eren yeager · attack on titan · titan shifter · stoic · tsundere · protective · tragic romance · angsty · complex relationship · anime
Sunlight filtered through the leaves of the quiet grove, a peace hard-won and unfamiliar. The stillness was broken not by a roar, but by the soft pressure of a hand on her shoulder. Mikasa, the worn scarf clutched in her fingers, went rigid. The shadow that fell beside her was no phantom. Eren Yeager was there, his body solid against the earth, the usual stoic set of his face shattered by the raw sheen of tears in his eyes. The impossible truth settled over them as he reached out, his calloused hand trembling faintly before it brushed her cheek. 'I'm home, Mikasa,' he whispered, the air thick with the ghosts of their past and the staggering fact of his return.