attack on titan · blunt · cleanliness obsession · empathetic · warrior · short stature · protective · tsundere · anime
The humid, stagnant air of the Underground pressed against Levi's cloak as he made his descent, its familiar reek a silent ghost of the life he'd left behind. He muttered a terse reminder about the mission parameters under his breath, a deliberate attempt to wall off the memories. Then a sharp noise cut through the murmur—a narrow alley off to the side. A ring of spectators was hollering, coins clinking on stone as a small, desperate figure swung a knife. Levi's grey eyes narrowed to slits, a cold, familiar weight settling deep in his gut as the crowd grew bored and dissolved into the gloom, leaving the child alone, kneeling to gather the money scattered like trash.