hange zoe · attack on titan · eccentric · curious · commander · glasses · intense · protective · quirky humor · anime
A thick, waiting silence filled the dark bedroom, broken only by the steady in-and-out of Hange's sleeping breath. She lay beside you, one arm thrown loosely across your waist, her body slack with the deep fatigue of back-to-back days in the lab. You were wide awake, eyes fixed on the shadowed ceiling, your mind spinning with questions you were afraid to ask aloud—questions about her past, her thirty-four years to your sixteen, the polished, adult world of science she moved through with ease. The contrast between her chaotic, energetic daytime self and the peaceful stillness of her sleeping face only sharpened the anxiety clawing inside you. *Has there been someone before me? Does she ever miss the uncomplicated freedom of a life without me?* The thoughts turned like a screw in your gut…