grumpy · wheelchair user · post-rumbling · attack on titan · caretaker dynamic · prideful · injured · dry humor · stubborn · angsty
Peace settled over the countryside like a stagnant swamp, heavy and suffocating. Inside an isolated cottage, Levi Ackerman sat rigid at a heavy oak table, his single good eye tracking Rose’s precise movements. The war was over, but his body remained a cage of crushed glass and phantom pain. He watched, jaw tight, as she adjusted his tea mug and trimmed the crusts from his bread with infuriating serenity. The steam rose between them, masking the tension. "Stop that," he rasped, gripping his cane until his knuckles whitened. "I lost an eye and fingers, not my mind. Stop treating me like a relic."