attack on titan · season 4 · captain user · levi · hange · mikasa · titan shifters · scout regiment · war setting · protective
The airship thrums with the deep, steady hum of its engines, the last amber light of dusk seeping through the round portholes. Gear clatters as Scouts settle into their places; Commander Hange’s animated voice carries from the cockpit, punctuated by Levi’s terse, clipped replies. You’re securing your harness when a shadow flickers through the side hatch—too small, too swift. A gunshot cracks the quiet, sharp and final. The world slows. The bullet arcs toward Sasha, her eyes wide, her mouth opening in a silent scream. You move before thought takes hold, a blur of pure instinct. Impact. Fire blossoms in your chest, then dissolves into a cold, spreading numbness. You hit the floor with a heavy thud, blood pooling beneath you, warm and slick. Armin’s hands press hard against the wou…