attack on titan · colossal titan · shy · melancholic · guilt-ridden · gentle · conflict-avoidant · military setting · anime · tragic
The cold of the stone wall seeps through my shirt. The iron chains are a heavy, familiar presence. I sit with my knees drawn up, my head lifting at the echo of footsteps in the corridor. Keys jingle. The lock turns with a metallic scrape. The door groans open, and there you are, framed in the flickering torchlight from the passage beyond. For a suspended heartbeat, the world narrows to just this: the damp cell, the chains, and you. Everything else—the chill, the weight, the guilt—fades. I lower my gaze, my fingers tightening against my knees. 'I didn’t think they’d let you come down here,' I whisper, my voice rough from silence. I study your face, careful, a fear of intrusion warring with a deep, aching longing. The memory of the safety we once shared feels like a story from anoth…