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After Midnight [Cop!Eren|F!Reader] Modern AU

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Published: Jul 5, 2015

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The shrill sound of overzealous moaning and pounding on the wall next to you startled you awake, cursing you rolled to your side only to be met with the harsh bitch of gravity followed by the floor. Groaning you rubbed your eyes with your palms, attempting to refocus your retinas and drown out the wailing sound of a faked orgasm. Blinking you slowly rose to a sitting position, dim lighting from the lamp behind you setting an off orange glow to the small dorm room.

Another night of 'studying' at your friends dorm which in reality just led to you two binging on anime in your sweatpants with your hair in a high bun. Senior year had hit hard, giving you a severe case of 'fuck it I'll do it later'-itus, which was apparently contagious because all of your friends seemed to have the same sickness. Peering into the twin bed you poked your lump of a friend who in turn snorted and batted your hand away. Rolling your eyes you glanced at the clock, squinting at the bright blue numbers glowing against the black frame.

Shit it's two am?

Not wanting to deal with the pain of standing up just yet, you carelessly swiped at the desk behind you for your keys, tapping your nails against the cheaply made wood until the fabric of your lanyard pressed against your fingertip. Yanking it down into your lap you stared at your thick car key, mentally preparing for driving in the dead of night. It wasn't that you were a bad driver or that driving in the dark was hard, it was just creepy and your overactive imagination often led to some pretty terrifying and unrealistic situations. Shaking your head at your own childlike thoughts you pulled yourself to your feet and seized your purse from the floor, giving a final and silent good-bye to your sleeping friend before shutting and locking the door with a soft click.

Stained blue carpet scratched at the bottom of your boots, early fall air wrapping its way around your neck as you stepped outside. Curved streetlamps illuminated the parking lot, only a few cars were left in the visitors spot which gave it an eerie and apocalyptic feel, at least that's how you saw it. Clutching your keys between your fingers you ran to your car, jabbing the key in the door handle and flinging it open, checking your backseat for any murderers before jumping into the leather seat. Once your car was started you allowed the old thing to heat up, rubbing your hands together and pressing them under your thighs for warmth. Another gust of wind knocked against you but only against the top of your head. Craning your neck upwards you realized you had left the sun roof open a bit, mentally cursing yourself for being so forgetful.

After sliding and locking the sun roof you pulled the car into reverse and sped out of the driveway, turning up the music and ignoring the ominous feeling you always got driving on an empty road. Once you left the main campus the noise of nightlife got less and less, residential houses and closed stores quietly stood on each side of the street, blacked out windows and barely lit signs keeping you company as you drove. Once you made your turn you slowed down, obeying the residential speed limit even though you found it absurdly ridiculous.

"Why the hell does it matter if I'm going 25 or 35 on this damn road, I'm not going to go flying into a house." You said to yourself, tapping your fingers on the steering wheel.

It was about a ten minute stretch to your apartment complex, the road was solely littered with sleepy looking houses faintly illuminated by porch lights and the moon. As soon as you hit your first stop sign the streetlight shut off, leaving you in near hair-raising darkness aside from the glow of your dashboard. Something scratched against the leather of your passenger seat sending a tornado of panic barreling through your stomach and up your chest. Flicking on the over head light with a squeak you peered next to you, and saw nothing. Letting out a quivering breath you pressed the gas but kept the light on, only partially convinced the noise was in your head.

As you neared the next stop sign you heard more scratching coupled with a weird sounding squeak, only this time it came from the floor. Gripping the steering wheel you glanced down, shadows obscuring your view of the ghastly creature in your car. Chills ran down your spine as different horror-flick scenarios raced through your mind, setting you completely on edge. Your breathing became erratic, your legs began to shake in fear as you took one last look between the shadows. Without warning a pair of beady yellow eyes popped through the darkness causing you to utter a blood-curdling shriek.

For an unknown reason your first reaction was to step on the gas which caused the mystery animal to panic at the sudden jerk of the car. It jumped out from the floor onto your lap, it's sharp claws digging into the flesh of your thighs. Letting out another high pitched wail you slapped your palms against the furry creature, stupidly letting go of the wheel and allowing fate to guide your car.

Unfortunately, fate happened to lead your car right into a small, grassy median. The only median in the entire block that also happened to include a very large oak tree. You had taken your foot off the gas just in time to avoid a high-speed collision but kept enough momentum to throw your head against the steering wheel painfully. Your tires screeched against the raised pavement followed by the sound of metal crunching into wood and the mild shake of leaves.

"Ahhh, shit!" You cried, feeling a trickle of blood make its way down the front of your face. "Owwww." You muttered, rubbing the reddened bridge of your nose.

The soft cinch of claws on your legs brought you back to the reality that something was still sitting on your lap.

"OH MY GOD OH MY GOD GET THE FUCK OFF ME YOU BEAST!" You yelled, flinging the car door open and rolling into the grass. "DIE DEMON SPAWN DIE!"

Once you had flung yourself to your knees the creature had let go of your legs and scampered under the tree, it's bright eyes glowing maliciously. Ignoring the searing pain in your head you grabbed a fallen stick, holding it out as if it was the sword of destiny. The creature flounced further, crossing the street and stopping under the halo of fluorescent light on the sidewalk. If you weren't already suffering from a head injury you would have round-house kicked yourself in the face.

A god damn squirrel sat licking it's little paws under the light before giving you once last glance and heading off into the night. You stayed frozen, unsure if you should laugh or cry at the fact that your crashed your car into the one lone tree because of a fucking rogue squirrel. The faint sound of an engine echoed down the empty street followed by a pair of headlights, squinting you held up your hand to shield your face from the onslaught of light.

"Hey, are you alright?" A male voice called, stopping the car on the side of the median.

White and black paint glowed under the faint moonlight, you recognized the shape of the car instantly, plus the red and blue sirens kind of gave it away.

Ah yes, hello cop I bet you're going to be a delight

The door flung open and a very young, very concerned looking man stepped out clad in a freshly pressed uniform. It took all the strength you had left to keep your jaw from unhinging and hitting the floor, his emerald eyes had more sparkle in them than a disco ball and holy shit did he fill out that uniform. He walked towards you, taking note of your crashed car and the cut on your head before kneeling down and placing his hands on his knees.

"Are you drunk ma'am?" He asked gruffly. You shook your head vigorously, feeling your throat constrict at his proximity to your face. "Ma'am are you on drugs at all? Have a few beers at a party and maybe fell asleep at the wheel?" He asked, piercing green hues staring intently into your own eyes, searching for any sign of foul play.

"W-What? No! I'll take a sobriety test and pee in a cup or whatever! I swear it was..a freak..accident." You stuttered, averting your eyes to the ground.

"Your eyes don't look dilated and you seemed pretty awake, you've got a little cut in your head so let me clean that up. Then you're going to tell me what you mean by freak accident, okay?" His voice softened, giving your a heart an unexpected jolt.

Nodding you sat back and crossed your legs, rubbing your eyes warily while he walked back to his car and grabbed a small medical kit from the passenger side. It was hard not to notice how built he looked under that midnight blue uniform, his chocolate tresses smoothed perfectly under his matching hat. He took a seat in front of you and pulled out a white square and medical tape, giving you another once over before showing you the cloth.

"This is going to sting a little but the cut isn't that deep, it's already stopped bleeding. You don't feel dizzy, nauseous, or faint do you?" He asked dabbing your skin lightly.

"N-no, I wasn't really going that fast. My neck hurts a little but I don't feel anything other than complete embarrassment." You stated, wincing at the contact of the rubbing alcohol.

"Probably whiplash, I'll tell the paramedics when they get here ma'am."

"What? Stop calling me ma'am you make me feel old, my name is _____. And why do you need to call the paramedics I told you I'm fine!" You cried, bottom lip puffing out in a pout.

"You hit your head, regardless of what you tell me I wouldn't feel right letting you go home in case something is wrong. Plus you'll probably need painkillers for at least a week for your neck. No need to pout, ____." He smirked, pushing your bottom lip in with his free hand. "There, all better. Now tell me what happened." He said, pulling off his white glove and setting it next to the empty wipe wrapper.

"Uhmmm...don't laugh okay Officer uh.."

"Jaeger."

"Like the liquor?"

"Please don't ask me if I taste like it." He groaned, putting his hand on his head. "I get enough of it from the other officers."

"I hope not, I hate the way it tastes."

Your eyes widened, a light dust of pink sweeping across your already heated cheeks. He snickered at you, sweeping his hair from his eyes and lowering his head, shadows flitting across his tanned skin.

"So what happened?" He asked, prodding your knee with his finger. "I don't have all night y'know."

"Okay don't laugh but I fell asleep at my friends and I guess I left the stupid sun roof open and..a squirrel..got in. And clawed my thighs but I thought it was a demon so I freaked out and lost control because I didn't know it was a squirrel until I ninja rolled out of my car and it ran into the light and gave me sass then dissipated into the darkness!" You squeaked, speaking so fast you could put an auctioneer to shame.

You watched his shoulders rise and fall with his breathing, his cheeks puffing up as if he was keeping air in them. Shutting your eyes you pressed your head into your palms, letting out an exasperate groan, spreading your fingers and peaking at him between your hand.

"Excuse me one moment." He said softly, rising to his feet and walking towards his car.

Bending at the waist he leaned his forearms onto the top of his car and buried his head between them and then let out the most adorable laugh you had ever heard in your life. It was a laugh that could end wars, it was sweet, harmonic, symphonic even, if only he wasn't laughing at you. Feeling your pink cheeks turn scarlet you jumped to your feet and walked over to him, fists curled at your sides.

"STOP LAUGHING YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO HELP ME WHAT IF I HAVE A BRAIN BLEED. ITS NOT FUNNY THAT SQUIRREL WAS REALLY SATAN IN DISGUISE!" You yelled, stomping your foot like a toddler.

He pulled himself up and tried to stifle his laughter, his green hues centered on your face. He gave you a full smile, pearly whites making your knees turn to jelly. Puffing your cheeks out you crossed your arms and looked him dead in the eye, attempting to give him your meanest glare. Instead of it striking fear in his heart it just made him snort, his hands flying to cover his mouth. He gave you an apologetic look between fits of giggles while you stood there with your pout deepening. After a few short breathes he regained his composure, clearing his throat loudly.

"You can call me Eren, and I'm sorry..but..christ ____ how the fuck do you get that startled by a squirrel?"

"I THOUGHT IT WAS SATAN!"

"Shhhhhh..it's almost three am, calm down and let me drive you to the hospital." He said motioning you over with his hand.

"I thought that was the paramedics' job." You asked raising your eyebrow. "Plus I thought I wasn't supposed to get in cars with strangers."

He flashed you another smile, green eyes beaming with amusement.

"C'mon ____, don't you trust me? I mean the tow truck will be here in a few minutes if you wanna ride with him, but he's not as cute as me."

"Who said you were cute?"

"Well you did say you want to taste me earlier, and I'm assuming you're not a cannibal since you can't even fight off a squirrel." He joked, lips twisting into another devious smirk that dropped your heart down to your knees.

"I...did not! Shut up!" You squeaked, walking over to the passenger door and flinging it open. "It's from my brain bleed." You said, sliding into the seat.

Eren followed suit, his lean legs stretching towards the floor while his hands wrapped around his radio, pulling it up to his mouth and muttering some cop nonsense you didn't bother trying to decipher. A few minutes later a pot-bellied man with a receding hairline pulled up with his tow truck. Eren gave him a cordial wave and backed his car into the street, eyes darting between you and the road.

"Sorry about your car, if you want to give me a description of the squirrel I can send some- OW!" He yelped as your hand made contact with his chest. "Hey, that's assaulting an officer!"

"Oooooh I'm so scared are you going to handcuff me?"

"Thinking about it. Might have to wait until we get your neck checked out." He said with a wink.

"W-whaaaa?" You asked sheepishly, turning your head towards the window to hide your embarrassment.

"Hey I was just kidding, unless you're into that." He said with a laugh, tugging on the sleeve of your t-shirt. "You're so damn cute, _____. I've gotta find that squirrel and thank him." You smiled and turned to him, teeth tugging at your bottom lip.

"Satan squirrel." You corrected him, crossing your arms again and staring ahead at the waning moon.

He merely hummed in response, thin fingers drumming on the steering wheel as he turned onto a main road. You watched the moon silently follow you, Eren's soft humming matching the song on the radio. Every so often you would catch him looking at you, a soft smile painted on his peach tinted lips. You'd never thought you'd ever mutter the words 'thanks squirrel' in your entire life, but hey sometimes you've got to enjoy life's unplanned chaos.