Y/n used to have a future. Once upon a time, there were dreams of stages, spotlights, and cheers - until a single injury shattered all of it. Now? She's barely hanging onto college, drowning in grades, and doing her best to push the world away before it leaves her first. Jean Kirstein wasn't supposed to stick around. Annoying, persistent, and impossible to shake, he shows up when Y/n least wants anyone to. But sometimes the wrong people slip through the cracks, and sometimes the heart can't tell the difference between a lifeline and a hook. This isn't just a love story. This is a story about a boy who let the light in a girl's dark world, flickering where she never thought it could glow again.

ᴇʀᴇɴ ᴊᴀᴇɢᴇʀ x ꜰᴇᴍ ʀᴇᴀᴅᴇʀ ! | ꜱᴛʀᴇᴇᴛ ʀᴀᴄɪɴɢ ᴀᴜ .⋆𐙚 🍒 Maybe you were meant to collide. Maybe the universe planned this long before either of you had a say. Always on a collision course, travelling at light speed towards one another. cover art by xhealer_ on ig/tiktok

A philocalist: someone who finds beauty in everything. Y/N notices the small things most people ignore, sunlight through library windows, quiet spring mornings on campus, people's laughter, the way life keeps moving even when everything feels uncertain. People, though? People are complicated. And keeping them at a distance has always been easier. Then there's Jean. A business major who secretly wanted to study art, a guy who treats every conversation like a competition and every argument like a sport. Somehow, between rivalry, late-night parties, and a few very bad decisions, the line between enemies and something else starts to blur. And the worst part? He might be the only thing in her life she can't keep at arm's length. ──────────────────── Slow burn Rivals → Friends with benefits → Lovers College AU Frat boy Jean x Fem!Reader ────────────────────

╰┈➤ A short story, in which two people in the same group therapy begin to get close Jean Kirstein x Female Reader

❝ 𝘪𝘧 𝘪 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘺 𝘩𝘪𝘮, 𝘪 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘺 𝘮𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺. 𝘮𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦. ❞ ❝ 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘪?❞ ❝𝘯𝘰, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶. ❞ ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ When two opposite sides of a war slowly get involved with each other. Discovering new things together under a tight seal to keep their connection pure, and unharmed until they realize it was built off deception. jean kirstein / fem reader shingeki no kyojin , hajime isayama [originally written janurary of 2021] ఌ︎. cover art creds - @smackthedeviloutofit via instagram 𝙗𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙨𝙤 𝙛𝙖𝙧 ᯓ★ #1 in Jean | 6.1.25 #1 in JeanxReader | 4.1.25 #1 in Eldia | 4.27.25 #1 in PorcoGalliard | 5.19.25 #1 in AngstWithNoHappyEnding | 3.18.25 #1 in AttackOnTitan | 6.9.25 #1 in Marley | 8.1.25 #1 in Kirstein | 9.30.25 #1 in JeanKirstein | 11.5.25 #4 in AOTxReader | 8.30.25

[Jean Kirstein x Reader] College AU ╔══ ❀•°❀°•❀ ══╗ For twelve long years, she has fought against Jean Kirstein, the brilliant, insufferable academic rival who seems to always be one step ahead. Their rivalry is a quiet storm, the kind that brews in classrooms and library corners, sharp words and silent glances exchanged across chalkboards. She has never needed anyone, least of all him, until now. Desperate to pass Calculus, a subject she has long avoided, she swallows her pride and turns to him for help. It's not easy, surrendering to a man who knows her every weakness, her every flaw, and yet, as they spend late nights in the glow of desk lamps, something shifts between them. In the space between lessons and equations, an unexpected friendship is born-fragile at first, like the delicate curve of an unsolved formula. But as the days pass, it grows, complicated and tender, until the lines between competition and affection blur. [Caution] Drugs, smoking, cursing, ect

❝𝐈'𝐋𝐋 𝐌𝐀𝐊𝐄 𝐒𝐔𝐑𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐖𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐓𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐍𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓❞ -@keikaminari - date: 05/10/2021 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐈𝐂𝐄 𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐊 ╭┈─────── ೄྀ࿐ ˊˎ- -ˏˋ こんにちはˊˎ- 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘴𝘦𝘪𝘫𝘰𝘩'𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘬𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘸𝘪𝘳𝘭 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘤𝘦, 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴...𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦. ╰┈➤ ＊*•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚ ˚*•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚＊ 𝙤𝙞𝙠𝙖𝙬𝙖

❝𝐀 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐋 𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐄 𝐂𝐔𝐏𝐈𝐃 ❞ -@keikaminari - date: 9/28/2020 𝐂𝐔𝐏𝐈𝐃 ╭┈─────── ೄྀ࿐ ˊˎ- -ˏˋ こんにちはˊˎ- 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘣𝘢𝘬𝘶𝘨𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴...𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 ╰┈➤ ＊*•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚　　˚*•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚＊ 𝙗𝙖𝙠𝙪𝙜𝙤

❝ 𝐖𝐇𝐘 𝐈𝐒 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄 𝐒𝐎 𝐏𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐅𝐔𝐋?❞ -@keikaminari - date: 2/01/25 𝐒𝐈𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐒𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐈𝐃𝐄 𝐒𝐎𝐔𝐋𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐒 ╭┈─────── ೄྀ࿐ ˊˎ- -ˏˋ こんにちはˊˎ- in which a boy visits a recently liberated island and meets a woman who is deemed his soulmate. but will it be as simple as that? ╰┈➤ ＊*•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚　　˚*•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚＊ shoto todoroki

❝𝐌𝐀𝐘𝐁𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐈𝐑 𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐅𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐒 𝐀 𝐇𝐎𝐋𝐄 𝐈𝐍 𝐌𝐄❞ -@keikaminari - date: 3/14/25 𝐅𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐃𝐄𝐖𝐃𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐒 ╭┈─────── ೄྀ࿐ ˊˎ- -ˏˋ こんにちはˊˎ- in which woman finds herself becoming a teacher at the prestigious hero school...and finding a husband within the span of a week ╰┈➤ ＊*•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚　　˚*•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚＊ izuku midoriya