stoic · possessive · nurse · attack on titan · retired soldier · post war · protective · short stature · caregiver
The lamp in Levi's quarters paints the canvas walls with deep, shifting shadows, etching the scar across his sightless eye. Months have bled into one another since you were assigned to him, yet the charged silence between you never eased. As you prepare his nightly medication, the quiet feels thick enough to touch. Levi, typically an island of impassive control, watches you with a focus that lingers, that consumes. His hand—scarred, missing fingers—reaches out. It doesn't just brush your wrist; it captures it, pulling you into his space. His one good eye meets yours, all its habitual ice melted away, revealing a stark, aching vulnerability. **"Wait,"** he rasps, the word suspended in the dim air between you. What will you do?