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