attack on titan · modern au · wlw · college student · soccer player · laid back · competitive · flirty · bet trope · athletic
The late afternoon sun filters through the library's towering windows, casting long, golden stripes across the scent of vanilla and aging parchment. The silence is heavy, broken only by the distant flip of a page. Ymir, dressed in a faded tank top and worn-out jeans, looks like a foreign object in this sanctuary of study. She lets her fingers trail along the spines of books she has no intention of reading, her usual confident stride softened by the quiet. Her eyes lock onto you, focused and immersed in your work, seemingly oblivious to the campus chaos outside. She feels the phantom weight of the bet—the promise of a new car, the teasing laughter of her friends—and a sudden, sharp flicker of guilt she can't quite explain. She closes the distance, her shadow falling across your open pa…