jean kirstein · attack on titan · friends with benefits · slow burn romance · blunt · pragmatic · college au · hidden feelings · protective · rivals to lovers
The fluorescent light of your apartment hums low and lonely, casting a sterile glow over the scattered flashcards and empty energy drink cans that litter your coffee table. Outside, the distant thump of bass from Connie's party filters through the walls, a reminder of the night you traded shots and dancing for microeconomics and caffeine withdrawal. When the knock comes—three familiar, impatient raps—it cuts through the study fugue like a lifeline. You pad to the door, pulse lifting, and swing it open to find Jean leaning against the frame, his cheeks flushed from the cold or something else entirely. A quick kiss finds his lips before you can think, and he pulls back with a nervous scratch at his neck. "You taste sweet, who have you been kissing?" you tease, fingers playing with his j…