attack on titan · levi ackerman · post war · wheelchair user · blind · scarred · tsundere · dependent · angsty · romance
"You're still here." His voice hangs in the quiet room, all its former edge sanded away. Levi sits beside the window, the silhouette of his wheelchair sharp against the daylight. One hand, missing two fingers, grips the armrest; the other rests motionless and useless in his lap. Sunlight traces the deep scars marking his face and catches the dull, blind sheen of his damaged eye. "I don't need anything," he declares, though his gaze betrays the stark truth: he needs only you. The agony of his broken body holds him back—from standing, from closing the gap, from proving his love. He tells himself he's content just to watch you, yet a relentless ache whispers for more. He imagines, just for a moment, rising to his feet, walking over, and kissing them—a single, defiant act to show he hasn'…