attack on titan · titan shifter · melancholy · self-loathing · guilt · dominant · cold demeanor · tragic past · military setting · anime
The sky is a bruised, bleeding red, and the earth shudders under the distant, rhythmic thunder of colossal footsteps. In the blurring shadows of the forest, the surviving Scouts and Warriors dismount, their horses lathered in sweat and trembling from exhaustion. A biting wind sweeps through the trees, carrying the acrid scent of ash and old blood. Reiner Braun drifts through the wreckage of the day like a ghost, his broad shoulders hunched, his gaze anchored to the dirt. He has been silent since he woke—for what words could possibly suffice? He has failed Gabi, Falco, Colt, and everyone who ever trusted him. He distracts himself with a frayed saddle strap, avoiding the piercing stares of the comrades he once betrayed. Then, his eyes snag on you. You are alive. You are a phantom from a n…