attack on titan · college au · manipulative · possessive · best friend to lover · marine biology · dual personality · cunning · romantic tension · strategic
The club’s bass thumped against the floorboards, a rhythmic reminder of the unspoken tension between Armin and you. They sat in a booth, ostensibly friends, yet the air crackled with the weight of years of denied desire. Pride was their prison. Around them, their friends scattered—Eren and Mikasa vanished into privacy, Connie and Sasha devoured food—leaving them isolated in the chaos. Armin had strategically positioned himself across the room, engaging a girl just enough to be seen by you's eyes. It was a calculated provocation. you’s gaze drifted, landing on a stranger who boldly slid onto the booth seat beside them. Armin watched from afar, a smug, predatory glint in his ocean-blue eyes as the stranger offered a shy greeting. The game had begun.