{Erwin Smith x Fem! Reader} The artwork in this story's book cover isn't mine. Credits to the rightful owner. Attack on Titan Fanfiction This is a royal AU fanfic story of Erwin Smith (Commander of the Survey Corps) x Fem! Reader (Y/n)

After centuries of war, the Autobots and Decepticons are weary - their sparks dulled by endless conflict, their loyalties fractured. But fate has other plans. On a quiet, hidden farm nestled near Jasper, Florida, Lyra Romanova has carved out a life of peace. A former assassin, former Avenger, and now the silent guardian of Widow's Heaven - a sanctuary she built alongside Yelena and Wanda for the broken and lost. Here, the world is still. Safe. Healing. Until the skies tremble. Dreadwing, a Decepticon on a reconnaissance mission, never expected to feel anything again - until he sees her. His systems freeze. His spark responds. His soulmark ignites. And he's not the only one. Soon, Autobots and Decepticons alike begin discovering the same mark - one that ties them all to her. The lines of war blur. Obsession blooms. Protection turns to rivalry. And the woman who just wanted peace becomes the key to a fate none of them saw coming. Because Lyra Romanova isn't just human. She's their mate. And she might be something more.

In 1967, during the height of the Vietnam War and escalating U.S.-Soviet proxy conflict, CIA SOG operatives Sgt. Alex Mason and Sgt. Frank Woods are deployed to the secluded Japanese mountain town of Ebisugaoka. Official intelligence links the town's ancient Inari/Tsukumogami syncretic cult to a Soviet covert initiative-Project Umbra-a dark extension of the Numbers program involving hallucinogenic red capsules derived from a lightning-struck Divine Tree. A supernatural fog infused with red spider lilies transforms Ebisugaoka into a grotesque otherworld: rusted bridal machinery, living hina dolls, and vengeful household spirits. Soviet chemists have infiltrated the cult and weaponized their prophecy of the "blessed child"-targeting Hinako Shimizu, a troubled teenager whose psyche makes her uniquely vulnerable to the fog's manifestations. Mason's lingering Numbers programming makes him dangerously sensitive to Umbra's signals. Victor Reznov's spectral voice fuses with fox-spirit whispers, blurring supernatural influence and Cold War trauma. Woods anchors the team amid horror-while developing a fierce, intimate relationship with Sakuko Igarashi, a widowed shrine priestess scarred by ritual exploitation.

‣𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 ༘ ⋆｡˚ (𝒗.) 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐠𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭. //˚ ༘: ꒰ ⋆ ꒦꒷꒦꒦꒷꒦꒷꒷꒦꒷꒦꒦꒷꒦꒷꒷꒦⋆⑅˚₊ ⋆౨ৎ˚ 𝑾𝑯𝑬𝑵 𝑾𝑰𝑳𝑳 𝒀𝑶𝑼 𝑳𝑬𝑨𝑹𝑵 ⟡˖ ࣪ ⟡˖ 𝑻𝑯𝑨𝑻 𝑻𝑯𝑬𝑹𝑬 𝑰𝑺 𝑵𝑶 𝑬𝑺𝑪𝑨𝑷𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑴𝑬?࣪⋕. ------------------------------------------------------------------ ╰► Scarred, you were a shell of what you once were. A childlike soul, in need of sentiments other than fear. You had helplessly tried to entomb that part of you. Although to your own despair, those ferocious waves fluttered away like the wind flowing through your hair. ␥ ‽ ⿻ ------------------------------------------------------------------ ╰► Against all odds, evil has been lurking lately behind your back. Muttering soft words into your ear-drums like an endless form of torture. Perverse, immoral, crude, obscene. It was a torment meant only for you. ‧⁺ ˀ ∿ ʸ!ˢˡᵃˢʰᵉʳˢ ˣ ʳᵉᵃᵈᵉʳ