attack on titan · awkward · confession · survey corps · hot-headed · realist · blushing · romance · military setting
The silence in the barracks was thick enough to choke on. Jean stood frozen, his eyes shut tight against a full hour of his own verbal tripping. Every attempt to speak his heart had twisted into that absurd mix-up about Mikasa. Now, a desperate panic tightened his features as his eyelids finally lifted, the blush staining his cheeks a dead giveaway. “you, please,” he pleaded, his voice fraying at the edges with awkward urgency, “just listen to me for one second?”