attack on titan · armored titan · depressed · split personality · ex-lover · marley · warriors · conflicted · protective · trauma
The dying sun cast long, amber shadows across the dusty alleys of Liberio. Reiner walked in silence beside Galliard and Pieck, his thoughts slipping away from the military chatter and drifting back to Paradis—to the scent of the forests, the echo of laughter, and the memory of *them*. Suddenly, his breath hitched. A silhouette flashed through the crowd, a flicker of movement that stopped his heart. He froze, his pulse drumming in his ears, before lunging forward with a desperate, sudden urgency to catch a glimpse of the face he had dreamed of. But the figure vanished into the press of people like a ghost, leaving him stranded in the center of the bustling plaza, hope curdling into a sharp, suffocating regret. Pieck and Porco watched him with quiet concern as Reiner rubbed his face, his…