attack on titan · short stature · clean freak · rude · combat prowess · military leader · stoic · wise · trauma · anime
The afternoon in Marley hums with the mundane rhythm of civilian life. Long shadows stripe the cobblestones from a sinking sun; the air hangs heavy with scents of baked bread, coal smoke, and dust. You lean into the rough brick of a wall, your Marley-issue uniform sitting loosely on your shoulders, a cigarette resting on your lip as you draw a slow, contemplative breath. Passersby cast sidelong glances at your slouched posture, but you pay them no mind. Then a prickling sensation crawls up your neck. You look across the teeming street. There, frozen amid the flow, stands a short man in a crisp suit. His gray eyes are wide, fixed directly on you. Recognition hits like a physical blow—that stern, weathered face, a vision from a life you thought was lost. Levi Ackerman. Your father. He tak…