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  Rating:
      Explicit
  Archive Warning:
      Graphic_Depictions_Of_Violence, Underage
  Category:
      Multi
  Fandom:
      Shingeki_no_Kyojin_|_Attack_on_Titan
  Relationship:
      Levi/Eren_Yeager, Minor_or_Background_Relationship(s)
  Character:
      Levi_(Shingeki_no_Kyojin), Eren_Yeager, Carla_Yeager, Kenny_Ackerman,
      Erwin_Smith, Petra_Ral, Hange_Zoë, Oluo_Bozado, Other_Characters
  Additional Tags:
      Alternate_Universe_-_High_School, Levi_Needs_a_Hug, Eren_Yeager_Has
      Heterochromia_Iridum, Badass_Erwin, Gender-Neutral_Hange_Zoë, Help_these
      babies, Levi_Is_In_Denial, Abusive_Guardian, Eren_will_fight_anyone, Levi
      (Shingeki_no_Kyojin)_Has_Feelings, Graphic_depictions_of_depression,
      Underage_masturbation_scene, Underage_Sex, Consensual_Underage_Sex,
      Angst, Stupid_teenagers_being_stupid_teenagers
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      Published: 2017-07-11 Chapters: 2/? Words: 3390
****** Big Dreams and Bright Eyes ******
by Sedalin
Summary
     I could ignore the thoughts that had been eating at the back of my
     mind for years. It was easy. I would see a boy who I thought was
     pretty and say, 'yeah, but he's not as pretty as that girl over
     there'. It was a lie, the boy was always more attractive. But I could
     lie to myself forever. That's all an Ackerman was good for, anyways,
     according to my Uncle. Lying and fighting.
     Then he came into my life. The type of man ballads are written about.
     Bright mismatched eyes and messy brown hair, a smile that wormed its
     way into the coldest of hearts.
     I was screwed. I was head over heels for this boy with big dreams and
     bright eyes.
Notes
     Helloooo! Decided to post this. Shitty Highschool AU with sexually
     repressed Levi and open Eren, working together through each other's
     problems.
***** Chapter 1 *****
“Levi!” Hange had screamed, clearing the hallway as they ran for me. They had a
way of drawing my name out, a way that made rumors spread. “I haven’t seen you
in so long!” They sobbed, grabbing me and nearly picking me up. The
underclassmen around us started giggling, and the glare I shot them over
Hange’s shoulder shut them up.
“Fucking… put… me down. Can’t… breathe!” I struggled, and pushed Hange back
with all my strength, leaving them laughing with a wide smile. Hange rested
their arm on my shoulder, leaning down. “What do you want?” I asked, a pissed
look on my face.
Hange gasped in fake surprise. “Levi Ackerman, must you be so rude? I simply
want to talk to my best friend.” They drawled, and I rolled my eyes. “Alright,
you got me. What happened? You were out for weeks.” This piped the interest of
the underclassmen around us. Of course they would have noticed that Trost
High’s “number one scary motherfucker” was missing.
“Work.” I shrugged, with a look that said ‘not now’. Hange picked up on it, and
they nodded quickly. “What happened in Chem?”
Now this got them excited. “There’s a new kid! He’s assigned to be your lab
partner, and you’re back just in time for a lab.” Hange winked. “He’s pretty,
too.”
My face got a slight tinge of red to it. “Hange!” I scolded her, my eyes a
warning. Very few knew. Hange, our self proclaimed ‘dad friend’ Erwin, Mike,
Petra, and Oluo. Five people.
The bell rang, and we began our trek to the science hall for our fifth period.
 
As I walked into the door, the teacher sized me up. “Ackerman. How nice of you
to join us today.” She raised an eyebrow at me, and I rolled my eyes.
“Always a pleasure.” I shot back, before finding my way to my seat. I slunk
down like the angsty teenager I was, sizing up the students who walked in the
door, until I recognized the new kid.
This kid, was the prettiest boy I had ever seen. Hange hadn’t been kidding
about that, I decided as I sized him up. He was taller than me, about half a
foot, maybe more. Hard to tell when I was sitting down. He had messy brown hair
that looked like it had never seen a brush in its life. And his eyes. I could
tell from a distance he had heterochromia, one a bright emerald green, the
other was yellow. Fuck.
I could hear Hange laughing and giggling as they turned around to Erwin, and
whispered in his ear. “Levi’s struggling with his gay thoughts again.” I could
only hear due to them being behind me. I turned around and gave them a glare
that could end lives, and Erwin huffed a laugh. And then, despite my amazing
willpower, I turned around to stare at the kid some more.
 
Now, it was lab time. I made my way to the lab bench, and saw the kid seem
surprised I was his lab partner. I guess he thought ‘Levi’ would be a nice and
proper guy, instead of a guy with piercings and leather jackets, and skinny
jeans, and an undercut. “You’re Levi?” He asked as we sat down, and I nodded,
looking up. He had a wide smile and he was reaching his hand out. A handshake.
“I’m Eren, nice to meet you.” I took his hand hesitantly, shaking it.
“Charmed. What’d I miss in class?” I asked, and the kid took out his notebook.
“Here, just go through this. Take pictures of whatever you need.” Eren spoke,
and I nodded weakly, flipping through the pages. I found the unit we had left
off on, Noble Gases. Great. Something simple. And then there were ten more
pages until the writing ended. I felt like bashing my head into the lab bench.
“You mind if I mark this up a bit?”
“Huh? No, go ahead and do whatever you need. Some of the notes might be wrong
anyways.” Eren shrugged, and he popped the goggles we needed over his eyes. The
plastic goggles clouded his bright eyes.
I grabbed my pen and tapped it on the table, before reading over the notes. “No
shit. Noble gases have eight valence electrons.”
“That’s what I wrote, right?”
“Try eighteen.” I chuckled, a slight smirk on my face, and Eren’s face went
bright red. It was cute- no, no, not now gay thoughts. “I got it, brat.”
He slouched back as he read the lab instructions. “‘M not a brat.” He mumbled
under his breath. The kid was cute, I wouldn’t deny that. No human with working
eyes would deny it. Eren was cute. Seemed a little meek, but shit, the kid was
cute.
 
I forgot most of the lab. I remember spending time staring at the kid and
looking away with a blush when he noticed. He had well tanned skin, and it
complimented his bright eyes beautifully. When the bell rang for lunch, I got
up from my bench and met Hange, Erwin, Petra, and Oluo.
They made sure the brat was out of earshot, before Petra started screaming.
“You two are so cute !” She shouted, wrapping me in a hug. “Hange, can you
imagine how hot their babies would be?”
“It might break me out of my shell of asexuality.” Hange nodded, and my face
became heated. “Awh! He’s embarrassed about his crush, Erwin, look!”
Eyebrows fucking laughed. “It’s okay, Levi, everyone gets crushes.”
“I thought Levi had his heart surgically removed.” Oluo shrugged, and I kicked
him in the shin. He swore loudly and grabbed it. “Motherfuck-”
It was then Petra jiggled her keys. “Come on, let’s go down the street to that
new McDonald’s. Heard it’s clean."
“...Fuck yes.” I sighed, and Hange laughed. “I’ll drive.” I stated matter-of-
factly, and grabbed Petra’s keys. She made a squeak of surprise and I turned
around to face her, smirking, and then took off down the hallway.
 I heard the faint cry. “You little shit!” She had shouted, and I laughed as I
ran, running into the student parking lot, unlocking Petra’s car and running to
the sound of the lock click. I ducked into the mini-van’s door, then closing it
after me, and locking the doors. A minute or two later, I saw Petra burst
through the door, along with our friends in quick succession. I unlocked the
door in time for Erwin to beat Petra to the passenger seat. “Hey! This is my
car!”
Erwin turned around, one eyebrow slightly raised. “I have bigger legs.” He
stated, and I choked back a laugh. We had a single open seat.
“You know who we should invite to lunch with us?” Hange asked with a shit-
eating grin on their face as they buckled their seat belt.. Petra laughed to
herself, already knowing where this would go. “Eren Yeager, Levi’s little
boyfriend.”
“Fuck you.” I rolled my eyes, and then Petra laughed.
“Hang on, I’ll go ask him!” She shouted, stumbling out of the car. I went to
pull out, but Erwin had a strong grip on the steering wheel. Damn Eyebrows.
 
A few minutes later, Petra arrived with a confused Eren in tow. “Are you sure?”
I could hear him ask, and Petra opened the side door again.
“Of course! Come on, you were all alone! We’d love to have you!” She smiled,
and Eren shimmied in, ending up beside Oluo as Petra took her seat. “To
McDonald’s!” She then turned around to face the bright-eyed brat. “That okay
with you?”
Eren saw me, and I saw his red get a little red from the mirror. Score one for
me, I suppose. “Yeah. Yeah, that’s fine. Thanks.” He had a small smile. It was
cute. He had braces.
 
“Oi!” I shouted after my friends, locking the door as I got out of the car.
“Who’s ordering?” I called out, and all three pointed to Erwin, leaving a very
confused Eren. “Alright, cool. You know what I want, right?”
Erwin rolled his eyes before he shouted back. “At this point, I don’t know how
I couldn’t. Big Mac without onions with large fries and an unsweet tea. And a
chocolate chip cookie.”
“Atta boy!” I called back, and sprinted across the parking lot to catch up with
my friends. I looked at the confused brat. “What do you want?”
Eren thought for a second. “A McFlurry, ten count nugget and medium fry? And a
Coke to drink?”
“You hear that, Eyebrows?” I asked, and Erwin nodded. He recited the order
perfectly, and I ushered Eren into the door. “Get in the restaurant, Bright
Eyes.”
He rolled his eyes, “Sure thing, old man.” He shot back, and walked into the
McDonald’s. Yep, I was fucked.
 
Who the fuck knew I could have feelings for other people? I sure didn’t.
***** Chapter 2 *****
Chapter Summary
     Why couldn't life ever be simple?
Chapter Notes
     If you enjoy this story, please don't be shy to leave comments/kudos!
     I'll keep writing regardless, but still!
     Angsty Levi, I love Angsty Levi.
I laid back in bed, looking at my ceiling fan spinning. Images of bright eyes
and a wide smile kept flashing in my mind, no matter how much I tried to push
them back. Tan skin and chocolate brown hair haunted me.
Admitting defeat was easy for me. It was as easy as undoing my pant buttons and
pulling down my zipper.
“Fucking hell…” I whispered as I fished my cock out of my boxers, it was half
hard already. I was screwed, I admitted to myself as I stroked, biting my
bottom lip already. My head went back instinctively, leaving the feeling of
tension in my throat. I let my mind wander about this boy with mismatched eyes
and if he shut them tight when he came. If his voice broke when he felt
pleasure. I decided yes, it did. My hand was still set on stroking myself to
life, and it was accomplishing its job very well. The head of my dick was
flushed red, almost looking like it was weeping. Get in line, I could weep over
the boy’s beauty too. Lucky for me, I have a  very  active imagination. The
thought of those bright eyes looking up at me while he had his mouth wrapped
around my cock, I bit back a small groan.
My phone vibrated, and I actually groaned in anger. I turned over to look at
the screen. I figured I could get back to it, and I set back to my task. Just
as I went back to stroking, it vibrated another few times. I let out an angry
groan, and shoved myself back into my boxers, grumbling how I was going to hang
whoever was texting me.
From: Unknown Number
Hey! This is Eren, Hange gave me your number, along with the rest of the
group’s. This is Levi, right? I didn’t mix the number up with Petra’s, did I?
You two have the same area code.
I was suddenly not going to hang whoever texted me. I quickly added Eren to my
contacts, deciding to put ‘Bright Eyes’ as the contact name.
To: Bright Eyes
You got the right number. But you wouldn’t have been the first to mix me and
Petra’s number up, I’ve gotten my fair share of dick pics from creepy guys
trying to hit up ‘Ra.
From: Bright Eyes
Haha. Were they at least good dicks?
To: Bright Eyes
I’d rather have a horse cock up my ass than looking at another one of those
dicks. I need bleach for my eyes and brain.
From: Bright Eyes
Damn. And I was about to ask for you to forward me the numbers, lmao. I’ve lost
all interest after hearing that.
My heart was beating so fast, I was surprised I could still feel it. He was
into guys. I wasn’t sure how far that extended, but I went to a group chat with
my friends
To: fckn lsrs
Eren’s gay?! Which one of you faggots knew and didn’t drop it.
From: shitty glasses
oh shit did he drop it?!
To: fckn lsrs
You, i’m going to shove your glasses so far up your ass you’ll taste lens
cleaner. Did anyone else know.
From: goldilocks
levi he wasn’t even trying to hide it. plus he can’t be that pretty and be 100%
straight. just so you know, he’s pan.
To: fckn lsrs
Oh fuck you, ‘ra. Also, hange, why’d you give him our numbers?
From: shitty glasses
he wanted ours for study group. eyebrows invited him while you were in the
bathroom at mcdonalds. by the way, it’s tomorrow. he volunteered to host, so
maybe you’ll get some sweet, sweet man pu
Hi this is erwin, i’ve taken their phone so they don’t finish that sentence.
You can thank me later, Levi.
To: fckn lsrs
Oh, shit, Erwin’s there? Hey Eyebrows, you have the work schedule for next
week?
From: Eyebrows
Of course I do. I’ll send it to you in a few. Eren also wants to know why you
stopped texting back after he mentioned his enjoyment of dick. He thinks you
might be homophobic or something.
From: goldilocks
If by homophobic you mean in constant denial that he wants a dick up his ass,
then I guess Levi might be a little bit homophobic.
To: fckn lsrs
Once again, fuck you and your little dog too. I forgot the kid texted me.
With that, I opened the texts with Eren, seeing a text where he asked why I
didn’t respond. I typed back a response that said I got distracted, and he
seemed to accept. We talked for a while, until I looked at the clock and
groaned
To: Bright Eyes
Oi, kid, it’s three in the morning. Tomorrow’s Wednesday.
From: Bright Eyes
Oh fuck! I lost track of time, my mom’s gonna fucking kill me. I was supposed
to go to sleep by midnight. God dammit.
To: Bright Eyes
Relax, Bright Eyes, you don’t need to be in the class room until 8:15, you can
sleep for at least four hours. Maybe four and a half.
From: Bright Eyes
I won’t be able to function if I sleep for that, lol, I’m just gonna stay up.
Plus, I gotta wake up really early, since my car got jacked by some dickwads.
They took out my exhaust system and everything.
To: Bright Eyes
Oh, shit dude, that was your car? It’s on cinderblocks last I saw. I’ll come
pick you up? Hope you don’t mind my dog, though. He comes everywhere with me. I
leave him with half open windows, plenty of water, and food during school.
From: Bright Eyes
You’d pick me up? Thanks, Levi. I owe you. What breed is your dog?
To: Bright Eyes
GSD. He flunked out of the police training program and I snatched up the puppy
‘for anyone else could. I thought an old lady was gonna slug me when I came in
with two hundred bucks saying I’d take the disobedient little shit. He has some
reinforced teeth. Scary motherfucker, but he wouldn’t hurt a fly.
From: Bright Eyes
Sounds like my Ma’s dog. She has a Rott, no more than two y/o. The dog’s a
nightmare for anyone it thinks is threatening. He’s taken a few chunks out of
some of my Dad’s side, since they’re all deadbeats. Left the second they saw my
yellow eye.
To: Bright Eyes
Apollo’s scared of everything, a door slams too loud and he flips the fuck out.
He’s knocked me over and stood over me to protect me from spooky loud noises
before.
From: Bright Eyes
Ha, Roady does that too. He also comes flying at us the second we come home.
For when you pick me up tomorrow, just tell him ‘Down’ really firm and he’ll
get down. I’m on Maria Drive, you’ll recognize the house because the mailbox is
dented from when I was learning to drive. Third on the right.
To: Bright Eyes
Cool, I’ll make sure not to dent the box further. I’ll be there in… four hours?
From: Bright Eyes
Make it three and I’ll bring money so we can go get something for breakfast
before? And I’ll bring some gas money, too.
To: Bright Eyes
You don’t have to, but I won’t complain if you do, tbh. Don’t get worried when
Apollo starts sniffing and whining, he does that. Just pet him and he’ll
absolutely melt.
From: Bright Eyes
Noted, lmao. I’ll give him so many pets, even some food probably. I’m a sucker
for dogs if you haven’t noticed.\
To: Bright Eyes
Really? I couldn’t tell.
From:  Bright Eyes
Rude, disrespectful little midget, aren’t you?
To: Bright Eyes
Maybe a bit.
 
Morning came, and I got dressed in the usual attire. Tight skinny jeans that I
couldn’t get hard in, lest I wanted everyone who went to Trost High to see the
entirety of my cock, some kind of shitty five dollar fruit of the loom t-shirt,
and a leather jacket over it. I grabbed my keys, and called Apollo after me.
The dog barked happily, wagging his tail fast enough to take out an old man. I
dodged my Uncle’s bedroom, and grabbed my bag from a hanger on the wall.
Walking out of the house, a huge weight dropped from my shoulders. I had my
phone, a charger, and my bag, everything I needed for school. Apollo had a
water jug in the car so I could fill his huge bowl, and a bag of dog food.
I pulled up to the house on Maria Drive, looking at the dented mailbox and the
pulled up patches of grass. I could see tiny handprints left on the door from
ages ago. Eren had grown up in this house, I could tell. Maybe he was
homeschooled, before?
Parking the car, I went to get out and told Apollo to stay. The dog slumped
down in the back seat, huffing. “Don’t complain, Daddy has people to talk to.”
I huffed back, and Apollo slumped down further, like a child being scolded.
Which, the dog basically was.
Walking to the door, before I could even knock, a short middle aged woman
opened the door. She had yellow eyes, kind of like Eren’s yellow eye, but more
dulled. “Hey! Are you Levi?” She asked, and I nodded. She had a smile. “Come on
in, Eren’s getting dressed.” She paused for a second. “Eren Yeager!” She
shouted, and I heard a muffled reply. “Get down here, that well dressed boy
from your Chem class is here!”
A loud thud, followed by a stream of swear words. The woman laughed, and Eren
struggled down the stairs, his bag still unzipped. One shoe was still untied,
and he tripped over it on the last step, landing on the floor with a startled
squeak. I let a small laugh huff. He looked up from the floor to cast me a
glare, that definitely didn’t make my heart skip a beat, definitely not. It
didn’t make me feel a strange warmth in my chest I only felt for one other
person. I did  not  like Eren Yeager, with his big, bright eyes and his
chocolate brown hair, and his messy sense of fashion and-
Okay, maybe I liked Eren a little. Completely platonically, of course. I was
recognizing he was an attractive teenage male, as anyone who could see would
tell. Me saying he was attractive didn’t mean I was attracted to him.
But last night did. Last night did show everything. Last night showed I was
weak . That I wasn’t a normal man. I didn’t want any women I came across, hell,
Petra acted as a beard for me. When my Uncle asked about who I liked, I would
always snap back. “Petra, I like Petra.”
I never did. She was one of my best friends, but I never wanted to be with her.
Now this tall boy with big bright eyes that were two different colors, with the
messiest fucking hair I’d ever seen that I just wanted to shove a brush
through, I felt something for.
And it fucking  scared  me. I was horrified of the fact I wanted to be with
him. Wanted to go to sleep next to him, bury my face in his messy hair. Wake up
with those bright eyes looking at me.
Why couldn’t life ever be simple?
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