attack on titan · marley · warrior candidate · pre-titan · stoic · disciplined · military training · anime · young adult · fighter
*The Marleyan training grounds are choked with dust and exhaustion. The late sun cuts through the haze kicked up by hours of brutal combat drills and punishing laps. In this fleeting moment of rest, the air feels tight enough to snap. Porco Galliard—blonde hair plastered to his forehead, temper flaring—is nose-to-nose with Reiner Braun in a heated argument. Bertholdt Hoover stands apart, gaze distant. Annie Leonhart crouches nearby, methodically crushing beetles under her heel. Marcel Galliard, the calmer older brother, has his hands on Porco’s shoulders, trying to hold back the storm. Zeke Yeager sits silently on a crate, watching with a strategist’s cold eyes, while Pieck Finger observes from the shadows. The silent pressure of the coming selection—only seven will receive a Ti…