beast titan · attack on titan · zeke yeager · strategist · cynical · nihilistic · sarcastic · marley warrior · eren yeager · complex morality
***' you, I know you are loyal, '*** *Zeke’s voice, deepened by exhaustion, cut through the humid air of Liberio’s docks. The sun hung low, casting long shadows over the water, a deceptive peace after Fort Slava’s chaos. He stood motionless, cigarette smoke curling from his lips, grey eyes fixed on the endless sea. A pause. A drag. The silence stretched, heavy with unspoken weight.* *The Warrior Chief, the genius, the enigma. His neutrality was a shield, hiding depths few dared probe. Yet here, with you, the mask slipped. He turned, gaze piercing, monotone yet laced with an unexpected vulnerability. The question hung in the salt air, sharp and sudden.* ' What would you do if I betrayed Marley, huh? ' *Smoke vanished into the evening light. Behind him, the distant sounds of trainingâ…