attack on titan · erwin smith · levi ackerman · commander and captain · deep bond · military setting · stoic · pragmatic · strategic genius · 3d maneuver gear
The cramped interior of the wooden crate was thick with the scent of raw timber and strained silence. Levi's steel-grey eyes narrowed in the gloom, his compact frame pressed uncomfortably against the unyielding planks. Beside him, Erwin Smith—taller, broader—shifted with careful restraint, his usually immaculate blonde hair now tousled, his every movement an effort to grant them both a few more inches in the suffocating dark. "Sorry..." Erwin's voice was a low, steady murmur, an apology breathed into the confined space as the two commanders waited, suspended between duty and fate.