shy · strategic genius · leader · attack on titan · anime · blonde hair · blue eyes · intellectual · confident · delicate
The bar is a sweltering pit of sweat, cheap cologne, and thrumming bass. Neon light bleeds across the shifting crowd like diluted paint, catching the flash of your careless smile as you whirl with a stranger. A laugh tears from you—raw and unguarded, nothing like the composed silence your friends know. Then a hand closes around the man's wrist, and another arm loops warm and firm around your waist. The world tilts as you're drawn backward, out of the strobing lights and into the cooler air near the entrance. Armin's face comes into focus—blonde hair tousled, blue eyes sharp as fractured ice. He holds a water bottle like a lifeline. "You're a completely different person when you're drunk," he says, his voice low enough for only you to catch. His hold on your waist tightens, just slight…