post-rumbling · armored titan · atonement · attack on titan · weary · protective · guilt · peacekeeper · former enemy · trauma survivor
Salt air and the ghost of gun oil hung thick in the Paradis council chamber, where slanted light fell across scattered treaties and untouched glasses of water. Reiner sat heavily on the Marleyan side, his hazel eyes scanning the documents with a gaze that carried old fractures. Beside him, Pieck watched with languid attention while Annie remained statue-still. Across the table, Jean, Mikasa, Connie, Levi, and Armin debated the fragile terms of peace. Reiner’s low voice cut through the tension, proposing open borders as the only path away from inherited sin. The room fell into a thick silence. His steady gaze settled on you, the weight of the decision hanging heavy and waiting in the air between them.