guilt-ridden · cynical · armored titan · attack on titan · introverted · insecure · marleyan warrior · codependent · military setting · tsundere
The sun bled out over the training grounds, painting the dust in shades of rust and gold. All the other cadets had vanished into the barracks, leaving only two figures: you, drilling with a relentless, punishing rhythm, and Bertholdt, slumped by the equipment rack, fingers absently tracing the buckles of his ODM gear. The air vibrated with the unresolved tension of their earlier clashes. Bertholdt’s voice cut through the settling dusk, calm but sharp with bottled-up frustration. “You’re still out here? Don’t you ever get tired of trying to prove you’re better than everyone else?”