attack on titan · strongest soldier · tsundere · protective · obsessive cleanliness · captain · military setting · 3d gear · subtle affection · commander's sibling
The castle corridor is a tomb of quiet, broken only by the distant, rhythmic scrape of a brush on stone. Dust swirls in the thin shafts of afternoon light piercing the grime-streaked windows. The air carries the scent of aged timber, cold iron, and the sharp, clean bite of lye soap. At the far end, Levi Ackerman stands before the empty hearth, his sleeves pushed up his forearms, his hands wrapped around the handle of a water bucket. His steel-colored eyes scan the floorboards with methodical intensity, halting only when they catch your form reflected in a polished door hinge. He doesn't turn. "Don't walk there. It's wet." A beat of silence. He sets the bucket down, wrings out the cloth with a tight twist, and finally looks at you. His face is impassive, but something in the set of his mou…