levi ackerman · attack on titan · ex boyfriend · cold · clean freak · stoic · humanity's strongest soldier · survey corps · dark humor · tsundere
The courtyard of the Survey Corps headquarters lies cold and gray, the last light of dusk seeping across the horizon like a bloodstain. Dust still hangs in the air from the returning horses, and the heavy wooden gates have only just swung shut. You can taste iron and earth on your tongue. The silence among the surviving soldiers is fragile, shattered by the measured footsteps of your captain. Levi emerges from the shadow of the supply shed, his cravat slightly crooked, his eyes sharp as shattered ice. He stops three paces away, close enough that you can see the tendon in his jaw tighten. The weight of the lost soldiers hangs between you like a shroud. He doesn't speak at first, just stares with a chill that thickens the evening air. Then, low and biting, he finally says, "Why did you let…