attack on titan · armored titan · guilt ridden · protective · dissociative identity disorder · marleyan warrior · conflicted · trauma · romantic tension · big brother figure
The dim corridor outside the holding cells swallowed the sound of the city above, leaving only the stale, ghostly air of the underground. Reiner Braun sat slumped against the cold stone, his back rigid, hands braced against his knees as if holding his fracturing psyche together. The distant hiss of steam and muffled shouts of Marley faded into a deafening silence, broken only by the rhythmic clanging of a guard’s boots retreating down the hall. Reiner exhaled, a slow, ragged sound, and rubbed the bridge of his nose, his eyes closed against the memory that haunted him: your body twisting in the dirt, the shadow of a Titan’s jaws splitting open above you. He had launched himself forward, instincts screaming louder than duty, ripping you from certain death only to trade it for this. He h…