#an writes

Summary: Virgil and Roman, in two meetings. 

Word Count: 1144

Relationships: Prinxiety (romantic)

Author’s Notes: This is a very late birthday present for @darknightvirgil who i hope enjoys this! 

They meet in a crowd, both of them there to find the same thing. They meet in a crowd, unaware of each other’s identity, unaware of who the person in front of them is - and who they represent.

There is Virgil, young and sweet, protective and paranoid - he watches shadows shift from the corners of his eyes until they manifest into familiar faces, and he does not relax. There is Virgil, the youngest of the House of Storm, the most protected - the most wary. He fits into his house, lives up to its reputation - the wary, the snappish, the rude - in the way a hand fits a glove. He fits into his house - in appearance, in dress, in demeanor, in every way that does not matter.

There is Roman, young and proud, confident and insecure. He watches people talk, sees the politics in each sentence, each word exchanged as easily as the gold coins they use to barter in place of precious goods - as if they are worth the clinking of inflated currency, as if they can represent the hours of work and the exhaustion of the people that made them. There is Roman, the middle child of the House of Embers, the most ignored - the most flamboyant. He stands out from his house, leaves behind its reputation - the quiet, the observant - in the way a baby carelessly tosses a toy to the ground for a better one. He stands out from his house - in personality, in manner, in every way that does matter.

They meet in a crowd - hundreds of people gathered to celebrate a yearly festival, coloured powder billowing around them like little clouds. Their eyes are wide, drawn to the other across the crowd each time they look away; they find themselves gravitating to each other like collapsing stars, unable to avoid each other’s gravity.

Exsanguination

Ship: Jean Kirschtein/Pieck Finger; Mikasa Ackermann/Eren Jäeger

WC: 9.8k

Summary: Jean Kirschtein is a premier realtor in a small city in Bavaria. Well-loved by the common folk and upper-crust alike, he’s sought out for many favors and trusted with great tasks, but when he happens upon the strange idea from a madman that vampires may be responsible for a death in a nearby village, his entire perception of the world is about to become upended, especially when it comes in the entrancing shape of a little woman in a green dress.

What the 104th Cadet Corps keeps for pets (or not)

(Plus bonus Porco and Pieck)

Eren: Unfortunately developed SEVERE allergies to anything with dander when he was younger, to the point where if he visits a friend with a pet, they have to put them in a separate room and vacuum and disinfect before he comes over. Yes he still aggressively loves dogs, yes he feels terrible about it. Mikasa started getting him plants so he feels like he still gets to care for a creature and he gets wildly protective over his carnivorous plants (they all have names and his favorite is his pitcher plant named Lucifer). Tried a cockatiel but it was WAY too loud and messy for him so he re-homed it to Hange.

Mikasa: Mikasa is a plant mom through and through. Since Eren is allergic to pets, she decides that the only logical response to that predicament is to turn their apartment into a jungle. They have over 50 plants and her favorite is her variegated Thai Constellation monstera that she’s raised for eight years and is taller than Eren. It’s her prized possession and her name is Artemis. Worth several hundred dollars. One may gently caress her leaves in appreciation.

Armin: LOVES animals and happily rescues them off the streets to send to the humane society. He started with a lazy tuxedo cat named Binx but recently got very into fish keeping and has a half-moon betta named Leo. Freaks out when Mikasa gifts him a plant without researching if it’s toxic to pets (it never is and she knows this)

Annie: Didn’t originally like pets because she never had any as a kid but Binx grew on her and now they’re inseparable. One can find her constantly grooming him and complimenting his dashing formalwear. Lets him sleep in the bed with her.

Reiner: GUINEA PIGS!!!! He has a pair of piggies named Bonnie and Clyde and he lets them crawl on top of him when he’s home alone. He likes how quiet and cuddly they are with him and they give him something to love and take care of, as well as a sense of uniqueness because they’re a bit less common than dogs or cats and guests love to meet them. Mikasa is obsessed with them and Eren fights his allergies like his life depends on it to be around them.

Bertholdt: Has a poodle named Pixie that serves as his emotional support pet. She’s very quiet and friendly and everyone teases Bert because Pixie looks just as lanky as he does. Jean mentions that the rumors are true that pet owners look like their pets and Bert fully agrees. Pixie loves the park and knows a ton of tricks. She can play tug of war like nobody’s business and weirdly always smells like lavender.

Historia: Has a bunny that Ymir tolerates. The bunny doesn’t care to be handled and so Historia prefers to tell people “Stella prefers to be observed and worshipped.” She emphasizes her disdain for people who get bunnies as Easter gifts. Likes dogs and would like a Border Collie someday but doesn’t want Stella to feel replaced or be in any danger.

Ymir: Does not have pets. Doesn’t really like pets because the commitment is exhausting. Cannot keep plants alive if the world depended on it after Mikasa tried several times with beginner-level plants. OCCASIONALLY cleans Stella’s cage when Historia is busy but generally leaves her to do it because she’s so particular. Would never admit that she does enjoy the sound of Stella eating hay every once in a while.

Marco: Used to have a mutt as a kid but it passed away and he had a really hard time dealing with it and hasn’t had any desire to get another dog. Has a little gerbil though named Herbie and he lets him run around on his stuff in his bedroom.

Jean: Has a Blue Heeler named Max that he would take a bullet for. Takes Max to the park to play with Pixie and swore up and down that he didn’t like cats until this pitiful little tuxedo-tabby kitten showed up in the dumpster behind his apartment that melted his heart within seconds. He named her Bojangle (Boji for short) because he found her eating scraps of chicken out of a Bojangle’s takeout container. Boji and Max became inseparable after a couple of months and sleep together in the living room on a heated pet bed.

Connie: Has a bearded dragon named Drogon, a Ball Python named Jörmugand, and a Tarantula named Shelob. Everyone likes the lizard and snake but everyone’s scared of Shelob, even Pieck is only comfortable watching her through her enclosure. Connie always asks if people want to feed Drogon his mealworms and Sasha, though she participates, told Connie that he CANNOT be buying roaches for the thing and that mealworms and crickets are objectively less disgusting.

Sasha: Has an ancient Cavalier in her apartment named Cookie and her parents have two horses, with her own pinto mare named Macaroni that she grew up riding. When Sasha and Jean and Connie come to visit the farm, Cookie and Max have the time of their lives bothering the horses, as well as the barn cat, Dolly, and her four kittens. Her parents also have a donkey, two goats, six chickens, three ducks, and a singular goose that tries and fails to fit in. Sasha’s got a whole petting zoo when she’s not living in the city and everyone swings by for the annual Fourth of July bonfire.

Pieck: Took Mikasa’s jungle inspiration to a new level and made a miniature terrarium of rare rainforest plants where she houses two White Tree Frogs named Cha-Cha and Bugs. Boji sits and watches the frogs all the time and likes to sniff them if Pieck takes them out of their enclosure. Max, however, was banned from getting anywhere near the tank.

“You’re more important to me than a drawing, okay?”

Ch 11 of Our Whole Lives are Ahead of Us is now live!!! This one is raw as Hell (to quote my beta reader lmao)

CW: animal death

Jean, now a high-profile target in a yeagerist-backed civil war, must make a harrowing escape from the outskirts of Shiganshina to the train depot to make it to the port before it’s captured. Unfortunately, not all sailing is smooth, and Jean is directly confronted with the consequences of his mistakes, having to look inward at his own perceptions of himself and the things that drive his heart. (featuring the much-needed Connie Crash- Out™)