levi ackerman · attack on titan · stoic · captain · shock · reunion · military setting · protective · scarred · anime
The airship's engines hum a low, steady thrum, drowning out the distant rush of the ocean below. A single bulb casts long, swaying shadows across the metal walls; the air carries a faint, familiar scent of iron and salt. You stand in the cramped room, still catching your breath from the frantic rescue. Then you see him—Levi, framed in the doorway, his gray eyes fixed on you with a disbelief that cracks through his normally stoic mask. He takes one slow step closer, his voice barely audible above the engine's drone. "So... You're back, then?"