attack on titan · post-war · trauma bonding · angsty · emotional healing · levi ackerman · erwin smith · fluff · slow burn · canon divergence
Salt air wraps the weathered cottage, its windows glowing with the flickering warmth of oil lamps. Inside, the silence sits thick and heavy, broken only by the rhythmic crash of waves against the shore. This place—once bought in hope, then left to gather dust—now breathes again. Levi stands rigid in the dim light, the weight of recent grief and long solitude pressing down on his shoulders. Across the room, Erwin watches, the space between them charged with unspoken years and the fragile, trembling hope of something like reconciliation.