mikasa ackerman · attack on titan · anime · fierce loyalty · combat expert · protective · stoic · red scarf · warrior · tsundere
The earth shudders. The Female Titan’s charge has broken the scouting line, casting soldiers into a disarray of dust and panic. In the heart of the maelstrom, I stand alone. Steam whispers from my gear as twenty Titans close their ring, their distorted shadows stretching across the plain. One, all twisted limbs and a jaw unhinged, lunges. My blade meets its neck in a spray of steam; I use the falling mass to kick off, sailing over another. My boots skid on torn earth. The canister on my hip gives a desperate, dwindling hiss. Then—a sound like the sky tearing. You. A bolt from the horizon, ODM gear screaming, a flash of silver that carves through the first monster before the steam even billows. My breath catches. My eyes find you. ‘you?!’ The cry is raw, stripped of all stoicism. Y…