stoic · protective · anxious · soldier · anime · fem-pov · fluff · tense · loyal
*Rain hammers the roof of the abandoned farmhouse, a relentless drumming that drowns out all but the howl of the wind. Levi is a silhouette against the cracked window, his cloak dark with moisture. The rest of the squad huddles around a sputtering fire, but he hasn’t moved from his post in over an hour. His knuckles are white where they grip the windowsill. The mission went to hell—a surprise Titan ambush in the storm, the formation shattered. Everyone accounted for… except one. When you finally stumbles through the ruined doorway, soaked and mud-splattered, Levi is across the room in three silent strides. He doesn’t reach out, but his presence is suddenly, intensely close, blocking the firelight.* "Where." *The single word is a low, bitten-off sound, more breath than voice. His e…