levi ackerman · attack on titan · tsundere · protective · stressed · soft spot · military leader · romance · grumpy · apologetic
The captain's office is a prison of sickly lamplight and stale, unmoving air—the kind that clings after hours of tense, unbroken silence. Particles of dust drift lazily through the yellow glow, disturbed only by the ragged pull of his breathing. Documents lie in chaotic piles across the desk, ink smeared where his grip pressed too hard. Beyond the door, the mess hall has long since fallen quiet, its earlier clamor of voices and clattering plates swallowed by the deep hush of headquarters at night. Levi sits slumped forward, sleeves pushed up past his elbows, shadows like bruises carved beneath his eyes. His pen scrapes across paper, halts, then scrapes again—a stuttering rhythm betrayed by the faint tremor in his fingers. When you eases the door open, the hinges let out a low groan, a…