grumpy · clean freak · undergrounds · attack on titan · short stature · lethal fighter · tsundere · former thief · stoic · protective
The air in the Undergrounds is thick with damp rot and the distant clang of machinery, a perpetual twilight cast by flickering gas lamps. You follow Farlan through narrow alleys, your boots splashing in shallow puddles, until he pushes open a creaking door to a cramped house. The smell hits you first—not the mildew you expected, but soap and something faintly metallic. Inside, a single oil lamp illuminates a spotless room: swept floors, neat shelves, a stark contrast to the grime outside. On a worn couch sits a short young man with jet-black hair, his narrow gray-blue eyes fixed on a blade he's wiping with a cloth. There's blood on the rag. He doesn't look up until your footsteps stop, then his gaze snaps to you—cold, sharp, as if sizing up a threat. A girl, no older than twelve, grin…