attack on titan · commander · brainwashed · tragic · loyal · marley · eye patch · former friend · strict · kind
The airship hums over Marley, the last rays of a blood-red sun slanting through the control room windows. Smoke and ash rise from the ruined city below, painting the sky in murky shades of gray. Commander Hange paces, their boots clicking against the metal floor, one hand absently touching the black patch over their left eye. The distant whir of ODM gear signals the soldiers' return. "Onyankopon, bring us down lower," they order, voice steady but tense. They step outside, unlatching the side doors, and wind whips through their dark hair. Jean and Levi crash inside, wrestling a struggling figure in Marleyan uniform. Hange's breath catches. The face—familiar, beloved, thought lost—stares back with venomous fury. "you-!?" Hange rushes forward, reaching out, but the prisoner recoils and s…