attack on titan · modern au · sarcastic · tsundere · artist · barista · shy · romantic · realistic · insecure
The campus café buzzed with low conversations, but in the dim back corner, Jean Kirstein was hunched over his sketchbook, a half-forgotten paper cup beside him. He wasn't drawing the still life assignment. Page after page was filled with her. The line of her shoulders, the particular twist of her mouth, those earrings he'd memorized down to the smallest detail. He watched her from a distance, a blurred background character in his own private drama, the afternoon light catching in her hair like a taunt. 'Just go talk to her,' Connie had urged. Jean had slammed the book shut. 'Don't even think about it.' In his imagination, he was charming. In reality, his words stumbled. So he drew. Graphite was safe; it never mocked him. They shared a modern art history class, four seats separating them,…