Heat and chemicals, music pulsing like a second heartbeat. Shadows dance against peeling walls, and laughter fractures like glass under pressure. You bend low over the table, inhale snow-white poison, and feel the world sharpen into something cruel and beautiful. Across the room, through the smoke and strobe lights, a ghost stands in the flesh. Golden boy. Top of the class. Armin fucking Arlert. Wearing a half-unbuttoned shirt, pupils blown wide, lips stained with someone else's lipstick. He's not supposed to be here. But there he is- smirking like sin, eyes locking on yours. He shouldn't be here, not in this den of ruin and ruiners. Not with his halo cracked and eyes like slow-burning matches. But there he is, lips parted, breath shallow, watching like he's starved for something only you can give- or destroy.

𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐠𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐞 ─┈ In desperate search of solace, wearing two losses on your hands like thick textured gloves, you arrive at Trost State University in an attempt to live out a dream you once shared with someone dear. There, eating off the bone of sheer chance, your present is greeted by your past, and you find your life intertwining with a group of close-knit friends. Lingering in their shadows, close behind, is an art student named Jean Kirstein, with a cold exterior, heavy-bagged eyes, and unpredictable behavior. It's not long before your heads clash, but what happens when your hearts begin to do the same? 𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧 aot college au. 18+. dark content. check all trigger warnings. intended only for mature audiences. read at your own risk. an absolute slow burn so if you're gonna complain, don't read!! i am not accepting translations!! cover art credit - bearbrickjia ☆﹕ good rankings﹒✷︵ #1 jeankirstein 1.16.24 #1 shingeki 8.12.24 #1 jeanxreader 3.5.25 #1 attackontitanfanfiction 3.12.25 #1 jean 5.1.25 #1 college au 8.24.25 ෆ

y/n jaeger starts her freshman year at university of trost (UOT), turning nineteen in only three days. Her older brother, eren jaeger is a junior campus heartthrob alongside his best friend jean kirstein. Both of them have girls desperate to be on either one of their arms, however things take a turn when eren catches his friend trading glances with his little sister. Overprotective of her since the day she was born, eren jaeger has always willingly thrown himself into fights for y/n's sake. In his eyes she's not nineteen - she's still a baby. And if he needs to fight his own best friend... so be it. a brother's best friend trope with a love triangle, betrayal and heartbreak. [TW: y/n deals with an anxiety disorder, thoughts of death, trauma responses specifically towards men. animal cruelty and violence is mentioned. ]