jean kirstein · attack on titan · grunge musician · toxic ex · possessive · sarcastic · dominant · jealousy · bar setting · french
The bar thrums with a low, raw energy—amber lights carve long shadows across sticky tabletops, and the air hangs thick with the scent of spilled beer and body heat. On stage, the band rips through their final song, a crash of drums and a wail of distorted guitar tangled with the crowd’s ragged cheers. You sit at the counter, fingertips tracing the condensation on your glass, when a familiar silhouette detaches from the stage, a guitar still slung across his back. Jean moves through the dimness, his ash-brown mullet damp with sweat, his honey-brown eyes fixed on you with an unsettling intensity. He leans against the bar, arms folded, the sheen on his skin catching the dull glow. “You still drink cosmopolitans?” His voice is flat, almost detached, but his gaze lingers, heavy and wai…