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Prompt: Eren calls Levi "dad" by accident in front his squad, and Eren gets so embarrassed he just walks away in the middle of orders completely ignoring Levi yelling back at him.
The more flustered and speechless the better.
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It had been just another meal for the Survey Corps, though like all meals for the last few months, it was made… livelier by their newest recruits. Despite having been forced through several trying missions, the former members of the 104th Training Corps were still kids in many way.
Case in point, they still got worked up over the stupidest things.
No one was even sure why Eren and Jean were arguing yet again -- possibly something to do with Mikasa sitting next to Eren or maybe Jean taking some of Eren’s bread, or some other bit of nonsense. The reason itself had been quickly forgotten as the two boys almost came to blows, grabbing each other by their shirts and all but grinding their foreheads together as they tried to glare each other down.
“Quit yapping and eat your damn food, Eren,” Levi had snapped, not even looking up from his own plate.
Eren had immediately pushed Jean away and plopped back into his seat. Already reaching for his fork, he grumbled thoughtlessly, “Yes, Dad.”
There was a moment of profound silence.
The fork dropped from Eren’s nerveless fingers as he realized just what he had said and to whom.
Levi’s expression was frozen in a blank mask.
Eren shot to his feet, bumping the table hard enough to make it tip sideways, several dishes sliding off. Turning, he tripped over the bench and went tumbling head first to the floor. However, that barely slowed Eren down as he scrambled to his feet and ran.
“Yaeger!” Levi yelled, finally brought out of his stupor. “Come back here and clean up this mess!” Given the way he winced as soon as the words left his mouth, that was probably not what Levi had intended to say.
There was a thud as Eren ran into the door, having forgotten to open it. Everyone else winced. Cursing, Levi stood up as well. The sound of his chair sliding back sent Eren scrambling to get the door open.
He finally managed it as Levi picked up his pace, and darted out into the hallway.
“Eren, come back here!” Levi yelled, following after him at something just short of a job. “Or I’ll make you clean the floor with your tongue!”
The sounds of their chase faded down the corridor. Finally, everyone burst into helpless laughter.
(Except Mikasa, who looked between Eren's seat and Levi's chair contemplatively and with the faintest touch of confusion.)
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