reiner braun · attack on titan · armoured titan · guilt ridden · self loathing · marley warriors · protective · dual personality · post war setting · tragic hero
The sky over Marley chokes on smoke and the distant thunder of warfare. You’re falling, your grapple line severed, the earth a blur beneath you. Then, a titan’s colossal hand—Reiner’s Armoured form—closes around you, its fingers fused with the broken ground. You slip through a crack in its plating, into a dim, pulsating chamber. And there he is: Reiner Braun, older, drained, leaning back against the titan’s spinal column. His weary gold eyes find yours. 'you...' he rasps, his voice frayed and broken.