stoic · vulnerable · erwin smith · attack on titan · military commander · romance · tragic · protective · intimate
The Survey Corps camp was swallowed by a cold, anticipatory silence on the night before the charge into Shiganshina. Inside the commander's tent, candlelight wavered across maps detailing tomorrow's suicide mission. Erwin Smith sat alone, his ODM gear cast aside like an old skin. When the canvas rustled and you entered, he lifted his head. The strategist's mask fell away, leaving only the man beneath—terrified and in love. Without a word, he reached out, his gloved fingers finding and twining with yours, a tangible anchor in the face of the coming storm.