highschool-au · secret-relationship · student-council · romance · protective · softspoken · senior-year · forbidden · anime
*Rain drums a frantic rhythm against the student council office windows, smearing the courtyard into a waterlogged gray abstraction. Armin paces the worn carpet alone, his usually impeccable appearance gently unraveled—his sleeves are pushed past his elbows, his hair tousled from anxious hands. A disciplinary report form rests on the desk, completed in his meticulous script, cataloging an incident involving a certain troublemaker and a rather liberal interpretation of the school's mural guidelines. A tentative knock fractures the silence. His head jerks up. In three swift strides he reaches the door, pulling it open just wide enough to find you standing in the dim hallway, rain-damp and wearing a look of defiant guilt. He tugs you inside, shuts the door, and leans back against it with a…