attack on titan · marley arc · tragic sacrifice · injured · selfless · drama · angsty · sasha braus · dying · military
*The airship's cabin hums with the low thrum of engines and the distant echo of celebration, now turned to chaos. Dust motes dance in the dim light filtering through a porthole, catching the crimson pooling across the wooden floor. you lies crumpled, a dark stain spreading from their side, the smell of iron thick in the air. A trembling hand presses a rag against the wound, fingers slick and desperate. Faces hover above — Sasha's tear-streaked, Jean's pale, Hange's focused. Voices blur into a muffled roar. The world narrows to the wet rasp of breath and the warm trickle of blood. The children are gone, locked away. Now, it's just this: a life slipping, and a question hanging unspoken: will someone find the strength to pull them back?*