༝༚༝༚ cherry flavoured ! j. kirstein ⋆˚࿔
a complete profile for my jean kirstein fic including character studies !
You arrive at Trost State on an exchange scholarship with one rule: this is temporary. Paradis is supposed to be a pause, not a home. Instead, it gives you Jean Kirstein—a sharp-tongued hockey player who feels too familiar, calls you out for wanting out of the life you're destined for, and refuses to let you outrun who you are. You clash. You circle. You unravel things that were never meant to resurface. This was never just a detour. It was a fate.
˙⋆✮ ⌗pairing: yearner!jean kirstein x fem!reader (she/her)
˙⋆✮ ⌗tags: college au, slowest slow burn ever, found family, artistxmuse, online friends who meet after years of not talking and they don't recognize each other, angst with little comfort, boy next door, (lowk) enemies to friends to situationship, how can you look so peaceful when you know im gonna leave?
˙⋆✮ ⌗wc: ch 1/??
˙⋆✮ ⌗wc: 7k
˙⋆✮ ⌗cw: crude language, nsfw, drug/alcohol usage, panic attacks/anxiety, trauma, parental emotional abuse/neglect, mentions of sh, themes of internalized racism (to be explained), systematic discriminations + racism, disordered eating and body image struggles
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༝༚༝༚ character profiles ! ⋆˚࿔
main ⋆˚࿔ᝰ.ᐟ
y/n l/n | @.cherry.flavrdd | 21 | psychology + performing arts (ballet) | ༝༚༝༚ cherry favoured, the neighbourhood ! ༝༚༝༚
"I have no idea how to stop striving for perfection. It's a sickness, but also the only thing that's ever gotten me anywhere."
🍒𓂃 a perfectionist who has never truly belonged, no matter how relentlessly you try. born and raised in marley as an eldian, you learned early that survival meant excellence—because eldians are nothing in marley unless they prove otherwise. becoming an honorary marleyan has been your life's goal for as long as you can remember, and ballet is the only path you've ever allowed herself to believe in. coming to Paradis was the last thing you wanted, and yet here you are—counting the days, reminding herself over and over that this is only temporary.
jean kirstein | @.kirstein.come.right.back | 21 | visual arts pre-law | ༝༚༝༚ K., cigarettes after sex ! ༝༚༝༚
"There's a version of me I never got to become. Because I was too busy becoming what they wanted."
🍒𓂃 a terrible first impression, to put it simply. sharp-tongued and fiercely proud, all restless energy and poorly hidden irritation. one of the best hockey players in all of paradis, bruised knuckles and the biggest ego you've ever encountered—which is saying something. he has a habit of calling things exactly as he sees them—your ambition included—and it's impossible to tell whether it's honesty or cruelty that drives him. and yet... there's something in the way he looks at you. a pause. a flicker. could it be that he—? no. that's impossible. all you know is that he gets under your skin more than anyone else ever has, and you have no idea why.
for more on jean, see my headcanons post!
supporting ⋆˚࿔ᝰ.ᐟ
annie leonhart | sports med 🥊𓂃 familiar icy blue eyes that see you for exactly who you are. she's the only one who really knows why you've suddenly found yourself at TSU. the easiest to recognize, even after all this time apart. that same quiet presence, same unreadable expression. there's comfort in her silence, a comfort that you've missed so much.
pieck finger | anthropology 🤍𓂃 the one who makes it feels as though you're coming home instead of running from it. soft-spoken and warm in a way that sneaks up on you, she looks at you like she's been saving your seat the whole time.
hitch dreyse | performing arts (ballet) + communications 🎀𓂃 impossible not to notice. loud where you're careful, confident where you've learned restraint. a ballerina who moves like she's never had to earn her place, she unsettles you more than you'd like to admit. porco jokes about her being your replacement—and you laugh all the while pushing down the terrible jealousy that's been eating you alive.
reiner braun | psychology 🏒𓂃 he'd different. taller. broader. stronger.yet still smiling at you brightly like always, the way he looks at you has stayed the same despite all the time apart—wanting something more than the friendship you've agreed upon. it makes you you wonder, and not for the first time, what might have happened if either of you had been braver. neither of you are. and somehow, that's always been the problem.
bertholdt hoover | civil engineering 🦒𓂃 quieter than you remember, if that's even possible. always lingering at the edge of conversations, offering small smiles and careful words. when your eyes meet, you can tell he's genuinely happy you've returned.
porco galliard | accounting and finance 🍻𓂃 pretending as though nothing has changed despite all this time apart. loud. sharp. always ready with a comment that brushes the line between teasing and cruelty. still calling you out like always has. but you know better than to believe the act. porco has always been terrible at hiding when he cares.
marco bodt | environmental sciences 🌱𓂃 unexpectedly kind considering the fact that he's jean's best friend. open and easy to talk to with a warmth that feels sincere.
connie springer | marketing 🏐𓂃 chaos in human form. loud, impulsive, and painfully earnest, he makes you laugh without trying. he's easier than most people here.
sasha braus | agricultural sciences 🌞𓂃 the one to greet you and make it feel like you've always belonged. as warm as the sun, enthusiastic, and entirely unguarded. she constantly invited you to get food and go shopping, providing comfort without asking for anything in return.
eren jaeger | political science + philosophy 🦅𓂃 sharp eyes, restless hands, a presence that feels like it's always on the verge of something reckless. he reminds you a little too much of jean and you're pretty sure that's not a good thing.
mikasa ackerman | pre-med 🧣𓂃 intimidating. you can tell she's unwaveringly loyal, staying close to the ones she cares about like a shield. you can immediately tell that earning her trust won't be easy—but once you do, it will mean something.
armin arlert | marine biology 🪼𓂃 soft-spoken and thoughtful, with an intelligence that sneaks up on you mid-conversation.
ymir | mechanical engineering 🚬𓂃 seemingly lazy and down to earth but you quickly learn she's blunt and looks at you like she's already get you all figured out. it's honestly unnerving at times.
histroia reiss | performing arts (ballet) + business administration 🦢𓂃 sugar and sweet and everything nice personified. a fellow ballerina with delicate technique and a warm smile that makes you feel more at ease.
mina carolina | performing arts (ballet) + pre-law 🩰𓂃 elegant. ambitious. brave. yet another girl who's everything you wish you could be. effortlessly charming as she moves through the studio like she was born to be watched.
upcoming ⋆˚࿔ᝰ.ᐟ
note: contains spoilers for upcoming chapters !
⭑𓂃 chapter 3 !
title: tbd
current word count: 1.4k
expected word count: 10k (??)
status: writing
publishing date: //
song: //
first line: For the first time in what feels like forever, you're not thinking about what happened in Marley.
that's it for now !
༝༚༝༚, star ! ⋆˚࿔
