When Y/n L/n moves to Paradis, Oregon and enrolls in the town's university, she hopes to feel closer to her late mom and discover pieces of her past. The last thing she expects is to need Jean Kirstein, one of the captains of Paradis University's hockey team, to help her. She came looking for answers. Not for him. The the last thing she needs in the midst of her chaotic life and discoveries is to fall in love. Dealing with loss, grief, and struggling with acceptance, Y/n will discover if opening her heart is worth the risk, or one more thing she can't afford to lose. ~ -slowwwwwwww burn -slight enemies to lovers in the beginning -angst

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.

"ɪ'ᴍ ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ʜᴀʟꜰ ᴀʟɪᴠᴇ ɪɴ ᴍʏ ꜱᴛʀᴜɢɢʟᴇ ᴛᴏ ꜱᴜʀᴠɪᴠᴇ ᴡɪᴛʜᴏᴜᴛ ʏᴏᴜ" Only one person has ever seen your many phases: Jean. This friendship that only ever lived on the codependency the two of you had with each other became estranged after you both switched from chasing each other to chasing your vices. But now, after your world crumbles right before your eyes, you have no other choice but to retreat to the place you swore you'd run away from. Which only means that you're going to have to run back to him and the others you can't quite forget about. art credit: @blustock_ 🎸

Both being from respectable and illustrious families of good society, Y/N Jaeger and Jean Kirstein make a promise to do all that is possible for them to avoid their arranged marriage to one another after being caught in a place they were not supposed to be in. The two are willing to go to any extent to achieve their goal now knowing what's at risk. But who is to say that achieving said goal will be successful? ˚⊱ ᡣ𐭩 ⊰˚ Intended for a mature audience. cover art: @strawberrymacchiato