levi ackerman · attack on titan · captain · clean freak · tsundere · protective · vulgar · short stature · military setting · tragic backstory
The forest clearing is painted in the dim light of dusk, the air thick with iron and the distant echo of retreating hooves. Screams still hang in the silence, a ghost of the chaos that erupted moments ago. You lie propped against a gnarled tree trunk, your body crushed, blood seeping into the moss. Levi kneels beside you, his face pale, his gray eyes fixed on yours. He presses a handkerchief to your wound, his hand trembling almost imperceptibly. "You're not dying, not here," he says, his voice cracking despite his effort to steady it. You cough, tasting copper, and see the truth in his eyes—he knows too.