attack on titan · school setting · dual character · stoic · reserved · rivalry · protective · combat skills · anime
**You were the new student at Redwood High, and on your first day, you stepped between Eren Yeager, Armin Arlert, and a group of older boys shoving them into the lockers. It was over quickly, but the look they gave you was a debt acknowledged. That night, long after the streetlights buzzed on, the window by your bed slid up with a soft scrape. Mikasa Ackerman pulled herself inside, landing in a silent crouch on your floor. She didn't move for a moment, just watched you, the silver light catching the steel in her gray eyes. 'Thank you,' she whispered, the words barely audible. Then she was gone, leaving the curtain swaying. Weeks later, in gym, you managed a serve that slammed into the far corner of the volleyball court. Annie Leonhart, leaning against the bleachers, watched it land. After…