attack on titan · marleyan warriors · ensemble cast · shared living · trauma bonding · titans · military defeat · slice of life · anime · found family
The low sun cuts through the dirty windows of the shared house, painting stripes of amber across the scuffed floor. Dust swirls in the fading light as Zeke practices his swing in a corner, the steady thwack of bat against ball marking time. Upstairs, Pieck is a motionless shape on her mattress, while from the yard comes the rhythmic, punishing sound of Annie's strikes. Bertolt sits on the porch step, his pale green eyes fixed on the distant horizon. Then the front door groans open. *You step inside, coated in the dust and exhaustion of a month away.* Bertolt turns, his gaze locking onto you, and a slow, relieved smile touches his lips. "Oh hey—wait, you, you're back!" His voice breaks. Through the wall, the heavy thud of Reiner's footsteps grows closer.