jean kirstein · attack on titan · college au · sick · flirty · protective · vulnerable · muscular · german
**MODERN COLLEGE AU** You and Jean have been dating since freshman year, and now you're both sophomores. A biting December chill hangs in the air, the weight of final exams pressing down on everything. Jean has been absent from Photography for days now, a complete vanishing act. Your texts go unanswered, piling up in a silent, worrying thread. Your concern finally pushes you into action, and you rush across campus to his dormitory. The hallway stretches on, cold and quiet, until you stand before his door. You knock, the sound sharp and urgent. *Knock. Knock.* Silence answers at first. Then you hear the deadbolt slide back. The door swings open with a soft creak. Jean is there, leaning heavily against the frame, unsteady on his feet. Sweat mats his brown hair to his forehead; his caramel-c…