Nepenthe (neh-PEN-thee) (n.) something that induces forgetfulness of sorrow or eases pain. _________________________________________ A girl from a small town in the middle of nowhere decides to pursue herself in an Architecture major. She gets a scholarship in New York City and decides to take a leap of faith to go. "Everyone here is so rude." She gets herself involved in a sultry situation that involves an Art major. She finds out that the guy loves nothing but detail, he soon starts chipping away at her hard façade like a piece of prized marble.

Jean Kirstein x Reader College AU ♡ 'the intimacy of being understood' slow burn, yearning, soul connection... You've been studying at Trost University for a year now and have a big friend group, each of you all different in your own ways but family all at the same time. After leaving your ex boyfriend you can't help but take notice in something you never have in the past - Jean. The two of you have never got along no matter how hard you tried but it feels like the universe disagrees... The way your lives intertwine like they're one and the same. Whatever fate was decided for one was also decided for the other. A story of two lost souls intertwining and finding life in each other as a reluctant bond between two characters form, when two powerful forces finally touch and they can breathe once again. "the sea looks more beautiful in the moonlight" cover credits - @Mary03m03 ~~~~ spotify - sashabrauslover (sasha ꨄ︎) playlist - when the moon met the sea ☽ ~~~~ #1 on artstudentjean - 3/10/25 #1 on jeankirstein- 31/3/26

After prison for manslaughter, Jean Kirstein disappears, leaving Canada, a shattered night, and whispers that follow him like warnings. Shingashina is quiet. A small house. A forgettable job. A second chance he doesn't think he deserves. He's not here for redemption. He's here to survive. Painting steadies his hands; college keeps him moving. Until history class threatens to unravel him, and you appear. A volunteer tutor, patient, gentle, and impossibly stubborn. You treat him like he's human, not a stranger haunted by shadows. He keeps his distance at first. Short answers. Guarded glances. Walls built from knowing exactly what happens when people get too close. But you don't push. And that's worse. Slowly, silence cracks. Words become warmth, warmth becomes something dangerous. You start to see him, the version the world left behind. And Jean knows how this ends. The truth about Marco Bodt isn't a story. It's a fracture that never healed. And some fractures leave marks no one else should find. The closer you get, the more he realizes he doesn't want you to leave. And maybe, that's the most dangerous thing of all. ˙⋆✮ This story contains mature and potentially distressing themes, including depictions of violence, references to past trauma, and explicit sexual content. It also addresses homophobia and its emotional impact. Reader discretion is advised. Please take care while reading. ˙⋆✮ Rankings 1 in #marcobodt 1 in #kirstein 2 in #excon

You moved to Marley away from home. You needed a breather from your past life and are in need of something new. Your long distance best friend Pieck Finger who lives in Marley convinced you to move in with her. One night she takes you to go with her to a popular Halloween Festival near by. As you walk through the small park, a tall scare actor scares you so bad you scream. Little do you know that scare actor's name is Jean Kirstein and he is going to be a big part of your new life in Marley.

At Paradis University, power is inherited. Behind wrought iron gates and ivy draped stone, the children of senators, CEOs, and old money dynasties sharpen their smiles like weapons. The football team reigns like modern day titans. Social groups function as kingdoms. Every party is a battlefield disguised in silk and champagne. Y/N was born into it. Heir to generational wealth. Daughter of a family whose name opens doors before she even knocks. Raised in rooms where influence is currency and weakness is fatal. She knows how to play the game. She just didn't expect to want something real. Reiner Braun is everything Paradis rewards. The golden boy, commanding, and adored. Being with him feels effortless. Safe. Like stepping into a future already approved by everyone watching. Jean Kirstein is not. He stands at the edge of rooms, observing. Calculating. Unmoved by reputation. He doesn't bow to legacy - not hers, not anyone's. And that makes him dangerous. What begins as a careless kiss during a spin-the-bottle game spirals into something neither of them can control. Stolen moments become heated confrontations. Jealous glances turn into quiet wars. Desire becomes something sharper. Something territorial. At Paradis, nothing stays private. Every hallway whispers. Every party remembers. And when love collides with pride, legacy, and loyalty, the fallout is never small. Anonymous campus accounts track every hookup, every fight, every fall from grace. Paparazzi linger outside charity galas and away games, waiting for a scandal worth selling. One photo can crown you. One rumor can ruin you. The walls have eyes. Because behind the walls of Paradis University, even heirs can burn. And when desire turns into devotion The rumbling is inevitable.

꧁ 𓆩༺ 𝐉𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐊𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐢𝐧 𝐱 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 ༻𓆪 ꧂ You've always lived here, in Trost, the same routine over and over guided you to the edge of boredom and affliction, you couldn't get worse anymore. You packed everything in hope to find something, 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑜𝑛𝑒, to make your life full of stars again. Even if you are still in the same city, where everybody knows everyone, a new chapter of your life is about to start. You moved closer to your college, Trost University, you're unknown here, you've always been fine with that... until he laid his deep, soulful eyes on you, Jean Kirstein. All you want, is to find that little spark you've lost with the destroying years of your life, and when two broken souls find each other, you never know what's going to happen. But your peace finds itself disturbed when an anonymous stalker decides to bring up your past and in particular, that one erased memory of last spring, during a party that you forgot from start to end. 𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑠 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑚𝑒𝑒𝑡 𝑏𝑦 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡. 𝜗ৎ 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 : 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐱𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐮𝐥𝐭, 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐬, 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐟, 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫, 𝐬𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐬, 𝐬𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐢𝐟 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐢'𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞.

𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬. Paradis, 1947 The island is trying to recover after half a decade of war, but a new threat is looming in the horizon. You are a spy who work for the Secret Service of Paradis (SSOP) and after years of work with the agency, you are tasked with the most important mission of your career: infiltrate the Marleyan society and dismantle an illegal weapons network that is selling its products to revolutionary groups in Paradis to reignite the war and seize your resources. Unfortunately, you are paired with Jean Kirstein, your infuriating yet charming colleague who always finds a way to interfere with your tasks. As if things couldn't get any worse, you will also have to be in a fake marriage with him to maintain your cover. Will you both be able to unmask the conspiracy brewing beneath your feet and save Paradis? But above all, will you be able to face your fears and finally break down the walls you have built around yourself for years? Covert art creds: asrkgk

Jean Kirstein friends to lovers slow burn. In your senior year of high school, your best friend went missing without a trace and you were the last person to see her before she disappeared, making you the prime suspect. Two years later, you return to your hometown to start your sophomore year of college and run into a face you never thought you would see again, Eren Jaeger. Assimilating into his group of friends, you realize just how connected the world truly is. With the two-year anniversary of your friend's disappearance nearing close, you begin to question loyalties within Eren's friends. Near the anniversary of your friend's disappearance, another person goes missing and you, once again, were the last person to be seen with them. Were you just in the wrong place at the wrong time? Or are you not as innocent as you propose... A certain mullet-headed friend of yours is fully convinced of your innocence, enough to help you bring justice to your friends who have disappeared. DISCLAIMER: Y/N is an unreliable narrator and often lies to herself. The truth of a lot of things rests within other POVs that are not Y/N's. This does not mean Y/N is lying all the time, it just means that this fic will require a lot of thinking, which may not be everyone's cup of tea. This story will not be a romance-oriented fic, it is a mystery plot with a romance sub-plot. Not affiliated with Attack on Titan by Hajime Isayama.

jean kirstein x f!reader / modern au / slow burn Spring break with six of your favorite people at your aunt Hange's beach house was supposed to be an escape from the academic burnout you have been facing in silence. But when you find yourself unexpectedly sharing space, secrets and pinky promises with the one person who's been drifting from the group, you realize that you are not the only one trying to outrun something. He slows your reckless nature. You shake up his carefully constructed world. And somewhere between it all, you both start changing each other in ways none of you expected, whether you're ready or not. Two weeks of friendship, slow burning tension, comedy, shit ton of fluff and a rollercoaster of emotional longing awaits you if you decide to give this story a chance. [characters used from manga and anime Shingeki no Kyojin | Attack on Titan by Hajime Isayama] [art used for the cover credit: couldn't find the artist for the life of me]

𓊈 𝙵𝚘𝚘𝚝𝚋𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚌𝚊𝚙𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝙹𝚎𝚊𝚗 𝙺𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚒𝚗 𝚇 𝙵𝚒𝚐𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚂𝚔𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚁𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚛⋆. ୨୧˚⋆ 𓊉 ☆⋆｡𖦹°‧★ 𖤐⭒๋࣭ ⭑→In which you leave Marley in the middle of sophomore year, running from a past you refuse to name and a mother you're desperate to forget. Paradis University is meant to be a clean slate, a place where you can pretend and no one knows your scars. That plan falls apart the moment you meet Jean Kirstein. The cocky, infuriating captain of the football team and your friend's worst influence. He manages to get under your skin like no one else, and you swear you'll never fall for someone like him. You hate him. He hates you. Or at least that's what you tell yourself, But between heated arguments there's the unexpected moments of softness, the feelings you can't outrun, until stolen glances turn into late nights, and slowly love finds you where you least expect it. ☆⋆｡𖦹°‧★ ⚠︎ Cautions→ Violence, blood, traumas, explicit sexual content, smoking, suicidal thoughts, self harm, mention of abuse and SA, minor characters death etc.