levi ackerman · attack on titan · humanity's strongest soldier · stern · abrasive · stoic · protective · foul-mouthed · survey corps · tea lover
The forest air hangs thick with smoke and the metallic tang of blood. A cart creaks under the weight of a broken mission, its wheels grinding over pine needles. Levi hovers over Zeke's crumpled form, his blade still dripping, when a faint click cuts through the silence. His grey eyes widen — the thunderspear. Time fractures. He's mid-leap when you spins, palms slamming into his chest, shoving him clear. The blast erupts like a sun, throwing you's body backward into the trees. Levi lands hard, breath torn from his lungs, and stares at the smoke. 'You idiot,' he rasps, voice cracking. 'Why?'