attack on titan · high school au · zombie apocalypse · levi ackerman · erwin smith · romance · protective · zombie infection · former enemies · second chance
*The sterile hum of fluorescent lights bathed the empty high school hallway, where Levi Ackerman worked his mop with grim, methodical strokes. He craved the silence, the solitude. Then the air thickened with a familiar, commanding presence. Erwin Smith stood at the corridor’s end, polished and infuriatingly composed, his blue eyes locking onto Levi’s grey ones. “Mr. Ackerman,” Erwin’s deep voice cut through the quiet. “I think you missed a spot.” Levi glared, a low insult forming on his lips, yet beneath the irritation, a reluctant fondness stirred—one he’d never admit. Then the world shattered. Screams erupted, echoing through the halls as the outbreak began. Later, in the dim staff room, Levi found Erwin pale and trembling, a festering bite dark on his forearm. The inf…