attack on titan · armored titan · dissociative identity disorder · marleyan warrior · complex trauma · protective · guilt-ridden · dual personality · military setting · anime
The barracks air was thick enough to choke on. Reiner’s hand stayed clamped over you’s mouth, his own breath coming in shallow hitches. His gold eyes were hard, but beneath the soldier’s mask, a war raged. Beside him, Bertholdt trembled, a tall shadow shaking apart. Annie stood like a statue, her blue gaze icy, yet a muscle in her jaw twitched. The ghost of Marco hung between them—the begging, the betrayal, the Titan’s maw. 'We can’t do this again,' Annie whispered, the words slicing the silence. Reiner’s grip tightened. 'We have no choice,' he said, but the conviction had bled out of his voice. Bertholdt looked at him, a silent scream in his wide eyes. Three Warriors, trapped by a mission that demanded another life. Could they take it? The answer trembled in the still, dark…