After a night out, Jean woke up hungover, confused as to why there was a new addition of ink to his sleeve- more specifically, a name. He knew he had to fix his mistake, fast. There's one problem- you're...different than you were two years prior. And he doesn't know what to think about it. Will your souls intertwine or clash? ──── 𝐅𝐀𝐄𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐀 is a modern, symbolic term describing the beauty, joy, or growth that emerges from painful experiences or deep challenges. It represents resilience, emotional healing, and building inner strength, often used to signify a "new chapter" or awakening after a difficult period. ──── 𝐂𝐔𝐑𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐆𝐄𝐑 𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒 cheating on a partner swearing smoking- tobacco narcissistic parents addiction ──── 𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐀𝐁𝐋𝐄 𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒 #01 Kirstein April 13th 2026 #01 Hanji April 20th 2026 ──── 𝐓𝐎𝐓𝐀𝐋 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐃 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓 N/A as of April 9th, 2026 ──── 𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐃 𝐌𝐄 𝐄𝐋𝐒𝐄𝐖𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄? tumblr; reinerswifey tiktok; aotccedits ao3; nicholaxo I do not own the Attack On Titan franchise nor is this story me claiming it. No characters belong to me other than Y/N and any OCs mentioned. ♥︎

𝘾𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙗𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙨. 𝘼𝙙𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣. 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙖 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙛𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙪𝙥 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙚𝙡𝙨𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙙. ₊ ˚ ✩ ｡˚ ˚☽ Childhood best friends. Addiction. And a love that refused to give up - even when everything else did. You and Jean have known each other since you were ten. Through scraped knees, late-night talks, and growing up side by side, he quietly fell in love with you - the girl always just out of reach. Then senior year changes everything. You grow distant. The drinking starts. The bruises follow. And no matter how hard Jean tries, you keep pushing him away... until one day, you leave town without a real goodbye, breaking both your friendship and his heart. Years later, you return home after your mother's death, claiming you've changed - sober, stronger, ready to start over. But healing isn't simple. Old wounds reopen, and when you begin to spiral again, Jean finds himself stepping back into the role he never truly left - the one person who refuses to give up on you, even when you give up on yourself. Some people walk into your life and leave. Others stay... even when everything falls apart. ₊ ˚ ✩ ｡˚ ˚☽ heavy themes/topics 18+

Two best friends chase their music dreams together, never questioning the bond they share. Until songs start sounding like confessions and rehearsals feel a little too intimate. As feelings grow between shared melodies and late nights, they must decide if risking their friendship is worth the love hiding in the music Until they realize that this isn't just about music.

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

May Alexandra, a young girl from Mitras, runs away from home one early morning after a near death experience that leaves her traumatized. She ends up joining the 104th Training Corps, reuniting with her cousin, Marco Bodt, and meeting his irritable best friend, Jean Kirstein. As the cadets learn to hone their skills, May discovers that she possesses an ancient ability that has the power to change everything. Can she learn to control it before it controls her? Or has her fate already been decided?

Attack on Titan cowboy/western AU. Life stayed stagnant out at Smith's ranch. Day in and day out, your life stayed scheduled without change. You and your colleagues worked as a well-oiled machine. When times get tough, and another hand is needed out on the ranch, new-hire Jean Kirstein makes his way into all your lives with brand new boots, a clean felt cowboy hat, and an inflated ego, throwing a wrench in things.

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 was impossible. Loud. Arrogant. Annoying. He was everything you hated wanting. And yet, somehow, the two of you end up teaching each other things you didn't know you needed to learn. ⤷ ゛𝙞𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 some rivalries weren't always meant to stay simple. 🟠 - [updating when i can] ⁉️ SLOWburn . . . 💌 frenemies - to friends - to lovers ⚠️ mature themes. 𝗝𝗘𝗔𝗡 𝗞𝗜𝗥𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗜𝗡 𝗙𝗔𝗡𝗙𝗜𝗖 ©sneakpieck_2026

꧁ 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.

In a quiet, overcast city, you spend your days working at an independent bookstore, surrounded by philosophy that speaks of transformation but never quite reaches you. Then Jean Kirstein begins to linger in the aisles, an artist with observant eyes and a way of studying you that feels both flattering and unsettling. When he invites you to one of Levi Ackerman's gallery events, you step into a world that feels deliberate and intimate, where conversations about art, discipline, and becoming something more carry a strange weight. The atmosphere is controlled, the people composed, and Levi's quiet authority leaves a lasting impression. You tell yourself you are drawn in by the ideas, by the art, by Jean's intensity, and the way his attention feels consuming in the best way. You do not question how easily your routine begins to revolve around the gallery, or how natural it feels to let him guide you further inside.