Guard Duty [Jean x Reader]

"Sir?" 

Corporal Levi's face retained its usual bored expression. "As punishment for your antics earlier, tonight you will be guarding Jaeger's cell in the basement."

Her jaw dropped. No sleep? What?!

"S-sir, are you serious?" 

"Yes," he snapped back. "Now get your ass down there."

_____ squeaked, and started with a jump towards the basement. The sun was setting, casting an orange glow on the ancient carpet of the hallway. She shivered a bit, feeling the chill of night seeping into the poorly heated building. Winter was fast on its way.

As she stepped off the last stair to the dark, damp, creepy basement, she was surprised to find another presence, aside from the Titan Boy himself, that is.

Her pink lips parted in a gasp. "Who are you?"

The man's face was dusted with a bright hue of pink, visible even through the dim light of the flickering lantern hanging from the wall. He saluted. "Jean Kirschstein."

_____ saluted back. "_____ _____. I'm new here."

Now, allow me to describe this incident from Jean's perspective:

Out of the eerie shadows of the basement, he heard the faint click-clacking of the standard-issue military boots on the spiraling stone staircase. He looked towards it, only to see a tiny, dainty-looking girl whip her head towards his in a flash of (h/c) hair. He could make out her (e/c) eyes glinting through the dark.

Jean stumbled to introduce himself, and was dazed until he heard the word 'new'.

"Oh. Well, the Corporal usually has two people stationed on guard duty, in case one falls asleep," he explained. The (h/c) girl nodded, walking towards the bars holding back Eren.

"Hello?" She called out, unable to see for lack of light. Suddenly, a face loomed near hers, not even an inch away. "Ah!" She shrieked, falling back on her butt. _____ heard laughter as she sat on the hard stone floor, rubbing her now-aching rear. A hand was extended, and she gratefully took it. 

_____ brushed herself off.

"Are you okay?" Jean asked. She muttered a 'yes' and glared angrily at the boy in the cell, who was now looking as though he felt bad.

"Sorry...didn't mean to scare you," he apologized, rubbing the back of his head, ashamed. "But...I haven't seen you around before."

_____'s face softened. "Well, today is my first day on the Special Ops Squad...and I kind of lost my horse while killing a titan, and this is my punishment..." Now it was her turn to be embarrassed. Her face flushed a bit, eyes fixed upon the tips of her boots.

Jean thought this to be extremely cute. His face flushed as well, looking away. "What did you do?"

"Eh?"

"When you lost your horse." 

_____'s face turned a deeper red. "O-oh...well, I had to ride with the Corporal, so, yeah...it was awkward."

Jean looked at her quizzically, and Eren blinked before bursting into laughter. "You had to ride with that shortie?"

_____ stomped her foot on the ground. "Hey! He's taller than me!" At this, both Jean and Eren were laughing hysterically. 

Once the laughter died down, everyone yawned simultaneously. 

"Well, I think I'll sleep now. 'Night," Eren said sleepily.

"Lucky..." the girl muttered under her breath. Why could the prisoner sleep, but not them?

She didn't want to be silent, yet standing next to Jean and not saying anything was really awkward. Eventually she fell asleep against the wall. Her unconscious body fell onto Jean's, and his face turned beet red.

"H-hey! Get off!" He whisper-yelled. Unfortunately, _____ was out of it. Jean knew there was no use trying to wake her up, so he slid down the wall to a sitting position. Her head fell into his lap, blissfully unaware of the flustered male, who also fell asleep.

The two awoke to swift kicks to the face. 

"What the hell are you two doing? Your orders were to stand guard, not cuddle!" Levi screeched.

Jean and _____ looked at each other, realizing that they had been spooning on the floor. They blushed and stood up, muttering their apologies.

"_____, as punishment for this screw-up, you'll be on clean up duty with Jaeger."