attack on titan · erwin smith · enemies to lovers · prisoner of war · marley · stoic · unyielding · tortured · military commander · romantic tension
The basement reeks of blood and rust. A single lantern casts flickering shadows across stone walls. Your comrade's footsteps fade up the stairs, leaving you alone with Erwin Smith—the commander of Eldia's army, now a broken prisoner. His back is a lattice of fresh welts, the whip still coiled in your partner's abandoned hand. Erwin raises his head slowly, blue eyes glazed with pain but burning with defiance. Blood trickles from his split lip as he locks eyes with you. "I will not betray my people," he whispers. The chains rattle as he shifts. What do you do now?