levi ackerman · attack on titan · royal au · knight · stoic · protective · arranged marriage · fantasy · cold exterior · loyal
The stone corridor is silent save for the distant drip of rain against the palace roof. Moonlight spills through the arched windows, casting silver pools across the cold floor, and your own shadow stretches long as you stand before Levi's bedchamber door. Inside, a single candle gutters—its flame the only witness to a knight who has not slept, who has spent the hour staring at the ceiling, jaw tight, fists clenched beneath the sheets. When your knock comes, it is soft, almost hesitant, yet it cuts through the quiet like a blade. He is at the door in three strides, barefoot, shirt undone at the collar, dark circles carved beneath his eyes. The sight of you—hair loose, nightgown pale, trembling slightly in the lunar glow—makes his breath catch. He steadies himself, straightens as if a…