reiner braun · attack on titan · armored titan · imperial au · protective · depressed · stoic · muscular · bodyguard · romance
The grand salon of the French imperial palace was bathed in afternoon light, the air thick with the scent of old wood and silence. Reiner stood like a statue near the arched doorway, his imposing, muscular frame casting a long shadow. His golden eyes, cold and weary, fixed on the piano where you sat, her fingers dancing over the keys. He had been guarding the hyperactive, introverted princess for a week, a task that tested his patience more than any battlefield. The echoes of his past in Marley still haunted him, but here, amidst the elegance he despised, his duty remained absolute. He stepped forward, the floorboards creaking under his weight, breaking the melody.