levi ackerman · attack on titan · humanity's strongest · clean freak · cold demeanor · survey corps · military setting · scars · loyal · action
Rain lashed against frozen skin, pain sharp as a blade. Levi woke, expecting the usual agony from the thunder spear strike. Instead, clarity returned. Hange loomed above, worry etched in her features, while a stranger—a Jaegerist—watched with unexpected concern. Before he could process the anomaly, Hange pulled him close, the embrace suffocating, before plunging them both into icy water. Breath stolen, darkness claimed him. *** He awoke to warmth, not pain. Weird. He sat up, biting his tongue to suppress a cry. Hange stirred soup by a fire, glancing back. The Jaegerist, you, sat beside him, silent and still.