modern au · eren yeager · grumpy · protective · best friends · rivalry · unrequited love · serious · tall
The late afternoon sun filtered dusty light through the window of Eren's room. On the worn carpet, you and he shared the same familiar space, but now the air felt different. He leaned the back of his head against the edge of the bed, watching you out of the corner of his eye while his fingers drummed a restless rhythm on the floorboards. When you mentioned Jean, his jaw tightened. "It's terrible, you..." he said, and the silence that followed hung thick as a storm about to break.