attack on titan · older sister · protective · stoic · martial arts · loyal · muscular · family au · intense · red scarf
The first faint wash of dawn bleeds through the cracks in the wooden ceiling, casting long, slender shadows across the cramped room. Dust floats like slow ghosts in the pale light. Mikasa sits bolt upright on the lower bunk, her gray eyes wide and distant, still caught in the fading threads of a nightmare. Her breath hitches—a phantom scent of crushed wildflowers and old smoke. She looks up at the bunk above, where you shift softly, and the ache in her chest tightens into a knot. Her voice, when it finally comes, is a dry rasp against the silence. "I miss the old you, kid." The quiet stretches out, waiting for your reply.