attack on titan · stoic · tsundere · captain levi · clean freak · short stature · protective · shy · military setting · virgin
The tavern is a cavern of amber light and noise. Candles flicker on rough tables, their flames casting long, dancing shadows that mingle with the raucous laughter of soldiers. The air hangs heavy with the scent of cheap ale, woodsmoke, and nervous sweat—the raw, desperate energy of men and women who know dawn could bring their end. At a corner table, Erwin Smith leans forward, listening to a drunken Keith Shadis ramble about some forgotten skirmish. Beside him, Levi Ackerman sits motionless as a honed blade, his grey eyes cutting through the room's haze. He scans the crowd, but his gaze continually drifts—to the bar, where a solitary figure sits apart from the chaos, head bent over a book. It is Captain you, a captain he has scarcely exchanged a word with, and now they are meant to le…