“Alright, alright…” he returned to his thoughts. Trying to think of a suitable name for the cat.
“How about Levi?”
At this suggestion, Levi purred and Erwin smiled fondly down at the small cat he was rapidly growing attached to.
“Levi it is then.”
Levi stayed at Erwin’s side for a while longer, until a squirrel scampering through the yard grabbed his attention. Rising to all fours, Levi eyed up the small rodent with wide eyes before taking off after it in a flash. His shape blurred against the vibrant grass like a shadow as he gained on the smaller creature. The squirrel, realizing that it was about to meet its doom, darted into the bushes with Levi hot on its heels.
The branches and leaves rustled for only a moment as Levi vanished after the squirrel, before the yard fell silent.
“At least I know I don’t need to worry about mice with you around,” Erwin mused to himself as he climbed to his feet. Heading back inside to wash the cut on his hand.
Their routine shifted after that day - Erwin staying outside to pet Levi for a bit whenever he gave him food. Levi started waiting for Erwin on the porch, rubbing up against his ankles whenever Erwin came outside with his bowl of food. While giving Levi his daily dose of pets and chin scratches, Erwin would tell Levi about his day. Letting the small cat know about the drama between his students and coworkers, details about his lessons, and the day to day minutiae that went into education.
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I promise that @ic3-que3n and I aren't locked in a room together. Really. We aren't.
But.
Are they responsible for another fic? Duh. (Love you 😘)
Because they drew the cutest Cat!Levi for Day 7 of Inktober - Drip, and I just couldn't help myself
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Shingeki no Kyojin | Attack on Titan
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Levi Ackerman & Erwin Smith
Characters: Levi Ackerman, Erwin Smith, Dot Pixis
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, cat!levi, Teacher!Erwin, Levi is a feral little stray, Erwin is a tired teacher, this is extremely self indulgent, Inspired by Fanart, Fanart
Summary:
Today was different though. As Erwin crouched down to place the plate of food on the stoop - which was no longer served on paper plates, Erwin had purchased some proper feeding bowls for the cat - he felt a soft pressure along his ankle.
“Oh, hello there,” Erwin cooed to the cat as he froze in place. He’d tried holding his hand out for the cat to investigate before, but the feline had kept its distance and all but turned its nose up as though Erwin’s hand was offensive to him. So he stayed still, letting the cat rub its cheek against his pant leg. Pacing back and forth between Erwin’s ankles and rubbing against him on every pass.
“Finally feeling friendly are we?” Erwin asked teasingly and gambled a finger. Holding his hand out in the cat's direction.
The cat ignored Erwin’s hand, continuing to rub against his legs for another moment before the food gained control of his focus. Instead of going inside and watching the cat like normal, Erwin crouched down further. Sitting on the stoop and observing the cat up close.
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Picture this: Dragons using their caves to age cheese. Dragon Cheesemakers!!
The dragon coiled his enormous body, completely blocking the entrance of the tunnel that lead to the caves.
“No,” he snarled, smoke pluming from his nose.
The cheesemonger pinched the bridge of her own nose. “Look, I explained this to you at the start,” she tried once more. “I make cheese.”
“Yes,” the agreed, nodding his scaly head.
“Then I bring the cheese here.”
“Yes.”
“Then you store all the cheese in your cave, keeping it at the perfect temperature and humidity.”
“Yes.” He sounded particularly proud of this part.
“And then when the cheese has ripened,” she concluded. “I come to pick the cheese up again.”
A thunderous scowl clouded his maw. “No.”
“But that’s how it works!” she cried in exasperation. “I make the cheese, you store the cheese, I sell the cheese, I make more cheese!” She peered up at him. “You do realise I cannot bring you new cheese until I have sold this cheese.”
The dragon considered this for a moment. “Ah, but what if—” he began. “What if you go and make more cheese. And bring me the cheese. And I put it in my cave, with the rest of the hoard. And then I keep it there forever.”
“No,” she said flatly.
It was remarkable how much a dragon could look like it had just swallowed a lemon.
“You can’t keep cheese forever,” she insisted. “It will spoil and go bad!”
“You said it would get better and better!” the dragon roared indignantly. “And I take good care of them! With the air flow and the humidity and the temperature!”
“And that is great,” she said, trying to smile through her frustration. “But when a cheese is ripe, it’s ripe! Then you should not be kept anymore, it should be eaten.”
The dragon scraped it’s formidable claws against the stony ground and sulked.
“Look…” The cheese mongering business did not tend to require a lot of sweet-talking, but she was making an effort. “I’m sure the cheeses that aged in your cave are the best cheeses people have ever tasted. When they find out how delicious they are they will want us to make loads more. Maybe several caves’ worth!”
The reptilian eyes stared at her with disgruntled, reluctant interest. “Several caves?”
“If we’re lucky! And I could make so much cheese that I could bring you new cheese as soon as I pick up the aged cheese. Your cave would never even be empty!”
This seemed to strike a chord. The dragon lifted his head a little.
“And that would really be much better for the rest of your hoard,” she continued with fresh inspiration. “Because if you leave cheese too long, it might go bad and spoil the cheeses next to it too!”
A nervous ripple went through the beast’s scaly body, but he clearly was not convinced just yet. “But what sort of a hoard is it if I have to give it away,” he complained.
“Well! Cheese is not just any old hoard! It’s a developing creation! And you will have a hoard that is constantly developing too. Constantly changing, but, if we do this right, never shrinking.”
The dragon looked at her solemnly, wavering with uncertainty. Perhaps she shouldn’t hold it against the poor thing, it must be a difficult concept to wrap his head around.
“And I will tell you what,” she said encouragingly. “If business is good, I can start investing in some really good crumbly cheeses. You can keep those in your cave for five whole years!”
“That is quite a long time for humans, is it not?” he said, sounding a little more cheerful.
“Very long. Especially when it comes to cheese. Cheeses that have been aged that long are very expensive.”
In retrospect, she should perhaps have led with that. Gourmand or not, a dragon was still a dragon after all. A glittering, toothy grin appeared on her recalcitrant business partner’s shout and he moved just enough for her to move past him into the mountain.
“Tell me more about this expensive cheese that crumbles.”
She hid a smirk. “If you help me carry some of the current ones out, it would be my pleasure.”
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