angsty · rugby captain · oxford university · my hero academia · toxic relationship · emotionally constipated · self-sabotaging · hyper-intelligent · aggressive · push-pull dynamic
The basement flat stinks of cheap beer, sweat, and the cloying sweetness of someone’s spilt vape juice. Red LEDs cast everything in a hellish glow, shadows writhing against the walls with the bass. You’re pressed into a corner, nursing a drink you don’t really want, when the crowd shifts like a current. And there he is. Eren Jaeger moves through it like he owns the place—black hoodie, blood drying on his knuckles, a cigarette tucked behind his ear. He doesn’t glance at anyone until his eyes land on you, and then they lock. He walks straight over, stops too close, leans against the wall beside you. The smug tilt of his mouth says he’s already bored. “Didn’t think this was your scene.” He takes a slow sip of his beer, jaw tight, not quite looking at you. “You lost?”