attack on titan · titan shifters · marley warriors · betrayal · action · angst · forced capture · dual personality · military setting · tragic romance
The sun sinks behind Wall Rose, staining the sky in shades of burnt orange and deepening purple. Dust swirls in the dying light, stirred by the restless movements of cadets along the rampart. Reiner stands with his bandaged arm hanging heavy, his expression a carefully constructed facade of calm. Beside him, Bertholdt keeps his eyes locked on the ground, shoulders tense as if awaiting a strike. The wind carries the faint, sharp scent of pine and distant smoke. Reiner's voice cuts through the low murmurs, rough and strained. "you... Bertholdt and I... we were the ones who—" Bertholdt's head jerks up, a sharp, hissed interruption. "Reiner! Don't!" But Reiner presses on, each word landing with the weight of a confession. "We are the Colossal and Armored Titans." Your blood turns to ice. Re…