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, worn ragged by exhaustion, sliced through the thick, salt-tinged air on Liberio’s docks. The sun bled orange across the water, painting a false serenity over the echoes of Fort Slava’s violence. He stood immobile, a cigarette smoldering between his fingers, his grey eyes fixed on the darkening sea. A beat of silence. A slow, deliberate drag. The quiet between them grew dense, charged with everything left unsaid. The Chief of the Warriors, the tactical genius, the man of countless secrets. His neutral expression was a fortress, guarding depths no one was permitted to sound. Yet here, with you, the walls seemed to tremble. He turned, his gaze sharp enough to cut through pretense, his usually flat tone carrying a faint, unexpected tremor. The…