#is there a very complex hospital au brewing in my head? you already know it

[miekasa]

there have been lawyer and CEO levi headcanons, but what are your or your anons’ *ahem* medical doctor levi headcanons 👀

Oh, anon, you don't know what you've done [rolls up sleeves] I'm glad you asked because I've been dying to talk about it for a hot minute!! I think this could go down two ways

Doctor Levi!! Doctor Levi!! Doctor Levi!!

Number one: neurosurgeon Levi and his friends who consist of emergency medicine expert/gen surgeon Hange, and Erwin down in radiology.

His job lets him put his analytical skills to good use, plus that irregular sleep schedule of his is finally coming in handy.

I can see him in a hospital, but also at a smaller or more private practice, in which the majority of his patients would be after consultations, and mostly regularly scheduled.

I can see him in the ER too, and he probably spent the first chunk of his career there regardless; and it makes sense, because he's cut out for that kind of stuff. He doesn't hesitate to start treatment or yell out orders; he doesn't panic even when the odds look grim, he's almost insanely collected.

He's... kind of a genius on the low, but you'd have to really stick around to see him at his full potential. That's not to say he's not giving it his all daily, but he's not boasting about it either. He's pretty quiet and keeps to himself, but when the times calls to make a tough or risky call, then all of his genius really comes into play.

One of my other alternate versions of this is him working in pediatrics, or still doing neuro but with a focus on pediatrics, and either way, I think he'd be damn good at it. Kids would love him, and he would have a way of calming them down and explaining to them what's going on without sounding scary or patronizing. They might have to undergo some major brain surgery, but Levi still has a way of making them feel safe and optimistic.

And the fact of the matter is, they are safe in his hands; Levi knows not to get too attached to his patients, and he would never admit it out loud, but when its a kid on the operating table, he feels that much more compelled to do his very best and nothing less.

Calls Hange smooth brained when they're being too loud or annoying him. He made the joke, but he also thinks it's pretty funny.

Mikasa as his resident, who he never really wanted to take on, but the hospital heads were practically begging him to mentor at least one person because whether Levi wants to admit it or not, he's a damn good doctor, and his name is pretty out there.

He's glad he got Mikasa tho, because not only is she clearly competent, but she's not some toxic, over-anxious, know it all med student either. Levi would have concussed his own resident if he ended up with one like that.

(I can actually argue for Armin, Connie, and/or Jean as his residents too, but that's a different ask. Just know that I think Hange would take on Eren and lets just say theres not a dull day in the ER with them teamed up).

Hange and Erwin and all the other doctors joke that Levi is raising Mikasa to be another version of him, and soon there will be two gloomy genius neurosurgeons in the hospital. (They're not wrong).

He always tells you you must be extra thick-headed to stick around and be with him, or whenever you do something a little dumb, but he means it affectionately. He likes that you are, too.

Sometimes you worry him and genuinely thinks to himself that he should do a PET scan on you to make sure everything is working alright in that noggin of yours.

Yes, it is extra sweet for a plethora of reasons when he kisses your forehead or the top of your head. It means that much more to him.

Dentist Levi!! Dentist Levi!! Dentist Levi!!

Now the other option is Levi as a dentist! I guess, practically, this one makes a little less sense for him since it's "messier," but it also requires a similar level of attention and detail that I think Levi would be good for. You only get one brain and one set of teeth; I would trust Levi to take care of those things for me.

He's the super hot dentist that doesn't mean to say charming things, but happens to anyways and makes you wanna melt into the dental chair while he's looking at you. Like sir, please do not put your fingers in my mouth and tell me to open wide. Please, I can't do this today.

Yes, all doctor's offices and spaces are clean, but Levi's is somehow extra sterile. I don't know how he does it, but he does.

Doesn't give out stickers LMFAO, but you can get a mini floss container that's been hand bedazzled by his dental assistant, Hange, if you really want a prize.

Kisses his own teeth when he sees an x-ray of a very preventable cavity from up from a patient he specifically told to eat less sweets. It's Hange. Hange is the patient, and Levi is gonna fucking start charging them for this shit he swears.

Levi's a good dentist, but he knows there's a bunch of lousy, bare minimum dentists out there too, so he's pretty protective of his own teeth.

He's protective of yours, too. He's not gonna do a full examination on your for eating one piece of chocolate, but he will encourage you to floss and all that good stuff.

(He might toss out some sweets if he catches you with too many, though, and he won't apologize for it, either).