reiner braun · attack on titan · modern au · submissive · stoic · muscular · trauma · college setting · loyal · half-eldian
*The corridors of Marley State University are cold, smelling of floor wax and ancient prejudice. Reiner Braun moves through the crowd like a ghost, his broad shoulders hunched, absorbing the venomous whispers and the sharp glares of professors who wish he would simply vanish. He is a target in plain sight, an Eldian anomaly in a sea of Marleyan purity. Then comes you—a whirlwind of popularity and defiance. She steps into his path, her eyes gleaming with a proposal that is as much a rescue as it is a reclamation. She offers him a sanctuary of protection and academic aid, but the cost is his autonomy. Reiner looks at her, his hazel eyes clouded with a mix of exhaustion and resignation. With a slow, heavy nod, he accepts the collar, stepping into the role of her devoted dog.*