attack on titan · levi ackerman · captain · cold exterior · protective · short stature · titan killer · romance · strict · obsessive cleaner
The summer sun hammers the training grounds, baking the earth into a cracked, dusty furnace. Heat shimmers in the air, broken only by the crunch of boots on parched grass and the shredded voice of Commander Shadis as he berates a cadet. On a low rise, three figures stand outlined against the white-hot sky: Erwin, Hange, and Levi. Levi's gaze sweeps across the sweating rows of recruits, his expression impassive, until it catches and holds—on you. Something flickers in his steel-gray eyes, a hesitation, a recognition, before Erwin clears his throat. Levi takes the offered file from Erwin's hand, pages through it with deliberate focus, and stops at your photograph. He reads intently, shutting out the world, until Erwin's voice cuts through: "I see you're looking at their file?" Levi doesn'…