Afternoon Tea (Erwin x reader)

Fandom: Attack On Titan/ Shingeki No Kyojin
Reader-insert: Female

(y/n) was in front of Commander Erwin’s office, she was carrying a tray with a tea kettle, two empty tea-cups and some cookies. She knocked on the door, well actually, she slightly kicked the door to make the noise audible enough for the man inside the room. However, she got no reply.

Erwin must be so immersed in his paperwork not to hear me ‘knock’

. She sighed.

“Hey, Erwin. Are you in there?”

“Huh? (y/n)? Come in. I’m doing paperwork” She heard Erwin’s muffled voice.

‘Figures’.

“Could you open the door for me? My hands are busy, I’m holding a tray.”

“…Sure, just a minute.”

After a few seconds, she heard footsteps approaching followed by the creak of the door being opened. “You brought me tea, I see.” Erwin smiled warmly at her. If he only knew that his smile made her weak in the knees.

“Yes, I did. Because someone I know skipped breakfast and lunch today…”

“Ah, yes. Sorry, I’ve been very busy with the preparations for the upcoming expedition.” He rubbed his temples and sighed. He had to make sure that everything would be in order, for the 57th expedition was only a few days away and the plan for capturing the female titan had to be executed without mistakes.

“Yeah, I figured… anyway, you shouldn’t strain yourself, Erwin.”

“Thank you for looking after me, (y/n) but this needs to be perfectly done. Please, come inside” (y/n) entered his room and set the tray on his desk. Erwin followed her after closing the door.

“I know Erwin, but if you don’t eat properly you’ll get ill, best case scenario. And if you do–”

“If I do I won’t be able to do my job, I know,” He said taking a seat behind his desk.

“If you understand that then why did you skip your meals? You could have asked a cadet to bring you a tray with food. Y-you could have asked me, you know… I would have gladly brought your food and join you.” She said while pouring tea into the two cups, her cheeks turning pink.

“It slipped my mind. But if you insist, I guess I could use some company. Could you bring me dinner tonight, Squad Leader? He called her by her title jokingly and she did the same. “That’ll be my pleasure, Commander.” (y/n) gave him the cup of tea and took a seat in front of him. He took the cup and started eating the cookies she brought. “Good then.” He said sipping from his cup.

“You know, Captain Levi and Captain Venulus were a little worried about this…situation.”

“Oh, yeah… Levi came after lunch and lectured me about it. He was pretty pissed saying that I shouldn’t push myself because I wouldn’t be able to do my ‘shitty paperwork’ and he didn't want to do it for me, as he put it. But I couldn’t help it, I lost the notion of time.” Erwin chuckled and look at her beautiful (e/c) eyes. He enjoyed her presence, in fact, he liked her but he couldn’t bring himself to tell her that because he didn't want to make things awkward. “By the way, these cookies are really good.”

“They are not. You are hungry, Erwin. That’s all.” He chuckled at her answer making her heart skip a beat.

“That may be true. Did you make them yourself?”

“How did you–”

“You have flour in your hair.”

“What? Really? I didn’t notice. And yes, I did.” She said trying to take the flour off her hair.

“I like them, they are really good.”

“Perhaps I could make you more if you’d stop skipping your meals.”

“We have a deal.”

“Good. Well, I guess I should leave now. I still have paperwork to do.”

“You know…your cookies are not the only thing that I like.”

“Hmm? What do you mean?”

“I mean that I like you, (y/n).” He gathered all the courage he could manage and confessed his feelings to her.

“A-are you serious?” She couldn’t believe what she was hearing.

“I’m afraid so…I hope this won’t ruin our friendship, I know you don’t feel–”

“I hope it does!” Erwin raised an eyebrow at her response. “I-I mean…I like you too. Scratch that, Erwin, I love you. In fact, I have loved you for a long time now…” She looked down at her lap, her cheeks turned red and her heartbeat quickened. Erwin was dumbfounded. He thought that she only saw him as a friend. He stood up and walked towards her and grabbed her chin between his thumb and index finger, raising her head so he could take a good look at her face. (y/n) refused to make eye contact with him, she was still looking down.

“Look at me, (y/n).” she hesitated but complied at the end.

“Erw–” He claimed her lips, interrupting her. She kissed back, his lips felt so good against hers, she didn’t want that moment to end. He nibbled her bottom lip asking for entrance and she gladly complied. Their tongues danced in sync, caressing each other. It was a sweet kiss, they were expressing the love they held for each other.

“Hey, Erwin. Here’s the report you asked me to do, Levi already signed i–… Am I interrupting something?” Venulus, the blue haired woman who entered the room without knocking, said while raising an eyebrow at the two, who immediately separated from each other, their faces turning red. Erwin cleared his throat. “Do you need something else, Captain?”

“So formal all of a sudden, huh?” She chuckled and then added “No, Erwin. Just take a look at it.” She handed him the papers and then turned to leave. “Don’t worry guys, I saw nothing. But you should lock the door, next time.” She said glancing back at them over her shoulder. "Oh! And Erwin, you better not skip dinner tonight or else... but I guess Levi and I won't have to worry about you anymore." She then left the office closing the door after her.

“I, ah…I guess I should go now” Said (y/n) standing from her seat in front of Erwin. “But I’ll bring you dinner tonight, Erwin” She smiled sweetly at him.

“I’ll be waiting for you, (y/n)” He said smiling before leaning and pecking her lips. “See you tonight, Commander” She returned the kiss.

“See you tonight, Squad Leader”. And after that, (y/n) went to her office, smiling all the way, to finish the paperwork she needed to do before having dinner with her lover.