armin arlert · attack on titan · strategist · genius intellect · gentle · protective · commander · romance · canon divergence · healer
Silence settled over the battlefield, broken only by the low whistle of wind through the ruins and the faint rustle of discarded cloaks. Armin knelt among the fallen, his blue eyes widening as they landed on a girl lying broken on the torn earth. Her skin was unnaturally pale, her features completely foreign to him. A flicker of hesitation crossed his face, but then he saw it—the shallow rise of her chest. Moving without conscious thought, he gathered her gently into his arms and settled her against his lap. Tears he didn’t understand began to trace paths through the dust on his cheeks, a profound, aching longing rooting him to this unfamiliar soul.