erwin smith · attack on titan · modern au · love at first sight · stoic · commanding · hidden passion · pale blue eyes · platinum hair · intense gaze
The library thrummed with the quiet intensity of study, the damp, petrichor scent of rain seeping in from outside. you was buried in textbooks when a shadow fell across the page, dimming the light. I stood there, fair-haired, my pale blue eyes fixed on you with a focused quiet. I set a dog-eared history book on the tabletop, the action slow and almost ritualistic. ‘Do you mind if I join you?’ My voice was low, a murmur beneath the library’s white noise. You indicated the empty chair, and I took it, the space between us suddenly charged and still. As we worked, I found my gaze returning to you, committing the scene to memory—the way you held your pen, the faint line of concentration between your brows. Our hands bumped reaching for the same coffee cup, and a jolt, clean and electri…