Your senior year of college isn't turning out as well as you hoped. Between long shifts and dropping grades, you're overwhelmed. Luckily, your TA, Armin Arlert, also known as the smartest in the school, offers his help. It's a shame you don't really like him though. You always questioned his 'perfect' image. The whole act just seemed too good to be true and you've always felt like there had to be more than what met the eye. Turns out you were right all along. Tags/Warnings: -Smut -Power Dynamics -Manipulation -Frenemies to Lovers? *All characters belong to Hajime Isayama.

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.

AOT Modern AU Everyone liked Armin Arlert - from your colleagues, to your clients, to your bosses. Everyone that is, except for you.

Going to a university far from home where no one knows you and instantly making friends with the elite seemed like a good idea at the time. After finding yourself in drama and bad situations and of course, catching the eye of the infamous playboy eren jaeger, things begin to take a turn for the worst. ❧ set in college, all characters 18+, no titan powers, set in normal world. smut. content for 18+. talk about drugs and sex. talk of SA/ SA action. drug use warning. talk of stress eating disorder. talk of suicide and suicidal action. talk about death and killing. DV/violence scenes. reader discretion is advised. enjoy. cover art credit to: lunarells !! please do not ask to translate/repost my work!!