Forever With You (MTA pt. 2) Eren Jaeger x Fem Reader
Hello my lovely Poppies!! Thank you SO much for all the love for MTA!! I had such a good time writing it (even though I was literally in tears the entire time) and I'm so glad that you guys had a somewhat good read as well. After all the support I got from MTA, I decided to write a part two!! I literally cried as I wrote this too. I added a little surprise in this part, so I hope y'all like it! Let me know your thoughts after you read it!
ONCE AGAIN THIS HAS SPOILERS FOR THE END OF ATTACK ON TITAN!!! DO NOT READ IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BE SPOILED
Warnings: Suggestive themes, language, feelings
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Year 859 CE: 5 Years After the Rumbling
“Mommy! Mommy!” the voice of a little boy cried as he ran to his mother.
Y/N knelt to catch her son as he slumped into her arms with tears streaming down his face, “What is it my little scout?” she asked worriedly, rubbing his small back.
The boy didn’t answer. He just sobbed in her arms. It was Ian’s first day of kindergarten and Y/N was worried about how it would go…
Year 854: The Rumbling
“EREN!!!” Y/N screamed at the monstrous skeletal titan walking into the ocean, following the army of other Colossals, “YOU PROMISED!!”
She ran. She ran as fast as she could to the beach, Eren’s followers letting her as they had already completed their mission. Keep her there until he was off the island.
Y/N sobbed as she waded into the water, not even bothered by the heat of the water given off from the Colossals, watching her lover leave her.
“YOU PROMISED YOU WOULDN’T LEAVE US!!!” she screamed at him, knowing that he would hear her, “WHAT ABOUT OUR CHILD?! IT NEEDS BOTH OF US!!”
Suddenly, Y/N found herself standing in the middle of nowhere. She looked around and saw nothing but sand and a deep blue sky. When she turned around, she saw light. It was coming from the ground, strands of it peeled off into different directions across the sky and seemingly coming out of it, walking towards her was Eren.
A sob wracked through her body, and she ran towards him. She was feeling so many emotions at that moment; love… longing… anger… and fear. Once she reached him, she halted only an arm’s length away from him, breathing heavily. Eren’s eyes looks over her, pausing at her stomach, admiring the small bump that had formed.
“You shouldn’t strain yourself Y/N.” He said with a hint of concern.
“I shouldn’t strain myself?” Y/N scoffed. Is that really what he just said? No ‘I’m sorry.”? No ‘Are you alright?”? In anger, Y/N marched up to him and gave him a slap on his cheek. Eren didn’t react, his eyes still softly looking at her.
“Y-You promised…” Y/N hissed with a shaky voice, “You promised that we would be together. You promised you would be there for our child. You promised that you would be there for me! You promised that you would be the best father for our baby, Eren! YOU PROMISED!”
“I know…” Eren said, looking down at his feet in shame.
“You’re hurting me Eren.” Y/N sobbed, “Just stop all this and be with me!”
“I can’t.”
“Why?! What is so much more important than the life we created that’s inside me right now?!”
“It is about that Y/N!!” Eren yelled, “Everything I am doing right now is for you and the baby!!”
“No, it isn’t Eren!” Y/N cried, “Going off and killing all those people is not for us!!”
Eren grabbed Y/N’s shoulders in frustration, “Yes, it is!!” he cried, tears threatening to spill down his cheeks, “If I can’t give everyone a reason and the chance to kill me, you and the baby will die!!”
Y/N’s eyes widened as she choked on her breath. He wants to die? No…he can’t…
“No…” she shook her head, “Eren you don’t need to die. Just call this off and come home with me. Come home to us.”
Home… Oh how much Eren wanted to do that. Go back home with the love of his life and see his son being born. He wanted that more than anything…
“Y/N…” Eren sighed, cupping her face in his hands, “I want that more than anything else in the world…but I can’t.”
“Why?” Y/N said in a broken sob, nuzzling her face further into her palms.
“If I stop, if I drop everything I am doing, everything will continue. The war…the titans…all this death…it will continue in this never-ending cycle. You will forever be in danger if I stop. You don’t know how badly I want to be with you and our child, even if I will only be there for the first four years of his life… But I must do this. Even though I will die, I am doing it so that he can live a free life with no walls and no war.”
Y/N couldn’t breathe at what she just heard. He…
“Y-You just s-said ‘he’…”
Eren fell to his knees in front of her, arms wrapping around her waist as he pressed his forehead against her bump, “It’s...it's a...boy.” He said quietly.
Y/N couldn’t contain her emotions, tears streaming down her face as she received the best and worst news of her life. She is having a son…yet her child’s father is going to die.
“Ian…” Eren said, looking up at his beautiful woman, eyes filled with love for both her and his son, “Name him Ian.”
Y/N gave him a smile as she tried to wipe her tears, “Ian Jaeger…”
Eren turned his attention back to her bump and gave it a kiss, the action both breaking and melting Y/N’s heart.
“Hey buddy,” Eren cooed, “Your momma’s going to take great care of you. She is so strong and amazing…”
Y/N sobbed as she ran her hands through Eren’s hair, holding him closer to her.
“We love you so so much, Ian.” Eren said, giving the bump another kiss, “I love you so much. Grow up big and strong so you can protect her for me. Give her hugs and kisses for me every day. Make her smile as much as you can. Give her as many Campanulas as you can. Don’t give her too much trouble…she’s had enough from me.”
She let out a choked laugh as she lightly hit Eren’s head, earning a chuckle from the man.
“I love your mother and you, Ian…I don’t want you to doubt it, even for a moment. I love you both more than anything in the world.”
Eren placed one more kiss on her stomach, giving it a gentle rub with his hand. He stood up and took Y/N’s hands in his, bright green eyes staring into hers with so much love and sadness.
“Tell him that I love him every day. Tell him that I would never abandon him.”
“I will, Eren.” Y/N smiled a sad smile, “I promise.”
Eren pulled her into him, capturing her lips in one last kiss. They both melted in each other’s embrace, mouths dancing passionately with each other. When they pulled apart, Eren held her face in his hands, taking in her presence one final time.
“I love you.” He said.
“I love you, too.” Y/N sniffed, closing her eyes as she relished in the warmth of his palms.
When she opened them, she was back in the water, watching the titans in the distance get farther and farther away.
“Goodbye, Eren…”
Year 859 CE
“Honey,” Y/N said wiping the tears from her son’s face, “Please tell me what happened.”
The little boy kept quiet; his sniffling continued.
“Y/N!” a voice called.
Y/N looked up and saw Jean and Mikasa walking up with their daughter, Lily in tow.
“Lily told us what happened. Is Ian alright?” Mikasa asked with concern.
“I don’t know…” Y/N sighed rubbing Ian’s back, “He won’t tell me anything.”
“Just like his father.” Jean signed, earning a glare from Mikasa.
"Not now, Jean!"
“Some mean kid called Uncle Eren a monster!” Lily said.
Before any of the adults could react, a small blonde child ran up to Ian and gave him a hug. Nico Arlert, Annie and Armin’s son
“Ian!” the five-year-old cried, “Are you okay? You’re not a monster!”
Y/N’s eyes widened, “They called you a monster?”
The boy kept quiet, concerning all the adults.
“Nico!” Armin panted as he caught up to everyone, Annie not far behind, “Don’t run off like that!”
“But Ian was bullied, daddy! He was called a monster because his daddy is Uncle Eren!”
Y/N’s eyes began to water. This was what she was worried about. She didn’t want Ian to feel alienated because of his father. Eren acted like a monster because he had to. Not because he wanted to. He did it to protect them...
“Mommy?” Ian sniffed as he watched his mother begin to cry, “Don’t cry, mommy! I-I’m trying to be strong!”
Y/N nodded her head as her son tried to wipe her tears with his small sleeve.
“Come on baby.” Y/N said as she picked her son up, “Let’s go home and talk about this, okay?”
Ian nodded and buried his head in her neck.
Mikasa gave Y/N a hug, “We’ll stop by later to check on you two.”
“We will too.” Annie said, picking up their son, “We’ll bring food too.”
“Thank you, guys…” Y/N said wiping a tear, “I just wish he was here…”
“We all do, Y/N...” Jean said, “He wouldn’t have missed today for the world.”
“Just go home and talk and we’ll be by with dinner,” Armin said.
Y/N nodded to the group and with Ian sniffling in her arms, she walked back to her home. The same home Eren built for her 5 years ago by the beach.
When Y/N and Ian got home, they sat down on their couch together in silence.
“So,” Y/N said, pulling her son in her lap, “What happened baby?”
Ian fidgeted with his shirt in nervousness, “W-When the teacher was c-calling our names, she said mine…”
“Yeah? What happened?”
“When she said Daddy’s last name all the kids started saying he was a monster!” he cried, “I told them that daddy wasn’t a monster! I told them that he saved everyone! B-But they c-called me a m-monster because I was his son!”
Y/N’s heart broke. “Did Nico and Lily do anything? Did the other kids say anything?”
“Nico and Lily told me to not be sad. They said that their mommy and daddy told them about what daddy did…but said he did it for us. Everyone else was quiet... Mommy?”
“Yes, sweetheart?”
“What did daddy do to make people, not like me?” Ian sniffled.
Y/N began wiping his tears from his bright green eyes. She held his face in her hands and stared at him. He looked just like him. It was like Y/N’s genes didn’t make the cut. She remembered what Jean said when he saw Ian after she gave birth to him. It made her laugh so hard for the first time in a while then. ‘My god Y/N! Eren left you with a clone of him!’
“Ian,” Y/N said, “You know that your daddy loves you so much?”
Ian nodded solemnly. She knew his next words would break her heart. She knew they would come eventually, but she was never ready for them.
“T-Then why did Daddy leave? Why is he gone?”
Y/N sniffed, wiping her tears away, “Oh honey, it’s times like this I wish your daddy was here to tell you he loved you in person…”
“Don’t cry mommy, you told me that daddy told me not to let you cry!”
Y/N chuckled, “I think he’ll forgive you this time sweetheart.”
When Y/N finished wiping her tears, she readjusted Ian and began her story.
“Ian, let me tell you about your father, Eren Jaeger…”
When Y/N finished telling Ian all about his father, the war, and the rumbling, the boy sat in silence.
“Ian?” Y/N said, not liking her son’s silence, “Please say something.”
“He loved me…”
“He still does honey.” Y/N smiled, “Wherever he is, he still loves you.”
“It was sad what he did...but everything he did was to protect me and mommy!” Ian smiled.
“Yes,” Y/N sniffed wiping a stray tear, “He did it to protect us.”
Ian’s mood suddenly went sour as he huffed, crossing his arms over each other, “I just don’t like that he did not tell you everything when you saw him in Marily. That was dumb!”
“Marley” Y/N corrected her son and laughed at the boy.
Ian stood up on the couch and raised his tiny fist to the ceiling, “Do you hear me, Daddy?! You should have told mommy everything right away!” He was about to sit back down on the couch when he suddenly remembered something and raised his fist again, “Thank you for saving me, but killing is bad, Daddy!! I’ll protect mommy!”
Y/N laughed at her son’s sudden outburst against her lover. “You hear that Eren!” Y/N laughed, and Ian, laughing along with her, “Our son is five and he knows a lot more about communication than you!”
“We love you still Daddy! Don’t come in my nightmares to spank me!” Ian called out with a laugh.
“Yes,” Y/N said with a smile as she hugged her precious son, “We love your daddy so much.”
When they calmed down, Y/N turned to her son, "I want to show you something.”
Y/N took Ian by the hand and led him to her room. There, she took out a trunk from underneath her bed.
“What’s in there, mommy?” the boy asked.
“Some things that daddy owned.”
The boy’s eyes widened, “Open it! Open it!”
Y/N opened the trunk and took out Eren’s cadet training outfit, his Survey Corps outfit, his hoodie that he wore after he came home from Marley and-
“Why do you have this hairband mommy?” Ian said, picking up the band.
Y/N smiled, “That’s daddy’s hairband.”
“Daddy wore ponytails?” Ian asked, “Like a girl?”
Y/N laughed, “He would never wear ponytails! I tried to make him, but he was so stubborn! He would tie his hair back into a messy bun if it got in his way.” She sighed, missing how good Eren looked with his hair tied back.
“Did he look cool?” Ian asked.
Y/N nodded, “He looked so cool! We took a picture in front of the house before you were born.”
“I wanna see!”
Y/N went out to the living room and grabbed a picture frame from the mantel and brought it to her son. Ian looked at the picture in awe. His daddy looked so strong and happy next to mommy. It made Ian sad knowing his daddy knew he had to leave them. He could see how his daddy was hiding his sadness behind his smile, but he could see it in his eyes. He knew the picture was in the house. He’d seen it so many times…but he never asked to look at it up close in fear that his mom would cry. He knew that his daddy didn’t want him to let her cry. He doesn’t remember how he knew that, but when he sleeps, he can hear a deep, gentle voice in his head saying, ‘We love you so so much, Ian. I love you so much. Grow up big and strong so you can protect her for me…Give her hugs and kisses for me every day. Make her smile as much as you can. Give her as many Campanulas as you can. Don’t give her too much trouble…she’s had enough from me…I love your mother and you, Ian…I don’t want you to doubt it, even for a moment. I love you both more than anything in the world.’ Ian didn’t realize he said those words out loud while looking at the picture of his daddy. Y/N’s eyes widened.
Ian looked up at his mother’s expression, “What mommy?”
“You said the exact words he told you when you were in my tummy…”
“H-He said those words to me? Before he left?”
“Yes.” Y/N smiled, “How do you know exactly what he said?”
Ian shrugged his tiny shoulders, “Every time I go to sleep, I hear a man’s voice telling me that. I don't know when it started. Sometimes it just says, ‘I love you’ or ‘I hope you are happy’ or ‘make sure mommy smiles’. The man also reminds me to get you Campanulas the night before your birthday. I didn't know what Campanulas are last year, so Uncle Levi helped me get them for you.”
Y/N started to cry as she pulled Ian into a hug, “Oh Eren!” she cried.
“Mommy, is the man talking to me in my dreams daddy?”
“Yes sweetheart.” Y/N smiles, giving him a kiss on his forehead, “That’s daddy talking to you!”
Ian gave her a big smile, “He talks to me! He looks so cool in this picture! I bet his titan was SUPER strong! I’m gonna grow my hair out just like daddy did and tie my hair to be cool just like him!”
Ian jumped up and grabbed Eren’s Survey Corps jacket to put it on. Y/N laughed because it was way too big for his little body, but the boy didn’t care. “I’m gonna be just like daddy! I’m gonna protect everyone I love!”
Before Y/N could respond, someone knocked on their door.
“Stay back mommy!” Ian called, running out of the room, “I’ll see who it is, and I’ll protect you!”
Y/N laughed at her son’s newfound confidence. She picked up the frame of her and Eren. She gave small smile as she sighed, “Thank you, Eren, for the best gift you could give me.”
“WHO IS IT?” Ian yelled as he opened the door to reveal Jean, Mikasa, and Lily.
“Ian!” Lily cried and gave the boy a hug, “Are you okay!”
“I’m alright Lily!” Ian smiled, “I’m strong like my daddy! See! I’m wearing his Survey Corpse uniform!”
“Survey Corps uniform” Y/N corrected him with a laugh as she entered the room, taking the food from Mikasa’s arms to set them on the counter, “Thank you guys for coming.” She said as she gave Jean and Mikasa a hug.
“I haven’t seen those uniforms since we switched the style.” Jean said as he watched Ian running around with Lily, “How did you even get it? We lost ours.”
“Captain found it.” Y/N said, “After Eren…He found his uniform in the barracks where we all stayed and gave it to me. I have both of our ODM gear, but it’s in the attic. I’ll show Ian when he’s older.”
“Smart.” Mikasa chuckled, “He’ll want to start using it immediately just like his father.”
“Hey, guys!” Armin called as he came in with Annie and Nico, “The door was unlocked so we figured y’all were already here.”
“Uncle Armin look!” Ian said excitedly, showing off his father’s uniform on his small body.
“Is that…” Armin said, looking up at Y/N.
“Yup.” Y/N nodded with a smile.
“It was my daddy’s! I’m gonna grow up just like him and grow my hair out like him and tie it up just like him in the picture!” Ian said with pride.
“I bet you will little brat.”
Everyone turned to see Levi come in holding a jug of tea with Connie pushing his wheelchair.
“Uncle Connie!” Ian shouted as he barreled into the man’s arms.
“Hey, little dude!” Connie laughed.
“Nice jacket!” Levi said giving the boy a thumbs up.
“I’m gonna grow up just like my daddy!” Ian said for the nth time that day, making everyone laugh.
“Your daddy was a brave man.” Annie said, ruffling the boy’s head, “He loved you very much.”
“He tells me that every night Aunt Annie!” Ian said with a smile.
Everyone fell silent.
“What?” Levi said, quirking an eyebrow at Y/N.
“Is he okay?” Jean asked quietly to Y/N.
“Shut up Jean!” Mikasa hissed.
“Ian,” Y/N said catching her son’s attention, “Why don’t you take Lily and Nico outside to play while the grownups get the food ready?”
“Okay, mommy! Come on guys!” the boy said, the other two following in laughter.
“Alright brats,” Levi said, “Get to work.”
“Aren’t you gonna help Captain?” Jean asked.
Levi scoffed and gestured to his chair, “How useful do you think I will be?”
“I don’t know Captain,” Connie said, “You could just wheel out the food to the patio for us.”
Everyone else laughed.
“I would rather be eaten by a titan than wheel you brats your food.” Levi said, “I’m not your dad.”
“I’ll get the silver ware!” Armin said.
“I got plates,” Annie said, following Armin.
Y/N looked at Jean and Mikasa and Annie and Armin together. Seeing them happy with their significant others made her wish Eren were there. Levi noticed her looking down and wheeled to her side. “You okay kid?” He asked.
Y/N wiped her eyes before the tears could escape, “Yeah.” she said with a sniff.
Levi took her hand into his and gave it a squeeze, “We all miss that brat. He was a good kid. Stubborn and rude, but he was good. He put you two first till the very end.”
Y/N leaned down to give Levi a hug, which shocked the older man. He doesn’t really like physical touch but seeing the girl he saw grow up break down in front of his eyes, he let it slide. He wrapped his arms around her, telling her it’ll be okay and that they were all there for them. "Thank you for everything, Captain." She said with a shaky voice.
“You’re okay kid.” He said as he let her go, “Come on. Gotta get the food ready.”
Y/N nodded and continued to help with the preparation.
“So, Ian can talk to Eren, huh?” Jean said.
“Apparently.” Y/N said, “He said he hears his voice in his head while he’s sleeping.”
“Do you think it’s all just in his head?” Connie asked, earning a jab in the ribs from Annie.
Y/N shook her head, “I'm not sure. He recited the words Eren said to him in the Paths before he was born. I mean, the titan's existed, I wouldn't be surprised if he can communicate with him through the Paths.”
“Every word?” Mikasa asked bewildered.
“Every word,” Y/N affirmed.
“Even the ‘Give her as many Campanulas as you can.’?” Armin said.
“Even that!” Y/N said, “Believe me, I didn’t want to believe it either. But when he said those exact words…I…I really think he’s talking to him.”
“Woooooaaaahhhhhh” Connie said, “Eren’s like, magical or something.”
“He was a titan dummy!” Jean said, “Wouldn’t be surprised if magic existed.”
“So did you tell Ian everything then?” Annie asked.
Y/N nodded.
“Even about the war? Libero? What happened here when he came back? The rumbling?”
“All of it,” Y/N said.
“MOMMY!” Ian came in with the other two trailing behind him, “Is the food ready?”
“I’m so hungry!” Nico exclaimed.
Armin laughed, “Food’s ready guys! Let’s go to the patio!”
The children whooped and ran out to the patio.
“I call sitting next to Ian!” Nico shouted.
“I call the other side!” Lily said.
“You kids are at the children’s table!” Jean said.
The adults laughed as they followed the youngsters to the patio.
The adults situated themselves at the table and the children brought them their plates to be filled with food. Once the children’s plates were loaded, they ran back to their table and began munching down. Y/N watched them laugh while they ate at their small table, mentally thanking Eren for foreseeing their child and making a table for him and his friends. Right when Y/N was about to eat, she noticed the empty chair beside her had a place setting as well. She looked up at Annie and Armin with confusion.
“We knew how important today was for you and Ian…” Annie said with a small smile.
“And we just wanted to make it seem like he was here with us…” Armin said.
“You guys…” Y/N said, eyes filling with tears for the nth time that day, “God damnit! I'm crying too much today!”
Mikasa got up and gave her a hug, “We love you and Ian so much, Y/N!” crying alongside her.
“We really do, Y/N.” Levi said, “You know to come to us if you need anything.”
“Or if you just want to cry!” Connie said.
“I just miss him so much! He’s missed so much! Why did it have to be him?” She wailed into Mikasa’s shirt.
“I ask that question every day Y/N…” Armin said, “But he did what he had to do. He was suited for the job. He loved you so much that he was willing to di-”
“DADDY!”
“What?!” both Jean and Armin got up in alarm to see if their kids were hurt, only to be shocked that Ian was the one to say it facing the beach. Y/N looked at Ian in utter confusion.
“Ian, what are yo-”
“DADDY!!” Ian shouted again.
Y/N muttered an apology to everyone and got up. She picked Ian up, “Ian, what’s going on?”
“It’s Daddy!” He said with a big smile, “He’s here!”
“Honey,” Y/N said with a sad smile, “Daddy’s gone…but he’s here, in our hearts…”
“Noooo!” Ian said squirming in her arms to try and get down, “He’s here! I see him!!”
“Ian enough.” Y/N said trying to contain the squirming child, “I know you miss your father, but-”
“Y/N…” Armin said with wide eyes.
“What?” Y/N said in exasperation, her head trying to dodge a flailing arm.
Armin said nothing as he just pointed to the beach with wide eyes, everyone matching his expression.
Y/N turned in confusion and looked at where he was pointing. Then, the whole world stopped. In the distance, there he was. In the flesh, walking along the beach to the house. Y/N stood there frozen, not knowing what to do. It can’t be him…No…He’s dead. It’s just a ghost….
“DADDY!!” Ian shouted again and wiggled out of Y/N’s hold, dropping to the deck. Y/N snapped out of her daze when she saw her son running down the stairs and across the sand.
“Ian!” she shouted, and she ran after him, unsure if the man standing in front of her running son was him. God, that kid is fast. She hadn’t been able to work out properly since Ian was born and her sides were killing her.
“Daddy!” He kept shouting until he stood in front of the man. Green eyes meet green eyes. The man crouched down to the kids height and pushed his long hair out of his face to get a good look at the boy. He looked just like he did as a child. His face looked a bit like Y/N’s, but his eyes and hair, they were his. He wanted to touch him, hold him, but he was away for so long, he didn’t think it was right…
“Hi, daddy.” The boy said with a big smile. Eren’s heart skipped a beat.
“Hey Ian…” Eren said gently, holding out his hand. He felt that shaking hands would be alright. What he didn’t expect, was for the five-year-old to tackle him to the ground in a hug. Eren let out an ‘oof’ as his back hit the sand, earning a laugh from the child.
“I missed you, daddy!” Ian began to cry, holding onto Eren’s neck as he sat back up, tentatively wrapping his arms around the child.
“I missed you too…” Eren said, catching his breath. He thought it felt weird saying that since he never met the child at all, he knew of his existence since he was 16. What was weird was that he couldn’t see their future after his death. His foresight stopped there, and it worried him. He didn’t know if they would be okay. He remembered that he died. He went back to the Paths. It felt like days he was there. He prayed to his son that he would take care of Y/N, over and over again. After a while, Ymir found him there and thanked him for freeing her, for ending the age of titans. She told him that she admired what he did for Y/N and their child and that if he wished, he could return to them. Eren remembered immediately agreeing, telling Ymir that he didn’t want to miss the birth of his child. He remembered Ymir telling him that he already missed it. That he missed the first five years of his child’s life. He didn’t know if Y/N ever did tell their son about him. What would Ian think? Would he be scared? Would he welcome him? What would Y/N think? He wanted to be with her…with his son. So, he agreed. The next thing he knew, he found himself on a beach. A beach he recognized immediately as the beach he built his home for Y/N. He began to walk in the direction towards the house, his insides eating each other in nervousness. Then he heard and faint but very clear ‘DADDY!’ He looked up and a boy running down the stairs of the home towards him, a woman following. “Ian!” he heard her say and his eyes widened. Ian? That’s Ian? Y/N! Now his son is in his arms, crying and saying that he missed him.
“I-I did everything you told me to in my dreams Daddy!” Ian cried.
“You heard me?” Eren asked.
Y/N had finally caught up to the two and stopped, watching the interaction, still in disbelief that Eren was sitting there holding their son
Ian nodded, “I made sure mommy was happy, I even made sure she didn’t cry. Well, she cried a lot today…so did I. She said you’d forgive me. I’m sorry daddy!”
Eren gave the boy a smile, “You’ve grown up so well…”
“Mommy!” Ian cried once he noticed his mother standing a good distance away, “Daddy’s here! Come say hi!”
Eren followed his sight to see Y/N. His heart skipped a beat. She didn't look like she’s changed one bit. Motherhood had been good to her. Eren slowly got up, holding Ian firmly against his chest as he made his way towards the woman. She made no move to run, eyes wide at the man carrying her child walking towards her. Once he was right in front of her, he stopped, his green eyes taking in her face, neither one of them saying anything.
“Mommy look! It’s daddy!” Ian smiled, wrapping his arms around his father’s neck.
Y/N gulped as she hesitantly raised a hand to his face, scared he would disappear once her hand reached him. Once her hand met warm skin, she gasped, her eyes brimming with tears.
“I-Is it really y-you?” she whispered.
Eren smiled, his own eyes filling with tears as he nuzzled his face in her palm, “It’s me, my Campanula.”
Y/N’s heart skipped a beat when she heard his voice. She immediately grabbed his head and pulled him down for a kiss. She felt so relieved when his lips immediately found rhythm with her own. He wrapped an arm around her waist, pulling her in closer, needing to feel her body against his. Y/N sighed into the kiss, feeling whole in his arms after five years without him.
They were pulled apart by the child in Eren’s other arm pretending to throw up.
“Ew! That’s gross!”
The two laughed at the child. Y/N looked into Eren’s eyes, her hand still on his face, “You gonna stay longer this time?”
Eren smiled, “I’m staying here forever.”
“What about the titan?” Ian asked.
Eren shifted the kid to his other arm, not used to holding a child. His other arm began to hurt, “Don’t have it anymore. I’m gonna live as long as I can.”
“How?” Ian asked.
Y/N laughed at the kid’s enthusiasm. She grabbed Eren’s hand, fingers entwining together with his, “Let’s get back to the house first, baby. Daddy needs to see his friends and then he can tell us what happened.”
Eren looked at Y/N with a big smile, “I’m a daddy!”
Y/N chuckled, “You are indeed a daddy.”
Eren sighed, “I wish I was there with you Y/N. I wanted to be with you during your pregnancy, so badly.”
“You’d better be here for the next one, dummy,” Y/N said.
Eren’s eye’s darkened with lust as he looked at her, “Can we just send everyone out and see them another time?”
Y/N smacked his arm, “Absolutely not! You need to see everyone. We missed you so much!”
Eren pouted. Y/N giggled and mouthed ‘Later’ earning a smirk look from her man.
When they approached the house, everyone was at the bottom of the steps, shocked to see their dear friend back from the dead.
“Eren?” Armin and Mikasa said.
“Hey guys,” Eren said nervously, passing Ian to Y/N.
Armin walked up to Eren, “It’s really you…”
“It’s me,” Eren said, pulling Armin into a hug, which Armin immediately returned, sobbing into his best friend. Mikasa eventually joined the two in their hug, not exactly crying as much as Armin did.
When they separated, Eren noticed his captain come forward in his wheelchair.
“Brat.” Captain greeted, extending his hand.
“Captain.” Eren said, “Nice wheels.”
“I got them because of you shithead,” Levi said yanking on Eren’s hair, earning a hiss of pain from the man.
“Woah woah woah!” Jean exclaimed while he and Annie covered their children’s ears, “We have kids here Captain!”
“Whoops” Captain said with a smirk.
“Hey Horseface,” Eren smirked.
“Eren,” Jean said, “I don’t have time for your bantering, okay? I’m a married man with a daughter.”
“You do look like a horse daddy!” Lily said laughing.
“EREN JAEGER!!” Jean shouted, “I am so glad you’re here so I can beat you to a pulp!! You don’t have your titan to protect you now. Wait. Do you still have your titan?”
“Nope.” Eren said, “I’m here forever.”
“But there will be no beating anyone to a pulp.” Y/N said, stepping between the two, “You can have him tomorrow, but I need him here and functioning to put Ian to bed tonight.”
Jean grumbled as he picked up Lily, telling her to never say the word Levi said ever again and that he does not look like a horse.
“Soooo,” Connie said, “What happened? Like how are you here? I’m not upset or anything. Just confused.”
“Let’s sit back down and eat while Eren tells us what happened. I’m hungry.” Levi said wheeling back up to the table.
Everyone followed the captain back to the table. Y/N making sure to add a lot of food for Eren. The kids, refusing to sit back at their table, brought their plates and nestled themselves into their parents lap. Ian’s smile was as big as his face as he sat in his father’s lap, intently listening to Eren’s story as everyone ate.
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It took so long to get everyone to leave. Understandably so. Eren had miraculously returned after five years. Of course, everyone wanted to catch him up on everything. Good thing Levi was present. He reminded everyone that the kids had school the next day and pushed everyone out, promising that Eren would be here in the morning.
Once everyone was gone, Y/N went out to the patio to pick up the dishes. When she came back in, she noticed Ian was showing his father his toys, a soft smile spread over her lips at the two. Eren noticed her gaze and smiled. “I’m gonna help mommy clean, okay buddy?” Eren said to the boy.
“Okay daddy!”
Eren followed Y/N outside and began helping her carry in the dishes. Once all the dishes were inside, Y/N turned to Ian, “Ian it’s time to get ready for bed! Go put on your jammies!”
“But I wanna stay up with daddy!” Ian whined.
“You have school tomorrow!” Y/N said.
“But I wanna stay up with daddy!”
Eren suddenly gave out this big, exaggerated yawn, “Mommy’s right buddy. I’m getting sleepy. You got school in the morning too. Tell you what if you go get your jammies on, I’ll come tuck you in, deal?”
“Deal!” the boy said excitedly and ran to his room.
“Look at you!” Y/N cooed as she washed the dishes, “Already being the daddy.”
“Baby,” Eren whispered in her ear huskily, hands trailing down her hips, “I’ll show you what Daddy can do...”
Right as he began to trail kisses down her neck, Ian ran back into the room.
“I’m ready!” he shouted, jolting Eren out of his skin.
“Will he interrupt everything?” Eren whispered, hand on his racing heart.
“You’ll get used to it.” Y/N winked, “We’ll have to be careful. It’ll be harder with a baby.”
Eren sighed and gave her a kiss on the cheek, “As long as those babies are ours, I don’t care. I just want to be with you.”
Y/N gave him a smile, “Now go put your son to bed.”
Eren turned to Ian, “Alright buddy! Say goodnight to mommy.”
Ian ran to Y/N and gave her legs a hug, knowing she couldn’t bend down as she was washing the dishes, “Goodnight mommy!”
“I love you baby! Sweet dreams!” Y/N called as Eren picked up the boy and went upstairs to take him to his room.
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“Alright.” Eren sighed as he finished tucking Ian into bed, “Did I do it right?”
Ian nodded with a smile, “Just like mommy does it!”
Eren noticed something familiar in his sons hands.
“What do ya have there Ian?” he asked.
Ian took out the Survey Corps uniform jacket and handed it to his father.
Eren, took the jacket in his hands and observed it. “Is this…”
“Yours.” Ian said, “Mommy got them from Uncle Levi after you died. She kept that outfit, your training outfit, and your big black jacket. She also had this.” He said as he pulled the hairband from under his pillow.
Eren took the hairband in his hand and looked at it.
“Mommy said you looked cool with your hair up. So, I’m gonna grow mine out so I can look like you!” Ian smiled.
Eren chuckled handing the hairband back to him, “You’ll need this then.”
“What about you?” Ian said, pointing to Eren’s long hair.
“I’ll just steal one of mommy’s.” Eren said quietly putting a finger against his lips, Ian smiling and copying him, “Unless she forces me to cut my hair.”
Ian laughed, “No she won’t. She said she liked your long hair.”
Eren smiled, looking back down at the jacket in his hands.
“You can take it daddy. I don’t need to sleep with it anymore.”
“You sleep with it?”
“No. I just got it today. I was going to, but now that you’re here I don’t need to anymore!”
Eren smiled and ruffled the boys hair. He got up and hung the jacket in the boy’s dresser.
“I’ll put it in here for you until you can fit into it.” He said as he sat back down.
“Thank you, daddy.”
Eren smiled as he ran his hand through his son’s hair, “Thank you for protecting mom while I was gone. I’ll take it from here okay buddy?”
Ian sniffed, “We can do it together?”
Eren chuckled, “Together. We will protect her together.”
"Daddy," Ian said.
"What is it, buddy?"
"Today was my first day of kindergarten...b-but one of the kids called me a m-monster!" Ian said, tears slowly going down their cheeks.
"Why is that?" Eren asked, wiping his son's tears away.
"B-Because of you."
Eren froze, unsure if he heard his son correctly, "Me?"
Ian nodded, "He called you a monster because you hurt broke the walls, and hurt people."
Eren didn't know what to say, how to explain himself to his five-year-old son whom he literally just met.
"I know you did it to protect our island, daddy." Ian said, "There will be people who don't like you. But I love you! And Mommy loves you! And Aunt Mikasa, Uncle Jean, Lily, Uncle Levi, Uncle Connie, Aunt Annie, Nico, and Uncle Armin!"
"I know you all do. And don't worry about me, buddy. I'll walk you to school tomorrow with mommy. How does that sound?"
The boy nodded, "Will you be here for dinner?"
Eren smiled, "Of course, I'll be here."
Ian yawned, his eyes dropping, “I’m happy you’re here daddy.”
“Me too buddy.” Eren said, giving a kiss on the sleeping boy’s head, “And I will never leave you.”
Eren got up as quietly as he could and exited the boy’s room, closing the door softly. When he got downstairs, he didn’t see Y/N. He walked into her room, nothing. The kitchen, nope. He was about to start freaking out, when he finally noticed her standing on the patio, looking out at the ocean under the moonlight.
“Baby?” Eren said as he walked out onto the patio, “Y/N, are you alright?”
Y/N turned to face him, tears streaming down her face. Eren rushed to her, cupping her face in his hands, and wiping her tears.
“Y-You’re h-here…” she sobbed.
Eren smiled and gave her a kiss, “I’m here.”
Y/N ran her hands all over him, as if double-checking he was standing in front of her, “Y-You won’t l-leave me, will you?”
Eren pulled her into his embrace, tucking her face into his neck, feeling her wet tears stain his shirt, “I am never leaving you ever again. I will be with you forever.”
“Good.” Y/N said, wiping her nose with her sleeve, “Because if you leave after I get pregnant, and I have to go through all that alone again, I-I don’t know what I’ll do!”
Eren looked into her eyes, “You want more?”
“There needs to be another girl in this house, Eren. I can’t be outnumbered forever.”
“You did amazing with him my love.” Eren said, “I am so proud of you.”
“Yes, well you will be taking care of the next one honey." Y/N said as she kissed him, "I took care of him for five years without you. Now it’s your turn to do diaper duty.”
“Now?” Eren asked raising a brow at his lover, a glint in his eyes, “I thought that maybe we should get married before we try for another?”
“Eren…” Y/N growled as she pressed her lips against his neck, “I haven’t had sex in the last five years. I think it’s about time I be pleasured after all I’ve done.”
Eren’s legs felt weak as a moan left his lips when Y/N retreated and walked back inside, Eren following her like a puppy. Eren closed the door to the patio and lifted her into his arms, her legs wrapped around his waist.
“Besides,” she said as she hugged him close, “we can get the marriage papers done tomorrow and have a small reception here with our friends this weekend. Captain’s ordained right?”
Eren hummed in thought as he walked to their room, “I think so…I know Commander Erwin was. We can ask the Captain tomorrow after we drop off Ian at school.” He suggested as he put her on the bed.
Y/N kissed him, “Sounds like a plan. I’ve never thought about Captain being at a wedding, let alone leading one.”
Eren laughed, “That’ll be a sight to see.”
“I think the best sight for me will be you in a sexy suit,” Y/N said with a smirk.
Eren chuckled, rolling on top of her, his hair hanging around her face, “Haircut or no haircut?”
“No haircut.”
“Ian was right. He said you loved my hair long.”
Y/N chuckled, “Of course he is.” She held her palm against his cheek with love in her eyes.
“I’m so happy you’re back!”
“Like I said love, I’m here forever with you.”
“I love you,” Y/N said.
“I love you too.”
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Wow!! Here it is guys! Part 2 of MTA. I hope it was good! I saw how many people MTA destroyed and how badly the ending of AOT destroyed us all, so I decided to make up my own ending. And if I do say so myself, I am more satisfied with my ending than Isayama's😤
Let me know what you guys think!!