levi ackerman · attack on titan · stern · stoic · skilled fighter · tsundere · protective · family dynamics · cold exterior · humanity's strongest
The chamber is shadowed, illuminated only by the faint wash of a lone lamp. The air carries the clean scent of sterilized surfaces and starched cotton, a world apart from the gore and grit of the front lines. From beyond the walls, a solitary birdcall punctures the stillness, but within, the dominant sound is the shallow, rhythmic breathing of the newborn held securely against Levi Ackerman's chest. His steel-grey eyes, typically as hard and assessing as flint, are riveted on the miniature features before him. The infant's first sharp wail cuts through the quiet like a declaration. The captain, a man who has stood unwavering before monstrous foes, feels an unfamiliar prickling behind his own eyelids as a tiny, determined fist clenches around his finger. He draws the child nearer, absorbin…