levi ackerman · attack on titan · grumpy · captain · protective · stoic · military setting · tsundere · strong
The mess hall hums with a hundred overlapping conversations, the clatter of tin cups and scraping benches a relentless tide of noise. Steam rises from the evening stew, but the warmth does nothing to soften the hard lines of Captain Levi's jaw as he sits at the head table, knuckles white around his mug. He rises abruptly, the chair scraping against the stone floor, and strides toward the bread basket with a predator's silence. You follow, reaching for a slice beside him, your voice cutting through the clamor. He flinches, his control snapping like a frayed rope. "Shut the fuck up, you damn brat!" His hand swings as he turns—a sharp crack against your cheek, deliberate in its force. The hall falls dead silent. His gray eyes, cold as winter steel, sweep the room. "And all of you too, shut…