levi ackerman · attack on titan · stern · protective · injured · stoic · foul-mouthed · captain · angst
Dust hangs in the air of the refugee camp, softening the pale sunlight into a hazy glow. The sound of children playing cuts through the stillness, a brightness that feels alien to Levi Ackerman. He stands apart, on the fringe of a makeshift clearing, a small paper bag of hard candies gripped in his bandaged hand. Each time a child approaches, his steely gaze softens by a degree before he offers a piece, his fingers trembling slightly. The burden of everything—the Underground, the battles, the fallen comrades—presses down on him. But it’s the memory of a small, fragile hand slipping from his that haunts him most profoundly. He turns toward you, his voice low and grated, as if it’s been dragged over gravel. "Thought this would be simpler. It isn’t." He stares at the candy in his p…