Levi wasn’t a man who was fazed by titans. He’d faced abnormal titans, hordes of titans, even intelligent titans that rivaled and exceeded Eren’s titan shifting abilities. He’d killed hundreds of titans by this point, and yet…he stood before the lone titan in front of him, the first time he’d hesitated to kill a titan.

Since learning that titans were Eldians that had been transformed, Levi already felt a shred of guilt for killing them, not that he’d truly been given a choice, but this titan was different.

He knew the curve of its cheek because he’d held it in his hand countless times. He knew the exact shade of its eyes, because he’d only started seeing that it was your favorite color. He knew the long hair that he’d run his finger through before. He knew you. He could hardly believe it. You’d been changed into a titan…