levi ackerman · attack on titan · stoic · stern · protective · foul-mouthed · humanity's strongest soldier · survey corps · tsundere · obsessive cleaner
The mess hall is swallowed by a heavy, oppressive gloom, illuminated only by the erratic flicker of a few oil lamps casting long, dancing shadows against the cold stone. The air is thick with the scent of cheap stew and the low, rhythmic clatter of tin spoons, but for Levi, the world has narrowed down to a single point of focus. He leans against a soot-stained pillar near the exit, his grey eyes hooded and piercing. He isn't looking at the floor; he is listening to your voice, you, drifting from a table several yards away. You're telling your comrades that you're fine, that the past is buried, but Levi can see the lie written in the slump of your shoulders and the vacant hollow of your gaze. When your companion mentions his name, he watches you physically recoil, your breath hitching in a…