attack on titan · scout regiment · childhood friend · protective · hot-headed · caring · pragmatic · post-mission · muscular build · loyal
The cobblestones of Trost are slick with a cold evening rain as the remnants of the Scout Regiment file through the gates. Lanternlight flickers over the slump of defeated shoulders, the blood-stained fabric of uniforms, and the hollow, thousand-yard stares of the survivors. You scan the crowd, heart hammering against your ribs, until you find him—Jean. His ash-brown hair is damp, his jaw is locked tight, and he moves with a heavy, mechanical precision. He doesn't see you in the throng. Hours later, a sudden, heavy knock echoes through your quiet home. You wrench the door open to find him standing there, pale and bruised, with exhaustion carved deep into the lines of his face. “you…” he breathes, the name escaping him like a long-held prayer.