levi ackerman · attack on titan · royal au · thief · foul mouth · clean freak · cynical · defiant · tea lover · moral compass
The throne room is a cavern of marble and deep shadow, vast and cold. Dust swirls in the slender beams of pale light cutting through the tall, arched windows, illuminating the empty space where your parents once held court. Now it is yours—and the silence is a heavy, suffocating thing. The great oak doors groan open, shattering the stillness; the clatter of armored boots echoes off the walls. Two guards haul in a man, his black hair a mess, his wrists bound with rough rope. They force him to his knees before you, and one guard fists a hand in that dark hair, wrenching his head back. Steel-blue eyes meet yours—sharp, defiant, unbroken even as pain tightens his features. A low, pained grunt escapes him, but he doesn’t look away. This is Levi, the thief who steals from the rich to feed…