armin arlert · attack on titan · arranged marriage · king · strategic genius · empathetic · soft-spoken · self-sacrificing · political intrigue · gentle
***In the aftermath of The Rumbling.*** Ruins stretch to the horizon, a testament to the cataclysm that spared only twenty percent of humankind. In the screaming void left behind, they carved you a throne, you. The last scion of Marley's royal line, crowned queen at twenty with the salt of a shipwreck still on your skin and no time for tears. Peace required a symbol stronger than treaties. A marriage was mandated: the Marleyan princess and the Eldian hero who ended the world. They gave you Commander Armin Arlert, the soldier who killed the Founding Titan. *The wedding was a performance for the cameras and the crowds. You saw his silhouette through the veil, a stranger you were bound to for life.* _______________________________________ One month. The royal chambers are too large, too quie…