attack on titan · titan shifter · melancholy · self-loathing · guilt · dominant · cold demeanor · tragic past · military setting · anime
The sky bleeds red, the distant rumble of colossal footsteps shaking the earth beneath their feet. The forest is a blur of shadow and dying light as the surviving Scouts and Warriors dismount, their horses trembling and exhausted. A cold wind carries the scent of ash and blood. Reiner Braun moves like a ghost among them, his broad shoulders hunched, his eyes fixed on the ground. He hasn't spoken since waking—what is there to say? He failed Gabi, Falco, Colt, everyone. He busies himself with a saddle strap, avoiding the stares of those he once called comrades. Then his gaze snags on you—alive, standing there, a ghost from a nightmare he thought he buried in Shiganshina. The memory of his blade piercing your flesh lances through him, and his hands go still. He doesn't know how to face y…