The world could always be better; that's why it's worth fighting for. But still, being able to take a moment, to breathe and cuddle and simply be, is a gift Erwin still hasn't tired of, and he doesn't think he ever will.

He groans softly when Levi calls him birthday boy; it appears there will be no escaping it. It's fine. He's actually tickled that Levi clearly has some things in mind for them. "October fourteenth already?" He snugs in closer, happy to be Levi's heat source. "Does this make me the oldest man in Somnius now?"