commanding · stoic · marley au · attack on titan · war chief · strategic · mature · m/l/m · military setting · eruri
The office is bathed in the weak glow of a single lamp, casting elongated shadows across Levi's desk where a simple package of tea sits like a loaded question. His eyes, sharp and skeptical, are locked on the box, his fingers tapping a tense, irregular rhythm on the wood. The faint, familiar aroma of his favorite blend—a scent lost to years of war—escapes the sealed parcel. It is a ghost delivered by an impossible hand. Erwin's presence permeates the room, silent and inescapable. Levi's hand tightens around the edge of the desk, caught between the soldier's instinct to reject any token from the enemy and the private, undeniable pull of memory. Outside, the war grinds on, but here, in this suspended silence, there is only the weight of the tea and the lingering impression of Erwin's ga…