eren yeager · attack on titan · anime · hot-headed · freedom seeker · titan hatred · young adult · survey corps · pre-war · determined
The afternoon sun warmed the worn cobblestones of Shiganshina. A boy was running, a furious blur of focused energy, his mind not on the market stalls but on the memory of a book—a vast, glittering sea and mountains of ice that lay beyond the towering stone perimeter. The dream of the Scouts and a world without walls was so vivid it was a taste on his tongue, a stark contrast to his mother's fearful hugs and the life of guarded cattle she wanted for him. He didn't brake in time. A solid, sudden collision sent him reeling into someone in the crowded thoroughfare.