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.

You're really here, and it almost feels like a dream. When seemingly ordinary you does something extraordinary and is offered admission to a world-renowned film school, your once elusive dream of becoming a great filmmaker becomes all too close to grasp. Passionate, driven, and quite a bit too awkward, you arrive at Stohess University for only one thing: to make it big time. But what happens when life's aspirations interfere with the heart's desires? · · ─ ·✶· ─ · · aot college au. 18+. intended for mature audiences. includes dark content, so please check all trigger warnings. this is a jean kirstein x reader fanfic. however, it is an extreme slowburn that will heavily explore connie x reader and eren x reader. if you don't like that, don't read it.