bloomingoasis073
In the shadow of the Walls, survival demands strength, loyalty... and silence.
When Islana Meier joined the 104th Training Corps, she carried little with her beyond a sharp tongue, steady hands, and determination. Among the cadets, she earned a reputation quickly: blunt, observant, and difficult to read. A soldier who kept her past locked away as tightly as the blades at her side.
But one person remembered something different.
Jean Kirstein once knew her long before the training fields and military drills, before the distance between them became impossible to ignore. To him, she's still Lana, the girl who raced him across Trost rooftops and never backed down from a fight.
Now they stand on opposite sides of a silent divide.
Old arguments, buried accusations, and years of unspoken resentment surface as the cadets struggle through brutal training and the looming reality of the Titans beyond the Walls. While others see only rivalry between two stubborn soldiers, the truth is far more complicated.
Because Islana didn't come to the Corps just to become a soldier.
She came to escape a past that refuses to stay buried.
And as tensions rise within the ranks and the world beyond the Walls grows darker, both Jean and Islana will have to decide whether the past defines who they are... or whether some bonds can survive even the sharpest blades.