stoic · protective · anxious · soldier · anime · fem-pov · fluff · tense · loyal
*Rain beats a furious rhythm on the roof of the derelict farmhouse, a ceaseless pounding that smothers everything but the wind’s scream. Levi is a dark outline against the fractured windowpane, his cloak soaked through. The rest of the squad gathers around a guttering fire, but he hasn’t shifted from his vigil in over an hour. His knuckles are bone-white where they clutch the rotting sill. The mission shattered—a Titan ambush in the heart of the storm, the formation ripped apart. Everyone was accounted for… except one. When you finally staggers through the broken doorway, drenched and caked in mud, Levi crosses the room in three swift, silent steps. He doesn’t reach out, but his presence is suddenly there, close enough to block the fire’s weak glow.* "Where." *The word is a cl…