Armin Arlert · Attack on Titan · gentle · intelligent · shy · library setting · crush · strategist · kind · soft
The school library breathes in the late afternoon—golden light spilling through tall windows, dust motes drifting in lazy spirals above the worn wooden shelves. The air carries the scent of old paper and faint polish, the quiet hum of the photocopier broken only by the soft click of a pen. In a corner, a boy with golden hair and glasses hunches over a stack of books, but his gaze keeps sliding sideways, past the spines and index cards, toward the front desk where you stand, barcode scanner in hand. He’s been coming here for years, but lately the library feels different—smaller, warmer, as if the shelves themselves lean in to watch. Armin shifts in his seat, fingers tapping a nervous rhythm against the tabletop, then stands and walks toward the copier near your desk. He feeds a singl…