It was as if everything had been slowed down and Levi was watching the events unfold in front of him but he couldn't move, he willed his body to move faster but he was glued to the spot. The seconds ticked by as Ere'n swallowed the last drop.

"Eren!" Levi finally managed to get his body to cooperate, he ran to Eren's side. It was evident the effect the first vile had had on him.

His skin was pale and he'd lost weight. His usual brown fluffy hair had become thin and lifeless. This was something Levi had never noticed before but not that it was gone he realised it was something he loved about the young brat.

"Eren. It's me" Levi said cupping one side of Eren's face with one hand and turning it to face him. Eren's face held a vacant expression. He was looking at Levi but it was as if he was seeing right through him.

Not knowing if Eren was even still fully aware of what was going on Levi did the only thing he could think of. It might not work but what did he have to lose now. He gently took Eren hand with one hand and untucked his shirt with the other. He placed the younger boys hand on his ever expanding stomach. The skin on and around Levis stomach was already beginning to show small marks from where the baby was growing. Eren had was cold on his bare skin but he didn't pull away.

The seconds felt like hours and minutes felt like days but eventually something in Eren's eyes changed and Levi knew exactly what had happened. Alpha and Omega children develop at a faster rate than normal humans and what Eren had just felt was the baby kicking.

"L...Levi?" The first words Levi had heard from him and it was his name. Levi could have sworn at that moment he felt his heart break.

This was the end, this was the last time Eren would know who he is.

"Eren. I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. I fucked up. I didn't mean what I said. I'm keeping it, I'm keeping our baby" Levi emphasised the point my gently squeezing the hand that was still resting on his stomach.

"Levi...The vile I...I didn't want to...I didn't think I had a choice..." Eren was babbling when his facial expression changed. Levi felt it too. The bond mark he had from Eren felt like it was burning.

Eren's face contorted into expressions Levi had only seen on dying men. For the first time in a long time he was scared. Scared for Eren and scared for the small life growing inside him.

"EREN! Eren please." Levi wasn't fully sure what he was asking for. 'Please stay with me' 'Please don't die' 'Please...I love you"

There was so many things Levi wanted to say in that moment but with the pain coursing through his body and the look of agony on Erens face he only managed to say one thing

"I love you Eren. Always have" The last thing Levi remembered before darkness flooded his vision was that he reached for Erens hand and an array of footsteps filled the shelter. He gripped Eren's hand tightly.

Waking up Levi recognised immediately where he was. He was back in the hospital, the white walls and bright lights took some adjusting to.

"Eren?" Levi's thoughts raced back to when he and Eren were in the shelter. Subconsciously Levi placed a hand on his stomach to check on his child.

His hand came into contact with a flat stomach, no sign of a bump which had definitely been there the last time he checked. His eyes widened in panic and he sat bolt upright in the small bed he was in.

"Arghh!" A scream escaped him and he felt stinging in his lower abdomen. He heard the door open and his eyes shot up but soon softened as he saw who walked in.

"Isabel?" Levi asked tentatively.

"Levi? Thank goodness" She gasped, making her way over to his bedside.

"I'm fine stop fussing. I tried to sit up and well" He gestured to his stomach and she nodded.

"Levi do you know how long you were out for?" Isabel asked.

"A couple of says" He said matter of factly. She looked at him with sadness set deep in her eyes.

"Levi...You've been out for six weeks" Isabel couldn't hide the sadness she was evidently feeling.

Six weeks. Had he heard he correctly. He moved his hand over his stomach again, the dump was definitely gone but the timeline didn't sit right with him. The baby wasn't due for months yet

"The baby. Isabel what..." Levi started. Isabel was at his side changing the drips that were attached to him.

"He's fine. We have to do an emergency C-section, with you not being able to support yourself he became restless and we were worried if he was in there any longer it would prove to have lasting long term damage. He's very small Levi, not full developed yet" Isabel explained.

"He?" Levi repeated a smile threatening to pull the sides of his mouth up

"You have a son Levi, would you like to meet him?" she asked, her eyes lighting up with hope.

Levi couldn't quite process the emotions he was feeling at that moment. Confusion regarding the fact he had been in a coma for six weeks, elation because he was now a father and he had a son and sadness because he knew he'd be raising this baby alone.

"Can I...Can I see him?" Levi asked still in a state of shock at the information he'd been given.

Isabel smiled and nodded. She left the room and Levi went to follow but was soon reminded that he had restricted movement due to the tubes and drips that were attached to him. This was too surreal he wanted to break free of the cords and find Erwin. This couldn't be right, could it?

A moment later the door opened and Isabel was wheeling in a tiny incubation chamber. Levi was speechless, something he definitely wasn't used to.

Peering in to he chamber a tiny baby, his baby, lay defenceless.

He turned suddenly, averting his eyes away from the child. The baby looks too much like Eren, regardless of it's age.

"Levi?" Isabel asked obviously noting his discomfort.

"He he looks so much like Eren" Levi stated matter of factly. Levi never had been one to mince his words.

"He does, but he will develop more of your features as he..."

"Enough! I don't want him to ever stop looking like Eren. I've lost him and this is the only reminder I have. God why was I so stupid." Levi hung his head glancing back at the incubator every so often.

This wasn't the first time Levi had scolded himself over his irrational decision to get rid of the baby, one he thankfully hadn't gone through with. He glanced at the baby and wondered how he could have made such a perfect little baby.

"I would allow you to hold him but he is still too weak to stay outside the incubator. As soon as he's strong enough do you want to hold him?" Isabel asked with hope set deep in her features. Levi's gut told him to stay as far away as possible because what use was he as a father on his own.

He nodded, going against his gut and following his heart.

Isabel smiled nodded wondering back to the end of Levi's bed to write more information in his notes

Levi gently moved to swing his legs off the side of the small hospital bed he was in. Staring into the small chamber Levi allowed himself a moment of happiness, this was his and Eren's child. Eren, flashbacks of what he'd seen just before he blacked out came back to him.

"Eren. I'll call him Eren." Levi said, barely audible and if Isabel hadn't been listening with great intent she would have probably missed it.

"I really was stupid wasn't I" He spoke in a hushed tone, careful not to disturb Eren.

"If I'd have just thought about this for a few days before letting my mouth run he'd still he here. Your daddy loved you so much, I'll always remind you of that. It was never your fault that he left, it was mine and if you want to blame me then...then that's ok" Levi was on the verge of tears when it hit him.

"Arghh! What the hell!" He felt it, there and then, slick. His body was producing slick. He was going into heat.

Isabel was already reading his charts and calculating something.

"What are you doing? What's happening" He could feel the heat rising in his gut. He turned his gaze back to Isabel.

"I...I don't know. Judging by your charts and going by when you should have had heats while you were in a coma this shouldn't be happening for another three weeks. There's only been one thing to bring on a premature..." Isabel stopped mid sentence as she saw Levi's eyes widen and his nostrils flair.

"ALPHA..."