos. It's crazy how many people have read this wow, but thank you so so much for reading! Peace ✌️

So anyway, this book is done, *sigh*. I wanna cry right now, really, but I'm holding it in. I'm so grateful for everyone who reads this, I never thought this would get over forty-five thousand views, that's crazy, like damn, Poker Man was even #1 in Ereri for a while, which I didn't even know it was until my friend was looking for a good Ereri ff and saw that mine was the top one. I know ya'll are probably mad at me, for making you think Eren or Levi was dead, but I hope you can forgive me, I was trying to be dramatic, you know, suspenseful. I hope you enjoyed reading this, even though there's a whole bunch of mistakes, like a lot. As always, thank you so much for reading, have an amazing day, bye!