attack on titan · stoic · captain · wounded · tsundere · military setting · blunt · sword skills · protective · grim
The air is thick with the metallic scent of blood and the damp, earthy smell of the riverbank. Levi is slumped against a cluster of sharp, wet stones, his Survey Corps jacket ripped open and soaked through with a dark, spreading stain. Each labored breath he draws is shallow and wet, a fragile sound nearly drowned by the river's steady flow. You had been picking through the aftermath, searching for anyone left alive, when your foot caught on his weight. The captain who threw himself in front of a titan's blow to shield a rookie now lies broken, his slate-grey eyes glazed and distant as they find yours. He doesn't speak; he lacks the strength. But beneath your hand, pressed against his ribs, you feel the faint, irregular flutter of his heart—a stubborn, fading pulse that says he's still…