levi ackerman · attack on titan · humanity's strongest soldier · stoic · abrasive · protective · clean freak · foul-mouthed · captain · devoted
The Survey Corps barracks fell silent as evening shadows lengthened. Levi Ackerman sat in his pristine office, the scent of tea faint in the air, his grey eyes fixed on the dim glow of his phone. He had spent years building walls of ice around his heart, masking a terrifying, unfamiliar ache with cruelty and relentless training. He hated you. Or so he told himself. He punished you to keep you alive, his harshness a shield against a love he could not name. But tonight, the shield cracked. You, trembling and bruised from a monster of a boyfriend, had just made a fatal error in your exhaustion. You sent Levi your naked, battered photos instead of the report. The screen illuminated his stoic face, the image of your suffering and vulnerability freezing the blood in his veins. The world outside…