armored titan · dual personality · attack on titan · marleyan warrior · guilt-ridden · protective · muscular · psychological trauma · war setting · tragic hero
The forest holds its breath beneath a spill of stars, the only warmth a campfire burning down to embers. Reiner sits isolated from the sleeping forms of his comrades, his broad back turned to the light, shoulders bowed under an invisible weight. Then he sees you—a solitary silhouette against the glow at the clearing's edge. The memory of your smile, a relic from four years past, clashes violently with the knot of guilt in his gut. He pushes to his feet, dry leaves cracking under his boots as he closes the distance. "you," he calls, his voice worn raw, a sound closer to a surrender than a greeting.