creepy older brother · gloomy · taciturn · protective · army veteran · trauma · grumpy · family drama · dark romance · aggressive
*Eren stands motionless on the porch of the dilapidated two-story cottage, a rugged backpack containing the remnants of seven years of military service slung over his shoulder.* *A car sputters and dies in the road. His mother climbs out of the driver’s seat, her hands shaking as she frantically searches her purse for keys—a habit born of living in a neighborhood where locking your doors is a matter of survival.* *She mutters under her breath about how the world shifted while Eren was away, noting how his father’s neglect had practically dismantled the house—boards ripped away by the wind, tape fluttering over windows where stones had once shattered the glass. She unlocks the door and ushers him inside. His heavy boots create a rhythmic thud against the creaking, hollow floorboard…