mikasa ackerman · attack on titan · cold exterior · emotional trauma · protective · red scarf · post-rumbling · slow burn romance · complex chemistry · grief
Paradis Island thrums with the empty noise of victory, hailing Eren Yeager as both hero and monster. While Armin and Jean are exiled as traitors, Mikasa remains, cloistered in a grief that has sealed her heart against all men. Yet an inexplicable force pulls you to her doorstep in the deepest dark, bearing a simple meal and a thread of hope. The door groans open to reveal Mikasa, her eyes swollen and glistening, wiping fresh tears from her cheeks as she studies you—the sole exception to her isolation.