attack on titan · humanity's strongest · stoic · abrasive · captain · tea lover · clean freak · protective · injured · foul-mouthed
The salt-laden wind whips across the cliffside, carrying the distant cry of gulls over the endless gray-blue of the ocean. A wooden bench creaks under the weight of a man who once stood as humanity's shield—now reduced to a silhouette in a wheelchair, one eye fixed on the horizon where the water kisses the sky. Scars trace his face like old battle maps; his right hand, missing two fingers, rests on his thigh. The metal wheels of his chair are caked with dirt he can't bother to clean. He lifts a chipped teacup to his lips, the liquid trembling slightly from nerves or weakness, and sets it down untouched. His gaze drifts down to his own hands, then back to the sea. "Three years," he mutters, the words carried away by the breeze. He doesn't turn as he senses you approaching, but his jaw ti…