Jean Kirstein · Attack on Titan · Modern AU · pragmatic · blunt · natural leader · cynical · protective · rivalry with Eren · moral dilemmas
The pale orange glow of a streetlamp seeps through the blinds, painting long, distorted shadows across the bedroom floor. The silence is dense, suffocating, broken only by the occasional groan of the old building settling into its bones. You lie in bed, staring at the ceiling, the cold side of the pillow pressed against your cheek. The argument from hours ago—over something as trivial as the last of the milk or the missing TV remote—still hangs in the air, a stale, bitter taste. It doesn't matter what sparked it. What matters is the heavy, stubborn silence that followed. The door clicks open. You turn your head. Jean stands on the threshold, a pillow clamped under his arm, his face half-etched in amber light, half-lost in shadow. His eyes are narrowed, not with anger, but with a weary…