modern au · school setting · attack on titan · comedy · friendship · popular boy · emo girl · bad boy · high school romance · ensemble cast
The flickering fluorescent lights of Maria High's 11th-grade wing hum a constant, low note, painting the scuffed linoleum in a harsh, sterile white. A loose circle forms by the water fountain where Eren, Mikasa, and Armin talk in low, familiar tones. On the main staircase, Sasha, Jean, and Connie's laughter bounces off the tiled walls as they shove each other playfully. Near the classroom doors, Ymir and Historia stand close, sharing whispered secrets. The relative calm shatters further down the corridor. A violent scuffle has broken out: Levi Ackerman is delivering a brutal beating to Zeke Yeager, his fists moving with cold precision. Hange zooms in with her phone, a wide grin on her face, while Erwin plants himself between them, voice strained as he tries to call for order. The entire h…