you're a survey corp soldier. you like routine, to do lists, and order. you don't like jean kirstein. something about that annoying mouth of his and that stupid smirk pisses you off. why? you can't really say. old grudges resurface, secrets slip, and pasts are explored. enemies? definitely. allies? reluctantly. something more? ...you're not ready to ask. a story that journeys through the aot universe. a story where Jean isn't the second choice. ✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:* *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:* *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧ #1 aotfanfic - Jun 2026 #3 shingeki - Jun 2026

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"I hate you! I hate you! I hate you!" "Good, I can live with hate. As long as I know you feel something for me." He was your unfinished forever. You thought you'd buried your love months ago, until he came back like no time had passed. When Art student Jean Kirstein returns to Paradis College after a year of silence, you aren't sure whether to slam the door or to pull him into your arms. But old feelings have a way of resurfacing. As Old truths and long-kept secrets rise, you'll have to face the pain you swore you'd never have to revisit. Because to love him again, you'll have to forgive the past. And maybe yourself. ♡︎༺☆༻♡︎ Aot college au, 18+, trigger warnings will be at the start of each chapter, intended for mature audiences. Cover art credit- KORINarchives

༶•┈┈┈┈┈┈୨♡୧┈┈┈┈┈•༶ 𝐑𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟𝐢𝐬𝐡. 𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫. 𝐀 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐧𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝. 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐬, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐚 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐧𝐨 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞. 𝐘/𝐍 𝐈𝐕𝐀𝐍𝐎𝐕. 𝘊𝘙𝘌𝘋𝘐𝘛𝘚: 𝘏𝘈𝘑𝘐𝘔𝘌 𝘐𝘚𝘈𝘠𝘈𝘔𝘈(AOT) *currently undergoing editing*

❝ 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

"It started with comfort. It ended with him being the only thing that could break me." When Jean Kirstein and Eren Yeager move back to Shingashina from their studies in Amsterdam, you're a wreck. Freshly heartbroken, barely functioning, and definitely not ready to see the two men who've shaped your life: Eren, your brother, and Jean, his best friend, practically family. Jean's cocky, tattooed, too good with his hands, and the kind of person your brother always warned you about. And yet, when he's the only one who can help you navigate this mess, you can't ignore the way his presence unsettles you. Protective, attentive, and impossibly close, he reaches for you when you fall apart, and suddenly the line between care and something more blurs. He promised no feelings and he lied. {˙⋆✮rankings} 1 in #yearner 10/11/25 1 in #kirstein 10/11/25 12 in #shingekinokiojin 26/11/25 7 in #jeankirstein 5/12/25 1 in #jeankirschtein 10/12/25 17 in #attackontitan 4/03/26 (slight substacne abuse, smut, violence)

Our story begins with Y/N who was born and raised in Marley and put into the warrior candidate program in hopes to inherit one of the seven. She's sent on a mission with Marcel, Annie, Reiner and Bertholdt to go to Paradis, home of the island devils, to take back the Founder. Follow Y/N as she goes forth with the mission to eventually grow up and join the 104th cadets and while there, meets no other than Jean Kirstein. The two fall in love, but how long can Y/N keep up with the lies of who she really is and what she came to Paradis to do? How long until she has to come clean? To Jean, to the other scouts and to herself? ~ reader will go through each arc in canon aot. ✹ ✹ ✹ IMPRESSIVE RANKINGS #1 in jean 1/25/22 + 4/5/22 #1 in jean x reader 7/26/22 #1 in aotimagine 7/31/22 #2 in eren 1/18/22 #2 in porco 3/17/22 DISCLAIMERS : -COVER ART BELONGS TO THE ARTIST I DO NOT OWN ANYTHING - none of these characters besides y/n are my own, the setting, story arcs, and characters all belong to hajime isayama. pls don't sue me i just wanted to write a self insert ab falling in love w jean and manga will be all throughout. however some adjustments to the original story were made to fit y/n into the story.

- 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐞'𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥, 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭. [chapters 1-4 rewritten in april 2022] jean kirstein x fem! reader. slow burn. modern au. fluff, angst, smut. trigger warnings posted in chapters. 18+ (explicit language, mentions of death/grief, implied mentions of suicidal thoughts, implied mentions of abuse, nsfw, violence, etc.) enjoy.

Jean Kirstein, a soldier of the royal guard of the kingdom Eldia is granted a promotion. Although he'd normally be thrilled, his new job requires watching over and protecting the princess who has a terrible habit of doing exactly what she's not supposed to. reader discretion advised. all characters 18+, no titan powers, set in fantasy world. smut. content for 18+. talk about death and killing. violent/graphic scenes. cover art creds: gundo_49 on twitter!!

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.