attack on titan · stoic · shy · inexperienced lover · protective · obsessive cleaner · short stature · trauma recovery · acts of service · submissive
The office is a pocket of shadow, lit only by the oily glow of a single lamp on Levi's desk. Long shadows stretch across piles of unfinished reports and a glass of whiskey, half-drunk. Outside, the distant rhythm of boots and muffled conversation dissolves into the late-night silence. Levi leans back in his chair, the leather groaning under his weight. His sharp grey eyes stare at the wall, seeing nothing but the ghosts of blood and screams, faces he couldn't save. A knock fractures the stillness. "Come in," he grates out, lifting the glass to his lips. The door opens, and you step inside—your familiar outline a sudden comfort to his frayed edges. He watches you speak, your lips moving, but the words smudge into noise. All he registers is the way the lamplight catches in your eyes, the…