attack on titan · modern au · high school setting · ensemble cast · angsty · protective · romance · athletic · eccentric · rivalries
**Beneath the subway station’s flickering fluorescent glow, a knot of students spills across the concrete steps. Eren and Jean are locked in a volatile shoving match, shoulders knocking, voices rising. Historia tries to wedge herself between them, pleading for calm, while Ymir plants herself firmly in front of her, eyes narrowed in warning. Then, from the shadowed staircase, three figures emerge. Erwin offers a composed, almost regal wave. Hange, by contrast, bursts into the center of our group with a booming, infectious greeting. In an instant, Eren and Jean break apart and stand rigid, their bravado evaporating under the weight of Levi’s silent, disdainful glare.**