threads of intimacy ?ˋ°?*?? eren jaeger

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EREN JAEGER
22 | PSYCHOLOGY MAJOR | SENIOR YEAR

— RESERVED, OBSERVANT AND UNREADABLE.
— HAS A TATTOO ON HIS RIGHT BICEP, PARTIALLY VISIBLE WHEN HE'S WEARING SHORT SLEEVES.
— HE READS DURING LUNCH, RARELY PULLS OUT HIS PHONE AND AVOIDS LOUD PLACES.
— HE DRINKS HIS COFFEE BLACK.

ARMIN ARLERT
22 | POLITICAL SCIENCE MAJOR | SENIOR YEAR

— SOFT-SPOKEN, PERCEPTIVE AND DANGEROUSLY SMART.
— THE TYPE TO REMEMBER THE BOOK YOU MENTIONED ONCE AND LEAVE IT ON YOUR DESK.
— CARRIES OTHER PEOPLE'S WEIGHT LIKE IT'S HIS OWN.
— RARELY INTERRUPTS, BUT ALWAYS UNDERSTANDS.

SASHA BRAUS
21 | COMMUNICATIONS MAJOR | SENIOR YEAR

— CHAOTIC GOOD WITH A CAMERA ROLL FULL OF BAD ANGLES AND BIG MEMORIES.
— WILL SHARE HER SNACKS, HER CLOTHES, HER LIFE, IF YOU ASK NICELY.
— RUNS A FOOD BLOG CALLED "BITE ME".
— LOUD IN THE BEST WAY, KIND IN THE WAYS THAT MATTER MOST.

CONNIE SPRINGER
21 | KINESIOLOGY MAJOR | SENIOR YEAR

— LOUD, LOYAL AND SURPRISINGLY TENDER.
— FORGETS DUE DATES, REMEMBERS ANNIVERSARIES.
— THE FIRST TO LAUGH, THE FIRST TO FIGHT FOR YOU.
— MESSY, BUT HE MEANS WELL. AND HE MEANS IT ALL.

JEAN KIRSTEIN
22 | ARCHITECTURE MAJOR | SENIOR YEAR

— WITTY, POLISHED AND NEVER AS CAREFREE AS HE LOOKS.
— LEANS BACK IN HIS CHAIR AND LISTENS LIKE HE MEANS IT.
— FLIRTS WITH HIS SMILE, STAYS FOR THE CONVERSATION.
— ALWAYS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING REAL, EVEN IF HE PRETENDS HE ISN'T.

MIKASA ACKERMAN
22 | PRE-MED | SENIOR YEAR

— BRILLIANT, GUARDED AND UNFLINCHINGLY COMPOSED.
— CARRIES HERSELF LIKE SHE'S GOT SOMETHING TO PROVE.
— ALWAYS HAS A HIGHLIGHTER IN HER SLEEVE AND A WALL AROUND HER HEART.
— DOESN'T SAY MUCH, BUT WHEN SHE DOES, YOU LISTEN.

YMIR
22 | LITERATURE MAJOR | SENIOR YEAR

— SHARP TONGUE, SOFT CENTER, AND ZERO PATIENCE FOR SMALL TALK.
— SMOKES WHEN SHE'S NERVOUS, WRITES LIKE SHE'S BLEEDING.
— LOVES EXACTLY ONCE, AND SHE LOVES COMPLETELY.
— MOST LIKELY TO SCROWL THROUGH A PARTY AND LEAVE WITH YOUR SECRETS.

HISTORIA REISS
22 | BIOLOGY MAJOR | SENIOR YEAR

— GRACEFUL UNDER PRESSURE, LOVING EVEN WHEN SHE'S TIRED.
— SMILES THROUGH EXAMS, HURRICANE AND HEARTBREAK.
— HER LAUGHTER IS QUIET, HER LOYALTY LOUD.
— THE KIND OF FRIEND WHO HOLDS YOUR HAND UNDER THE TABLE WHEN WORDS FAIL.

Everyone has a story they don't tell — even to themselves.

Eren Jaeger is quiet, brilliant and untouchable. He speaks when necessary, disappears when convenient and carries something in his silence that feels too heavy to name. You weren't supposed to care. Not when he barely looked your way. Not when the project was just a grade.

But when a class on intimacy and vulnerability pairs you together, you're forced to unravel not just the subject, but each other.

And the closer you get, the more you wonder: how much of someone do you have to see before you realise you're not just studying them? You're falling.

Even if they never asked you to.

EREN JAEGER X FEM!READER
college AU

This story includes:
slow-burn romance, emotional walls, unresolved tension, vulnerable conversations, college tension, fluff, angst, eventual mature content.

none of the art featured in this story belongs to me — full credit goes to the original artists.