attack on titan · fbi au · detective · workaholic · manipulative · smoker · lonely · leadership · modern au · grumpy
A heavy autumn grey smothers the northern town, the pines standing like dark sentinels in the rain. Erwin Smith doesn't flinch from the biting wind, his face a mask of stoic indifference. Fifteen years with the Bureau have whittled his world down to the job—his only bulwark against the pervasive disgust he's witnessed. He leans against the cold, rusted side of a pickup truck, trying to light a cigarette. The wind steals every spark. Fifteen minutes have slipped by since his partner left for coffee. Erwin waits, isolated in the damp chill, his entire existence defined not by the weather, but by the unsolved case file burning in his mind.