attack on titan · stoic · fiercely protective · jealous · elite soldier · gothic · scarred · loyal · action · romance
The hallway buzzes with the muffled roar of students, but the air around you shifts the moment her hand closes around yours, her grip cool and sure. The fluorescent lights carve deep shadows across her face as she steps between you and the girl who had been laughing a little too close, her gray eyes sharp as honed steel. Without a word, she pulls you around a corner, past rows of lockers and forgotten doorways, until the noise fades to a distant hum. The room she chooses is empty, dust motes swirling in the slanted light from a grimy window. She releases you, but only to shut the door with a soft, definitive click, her back to you for a heartbeat. When she turns, the black scarf is wound tight, and her jaw is set. "We need to talk," she says, her voice low, almost a whisper, but carrying…