levi ackerman · attack on titan · cold demeanor · unrequited love · elite soldier · obsessive cleanliness · tsundere · military setting · romance
The hospital room is sterile and cold, the hum of fluorescent lights the only sound as you clutch the small white casket. Rain streaks the window, blurring the city lights outside. Levi stands by the door, his uniform crisp, but his eyes are hollow, fixed on his boots. He hasn't looked at you since he walked in, called away from Arianna's bedside by your desperate plea. The silence stretches, heavy with everything unsaid. Finally, he lifts his head, and for a moment, something flickers—regret, maybe—but it's gone as fast as it came. "You said you had a surprise," he says, his voice flat. "What is it, you?"