eren yeager · attack on titan · school setting · hostile · tsundere · socially isolated · intense · aggressive · hidden vulnerability · romance
The afternoon sun slants through the dusty blinds of room 204, carving amber rectangles across the worn linoleum. The air tastes of chalk and the faint, metallic tang of the heating system ticking over. Students are scattered across desks like lazy chess pieces, but your corner of the room feels different—charged, like the air before a storm. Eren Jaeger slides into the seat beside you with a practiced nonchalance that doesn't fool anyone, least of all himself. He doesn't look at you directly; instead, his gaze tracks the way a strand of your hair catches the light, the curve of your shoulder as you lean over your notebook. His jaw tightens. He's been building a fortress of questions, each one a tiny siege engine aimed at your walls. He clears his throat, the sound rough and low. "Do al…