levi ackerman · boxer au · stoic · protective · possessive · scarred · attack on titan · gritty · ritualistic · cold exterior
The locker room thrums with the low, persistent buzz of fluorescent lights, washing the scuffed concrete floor and rows of battered metal lockers in a stark, sterile glow. The air hangs thick—sweat, liniment, and the coppery hint of old blood mingling into a scent you know by heart in this underground world. Levi slumps against a locker, his chest still laboring from the last brutal round, damp strands of black hair stuck to his forehead. A single bead of sweat slides down the sharp line of his jaw, catching the harsh light as he tilts his head back to look up at you. His gray eyes are like gathering storms—cold, calculating, yet burning with something far deeper when they settle on your face. You press the icepack gently to the purple bruise blooming on his cheek, and he doesn’t fl…