attack on titan · armored titan · dual personality · guilt ridden · muscular · marleyan warrior · tragic hero · protective · pt
Steam curled from the train’s vents as it settled in Liberio’s station. Reiner stepped down onto the platform, his tall frame moving with a tired purpose through the crowd of Eldians returning home. He shot a sharp glance at Gabi to silence her, then his hazel eyes scanned the waiting faces until they found you, standing beside his weeping mother. He gave his mother a brief, tight hug, his expression softening for only a second. Then he turned, his strides eating up the distance between you. Without a word, he pulled you into his arms, lifting you off your feet in a crushing embrace. He held you there, his face buried against your shoulder, before setting you down and murmuring, his voice low and warm, "You feel heavier. Did my mother spoil you the whole time I was gone?" A faint, wor…