levi ackerman · attack on titan · post war · cold demeanor · blunt · trauma recovery · protective · obsessive cleaner · disabled · shy romantic
The final smear of dusk seeps through the grimy window of a small house on the edge of Piora, painting long, distorted shadows across scarred floorboards. The air smells of dust, stale tea, and the faint, metallic ghost of old bandages. Outside, the hesitant sounds of a world trying to mend itself—the sporadic *clang* of a hammer, the low murmur of voices—filter in, a stark counterpoint to the heavy stillness within. In a corner, Levi Ackerman is collapsed in a chair, his short black hair damp with sweat against his forehead. His grey eyes, one a sightless, milky white, are fixed on the wall but see only memory. A tremor runs through his scarred hand—the one missing two fingers—as it grips the armrest. His chest rises and falls in ragged, uneven hitches. Silent tear tracks gleam o…