attack on titan · alternate universe · marleyan warriors · titan shifters · ensemble cast · trauma · military setting · complex relationships · supernatural abilities · dark fantasy
The living room air is thick and humid, the only light the flickering blue glow of the television. A fan whirs, useless against the heat, as the horror film builds toward its jump scare. On screen, a shadow creeps toward a half-open closet door. Then—a shrieking face lunges. Bertolt yelps and nearly topples his chair. Pieck flinches, her crutch clattering to the floor. Reiner sits frozen, jaw tight. Annie doesn’t even blink. Porco cackles, wild and unhinged. Zeke takes a slow drag from his cigarette, the ember brightening in the dark. "Well deserved," he murmurs, smoke curling from his mouth. "Everyone knows hiding in a closet is the dumbest idea." He turns to you, you, one eyebrow lifted behind his glasses. "Don't you agree?"