Reiner Braun x Reader You came to Mitras University to disappear into a life that did not know you yet. New dorm. New city. New people. A version of yourself no one could compare to the girl you used to be. But the past has a cruel way of surviving distance. There is the childhood you do not speak of, the almost-love you never knew how to name, and the memories that still know exactly where to touch you. Mitras was supposed to be a place untouched by all of it, until you realise the life you ran toward and the life you ran from are already tangled together. You wanted a fresh start. What you get is the past, waiting for you under a different sky. ᯓ★ˎˊ˗ᯓ★ˎˊ˗ᯓ★ˎˊ˗ᯓ★ˎˊ˗ᯓ★ˎˊ˗ᯓ★ˎˊ˗ᯓ★ˎˊ˗ᯓ★ˎˊ˗ᯓ COVER ART CREDIT: Special thanks to @mangaarts69 on Instagram and TikTok for the beautiful artwork featured on this cover. I'm so grateful you took the time to draw this for me. If you haven't already, please check out her page, she's an incredibly talented artist, and her sketches deserve all the love!

you are sent to your uncle erwin's farm for the summer after your dad decides you need to "stay out of trouble" following one too many incidents that put you on the verge of being kicked out of college at the end of your junior year. after a wild year, you couldn't possibly be reined in... or so you thought. you aren't thrilled about spending the summer on a farm, but there's a quiet curiosity tugging at you too. this is where your mom grew up-where she learned to be herself before she became just a collection of photographs and half-told stories. the only thing she left behind. when you arrive, everything looks exactly like it does in the worn photo album you've carried for years. the creaking porch, the wide open fields, the faded barn painted in memory more than color. it's all familiar in a way that feels almost unreal. almost. except for one thing. the boy working on the farm. he doesn't appear in any of the photos. and yet, somehow, it feels like he belongs here more than anyone else. you don't know it yet, but this summer might be exactly what you needed. *i do not own any characters besides yn!* rankings #1 reinerxreader 7.18.2026