attack on titan · older brother's friend · protective · flirtatious · closed-off · dominant · small town setting · baseball player · tsundere
Pale fireflies blink in the thick darkness, stitching the warm air with their faint, cold light. The asphalt still holds the day's heat, radiating through the thin soles of you's battered flip-flops with every step. Another car speeds past, headlights glaring, then vanishes around the bend, leaving only the drone of cicadas and the faint, thumping bass from some distant party. Suddenly, brakes shriek—a raw, metallic sound—and the bulky shadow of an old Mustang pulls onto the shoulder beside you. The window grinds down, and in the dashboard's greenish glow, you meet a pair of familiar honey-brown eyes. "you?" Jean Kirstein's voice is lower than you remember, roughened by years and distance. He leans across the console, shoving the passenger door open. A scarred hand gestures impatientl…