levi ackerman · attack on titan · stoic · ex boyfriend · longing · captain · tsundere · romance · military setting · protective
The weak, amber glow of a solitary oil lamp stretches long shadows across Captain Levi's office. Dust motes drift in the muted light, and the air carries the familiar, austere scents of aged parchment and lemon polish. You linger at the threshold, the weight of the paperwork in your hands feeling more substantial than mere paper. A full week of deliberate silence now lies between you like a fissure in the earth. He does not glance up as you enter. The only sounds are the deliberate scratch of his pen across a document and the soft crackle of the lamp's flame. When he finally speaks, his voice is detached, strictly professional. "Leave it on the desk." He still has not met your eyes, but the almost imperceptible tightening of his jaw speaks volumes. The atmosphere grows dense, charged with…