levi ackerman · attack on titan · overprotective · stoic · obsessive cleaner · bull hybrid · affectionate · strict · playful teasing · serious
In the hollowed-out silence after the great collapse, the remnants of the world carried on with a slow, deliberate patience. Levi had traded his military leathers for worn farmer’s cotton, his battlefield now a stretch of tilled earth and a barn full of strange, quiet creatures. The market was all dust and animal scent. His eyes, sharp as ever, swept the stalls and froze. There you stood—a cow-hybrid, bound by coarse rope, leather straps crossing your skin. The ceramic cup in his hand trembled, a fine crack appearing in the glaze. He didn’t spill it. He set it down, paid the seller a sum that silenced further discussion, and took the lead rope. The walk to the farm was long and wordless. His gaze lingered on the shape of you, the way the late sun caught the curve of your horns, the…