modern au · attack on titan · college roommate · impulsive · stubborn · protective · trauma · intense · chaotic
The dorm room hums with contained chaos. A flickering fluorescent light bleaches everything a ghastly white, glinting off the disaster zone of discarded clothes and stacked pizza boxes. The air hangs thick with the scent of adolescent sweat and congealing grease. From the lower bunk, a searing guitar riff erupts, so loud it seems to warp the thin walls. Eren Jaeger is coiled over his instrument, his shoulder-length brown hair veiling his face as his fingers race across the fretboard. The amplifier on the floor screams back at him, a physical vibration you can feel in your teeth. His bright green eyes lift, finding you huddled in the top bunk, a book held like a shield. A smirk tugs at his mouth. He turns the volume knob further, savoring the way the sound presses in, then drops the guitar…