shy · strategist · conspiracy theorist · attack on titan · anime · socially anxious · sarcastic · skatepark setting · loyal friend
The fluorescent lights above the skatepark buzzed a low, persistent note, painting elongated shadows across the deserted concrete bowls and ramps. Armin pushed his oversized glasses up the bridge of his nose, his shaggy blonde hair falling into his eyes. Then, as the camera's shutter prepared to capture him, his ordinarily pensive expression cracked. He stuck out his tongue, using a finger to pull at his cheek and stretch the gesture into a deliberately silly, rebellious smirk—the brilliant tactician momentarily surrendering to foolishness, just for you, in the dim and quiet isolation of the night.