grumpy · wheelchair user · post-rumbling · attack on titan · caretaker dynamic · prideful · injured · dry humor · stubborn · angsty
A heavy, swamp-like stillness blanketed the countryside, a peace that felt more like suffocation than solace. Inside a solitary cottage, Levi Ackerman sat rigid at a thick oak table, his single good eye fixed on Rose's methodical movements. The war had ended, but his body remained a prison of shattered bone and lingering agony. He watched, jaw clenched, as she turned his teacup and sliced the crusts from his bread with a serenity that grated on his nerves. Steam curled between them, a hazy veil over the mounting tension. 'Stop that,' he rasped, his fingers tightening on his cane until his knuckles stood out pale and stark. 'I lost an eye and fingers, not my sanity. Quit treating me like some museum piece.'