Headcanon about Levi/Jean's SO preparing him a beautiful cake for his birthday? Pleeeease?
YOU ASKED FOR JEAN AND I WROTE ERWIN, doh. That’s what I get for doing this on my phone. SORRY ANON. 😬 ADDED JEAN NOW!
Levi:
Doesn’t really “do” birthdays—he’d be totally content forgetting about his entirely if it were up to him, but alas, his s/o thinks it’s an important day so he can’t really do anything about it. Despite his nonchalant attitude toward his unimportant day of birth, he’d nonetheless still be a bit touched by the effort his s/o would go to for him. His s/o knows him well enough to not plan any kind of big party or celebration (Levi deals with enough people daily in his opinion), but they do make him a rather beautifully decorated cake that compliments the tea he loves to drink so much, and for that he can only be impressed. A gentle kiss to the cheek or temple and a squeeze of their waist is how Levi gives his thanks, but it’s also quite the compliment in itself that the cake is completely gone in only a few days.
Erwin:
Erwin loves grandiose gestures and his s/o knows that—but unfortunately there’s no time to prepare or have a large party, so his s/o settles with making him a large, elaborately decorated cake with more than one flavor inside to make up for the lack of actual celebrating. The letters distinctly read, “Happy Birthday, Erwin” with a swirled heart next to them, and it appears on his desk one late night after he stepped away to get more tea to help keep him awake. His smile is soft but so genuine as his s/o beams, leaning over to light the candles and sing him a small, quiet happy birthday. Erwin wraps his arms around his s/o tightly and pulls them to his chest, pressing a kiss against the shell of their ear as he towers above them. He knows he will treasure this thoughtful moment for the rest of his life.
Jean:
Jean LOVES to be taken care of, so it’s no surprise that his s/o plans him a pretty extravagant birthday. Granted “extravagant” is what little party they have time to put together—it’s mostly just Jean, his s/o, and his closest friends (Armin, Eren, Mikasa, Sasha, etc) but it does its job to make Jean feel special. Especially the cake this his s/o made—they had to get their hands on some otherwise rare/hard to get materials and he KNOWS how much they labored making it. The icing is also homemade and to die for, and Jean dabs a bit from his slice of cake onto his s/o’s nose just so he has an excuse to lick it off with a sly grin. Jean gives his s/o the tightest hug imaginable, knowing that later he’s going to have to thank them properly for giving him a memory he’ll never be able to forget.
