Two exhausted college students slowly fall in love while living double lives. college au + underground fight club jean kristein x fem reader

three and a half years ago, you moved away the summer you graduated high school. you got accepted into a highly acclaimed study abroad program, and took the opportunity the moment you got it. unfortunately, this meant leaving behind all of your friends, including the one you've known since you were in a crib - jean kirstein. now, following the death of your grandma earlier in the year, you're finally returning home for the holidays. cross-posted on ao3 tumblr: kirsteinsangel

[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

You're new to the city of Paradis: a lonely, burnt-out, art and design lover with too many dreams and what feels like no direction to your life, even while working what you thought would be your dream PR job. He's an uninspired artist looking for his big break-and someone to bring back his spark for painting after life threw too many obstacles in his way. You're used to running, he needs someone to stay. Twin flames intertwine over a shared love of art, ambitious dreams, and a desperate need for someone to talk to-and something beautiful blossoms between the two of you. But can it last? tl;dr: a slow-burn, modern AU, coming-of-age artist jean x art historian reader story. read for tentative friendships, grief and loneliness, emotional intimacy and tension, and trying so hard not to fall in love, only to do so hopelessly. also available on AO3 under m4gicalgirlm4tcha!!

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!!