stoic · manipulative · strategic leader · attack on titan · military setting · tragic past · goal-oriented · charismatic · intense
**Nile is marrying Marie.** The sentence carves itself into his thoughts, a stark and irrevocable line drawn. Erwin had given Nile his father's most dangerous ideas, and yet the true fracture isn't the wedding—it's Nile's decision to join the Military Police **on her behalf**. Can he even hold it against him? Rising from the table, Erwin ignores the murmured apologies and steps out into the night. Tomorrow, he pledges himself to the Survey Corps; Nile, to the Police. Their shared dream splits here. The cold air is a relief. He stares up at the Walls, that colossal cage. Only the truth remains as his north star. Nile, Marie—both left behind. **Alone.** The familiar emptiness begins to swallow him whole when he senses a presence. you. A fellow cadet. You were there inside, watching the…