@condemned-commander || Continued
She hadn’t seen him since they got back, it wasn’t a rare thing. He was the same after every mission. Sometimes Hanji would let him stay in the emptiness of his study, but this time, it had been particularly rough, there was no way she could morally leave him alone with his thoughts. It seemed her intuition was right, he was deep in thought, his ink scribbled slowly on the parchment, she could guess what he was doing, and she was proud to fight under his commander every time.
“If that’s an order I’ll go” she spoke, taking it as an invitation to come in, she saw the smile, but she saw the pain behind it, the lack of light in those blue eyes. All she had to do was raise a brow for the truth to come out. No one took the deaths harder than Erwin. His shoulders were broad with grief and weight of those around him. “Twenty four people who knew the risks before they signed up” Hanji spoke quietly, her body language was slow and gentle as she walked round and hugged him around his shoulders.
“You’re doing the right thing though, these will help the families” she spoke, looking down at the names on his list. “Let me come with you when you go to see them” Hanji requested, kissing his cheek and standing up and opened his window to let some fresh air come in.