prettyinpink💖

Sasha is eight, Connie is six, and Eren is four

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It was 2 am and the storm outside the windows was raging on. The thunder had been non-stop for an hour, and you were cuddled up against your husband, desperately trying to ignore the outside. You were lucky that your three children had yet to rush in, especially Eren who would jump onto the bed and wouldn’t let you nor Levi sleep. But unfortunately, your luck seemed to have run out.

You heard the door open, but ignored it, just holding Levi tighter against you, but when you felt the bed dip, you looked up to see Sasha, your oldest, crawling towards you.

“Couldn’t sleep?” you ask. Sasha pauses and looks at you like a deer in headlights. When thunder strikes again, she squeals and quickly goes under the blankets, squishing herself between you and Levi.

Levi, feeling a small body push you away, wakes up with a groan, face full of annoyance. When he saw his daughter, his face quickly softened. He let out a sigh and shook his head.

“As long as the other two don’t—” but he was cut off with the door opening again, this time, Connie, the second born and first boy, was standing there. You gave your son a small smile and motioned for him to join you. He quickly pattered over and situated himself in between you and Sasha.

“Where’s the third one?” Levi asked Sasha. She shrugged.

“He wasn’t awake when I passed his room,” she muttered. Levi looked to Connie.

“He was asleep last I checked,” the young boy muttered. You knew it was only a matter of time before the youngest child would come into the room.

A moment later, thunder struck again and the two children in the bed grabbed the closest parent and squeezed them tight. You and Levi gave each other exasperated looks, but neither one of you complained. You pressed a kiss onto the top of Connie’s head and Levi just held Sasha closer. It wasn’t long until you heard a cry only a few doors down.

“Mommy!” your youngest cried out, “Daddy!”

Levi let out a groan and shook his head. He started to pry Sasha off of him. “I’ll go get him.”

“Wait, Papa!” Sasha started to say but silenced herself when she saw her father’s expression.

“Cuddle with your mom, brat,” he said softly, “I’ll be right back with your brother.”

He walked out of the room and Sasha quickly latched onto you and shoved Connie to your other side.

“Hey!” Connie exclaimed, “why did you do that?”

“Because I want to cuddle Mama too and you were in my way!” Sasha huffed. Connie glared at her and looked at you with puppy dog eyes. You let out a sigh and wrapped your arms around both of them.

“Behave, please,” you mutter, “or else Papa won’t be happy and he’ll kick you both out.” That shut them up.

Not even a moment later, Levi walked back into the room, carefully holding Eren. He got back into bed and situated himself and your four year old. Connie quickly climbed over you and Sasha and put himself in the middle. Levi rolled his eyes, but the fondness in them when he looked at his three children was enough to prove how much he truly cared for them.

The three children, now feeling safe in their parents’ bed, fell fast asleep, their breathing steady and some small snores could be heard. You smiled at the children and then looked at Levi, who was already looking at you. He reached over and placed his hand on your cheek, rubbing his thumb up and down softly.

“I love you,” you mutter, closing your eyes and quickly falling asleep. Levi waited until your breath had evened out before he responded.

“I love you too.”