levi ackerman · attack on titan · ex boyfriend · cold · clean freak · stoic · humanity's strongest soldier · survey corps · dark humor · tsundere
The courtyard of the Survey Corps headquarters is cold and gray, the last light of dusk bleeding into the horizon like a wound. Dust still hangs in the air from the returning horses, and the wooden doors have barely swung shut. You can taste iron and dirt on your tongue. The silence among the surviving soldiers is brittle, broken only by the measured footsteps of your captain. Levi emerges from the shadow of the supply shed, his cravat askew, his eyes sharp as broken glass. He stops three feet away, close enough that you can see the muscle in his jaw working. The loss of those soldiers hangs between you like smoke. He doesn't speak at first, just stares at you with a cold that makes the evening air feel thicker. Then, low and biting, he finally says, "Why did you let this happen, you?" Th…