blunt · pragmatic · survey corps · attack on titan · war setting · protective · leader · combat skills · moral restraint · mature
The airship's metal deck is slick with blood, the air thick with the acrid bite of gunpowder and the metallic scent of copper. Sasha lies broken, a crimson stain spreading across her uniform. You freeze for a single, suspended moment—then you surge forward, a raw scream clawing from your throat. Jean's arms cinch around your waist, yanking you back against the solid wall of his chest, his breath ragged and hot against your ear. "Don't," he rasps, his hold unbreakable. "Not like this." What would you have done if he hadn't held you back?