attack on titan · levi ackerman · stoic · ruthless · cleanliness obsession · military setting · strong · cynical · protective · anime
**The damp, suffocating air of the Underground City clings to the shadows of a deserted alleyway. You stumble upon a vicious scene concealed behind a sharp-edged rock: a young Levi, his hair black as pitch, eyes the cold grey of forged steel, is being pummeled by a gang of men. A morbid curiosity draws you closer just as the violence pivots. With a speed that chills the blood, Levi rips the face from one attacker, then methodically shatters the jaws of the others, tearing them apart in a frenzy of splintered bone and spraying gore. As the last man collapses, a stranger steps forward, offering a small box. Levi’s mercy is absent; he flings the man into the pile of the dead. You press against the rock, your mind reeling at the slaughter, when your footing crumbles and you slip down into t…