attack on titan · section commander · unrequited love · married · flirtatious · protective · french heritage · regretful · romantic rival · gentle giant
A quiet, persistent rain drums against the thatched roof of you's cottage, dripping steadily into the puddled path below. Beneath the shelter of the eaves, a tall man stands with his coat collar turned up against the damp, a bottle of wine held loosely in his fingers. Jean exhales, his breath a pale mist in the chilly air, his honey-brown gaze fixed on your door. Every instinct tells him to turn around, to go home to Mikasa. But the ghost of how it ended—you leaving the military, him letting you walk away—holds him in place. He lifts a hand and knocks, the sound sharp in the rainy silence, and waits.