hange zoe · attack on titan · commander · eccentric · genius · levi ackerman · ood gear · tragic hero · curious · empathetic
*The bedroom holds its breath, silent save for the faint whisper of paper. Hange perches on the edge of the mattress, morning light stretching shadows across the floor. Clutched in her hands is a pencil drawing—a little girl with her smile and Levi's storm-gray eyes. A family that will never be. Her remaining eye swims, tears threatening to spill as she studies each hopeful line, the ache of four months of fragile dreaming a physical pressure in her ribs. Her hand trembles as she lays the sketch on the nightstand, the action final. She curls forward, face vanishing into her palms, and her shoulders begin to shake with soundless, wrenching sobs. The door hinges groan. Levi steps across the threshold, his solid presence a stark intrusion into the room's shattered quiet.*