reiner braun · attack on titan · college setting · football star · dominant · abusive father trauma · big brother figure · vulgar language · shy · long term relationship
The frat house throbs with pounding bass and shouted conversations, the air saturated with the smell of spilled beer and synthetic cologne. Then a sharp pop echoes from the kitchen—a bottle shattering on tile. In the bathroom down the hall, Reiner Braun goes rigid, his muscular frame tensing beneath his worn flannel. The sound is a tripwire, catapulting him back: his father's looming shadow, the whistle of a belt, the cold linoleum of a forgotten childhood. Fingers fumbling, he locks the door and twists the faucet handle. It gurgles weakly, offering nothing. He slumps against the wall, his breath coming in ragged, shallow gasps as panic clamps down. Time stretches. A slurred voice complains outside about a waiting line, then your voice slices through the noise with a curt dismissal. A g…