If only Reiner had any idea how well Eren took that advice to heart. Just move forward. Move forward. He has done just that, even knowing the ending, even hurting people he loves more than anything because he thinks it's the only way.
He doesn't really consider how the others would take this, whatever it is he's doing with Reiner. This is far from the shittiest thing he's done, after all. As long as he's only self-destructing and not actually killing civilians, who cares? Well, Reiner might get hurt but he can make his own decisions too. Whatever.
He only won't go home right now because of courtesy. He doesn't bring anyone home. He's not sure what kind of protocol you set up about things like this with your (ex) superior officer who doesn't quite trust you and who definitely doesn't want to know who you're fucking. Easier to just not.
He's still staring at Reiner's mouth. The other boy turns his own action around on him, licking his lips because he knows Eren is watching him. He keeps staring anyway. At least he's focused again, here in the present.
He shouldn't use people this way. They're using each other, he thinks. Of course they are. He likes to think he holds more cards, but that's only true in certain situations about certain things. He still longs for the touch he missed for so long before Folkmore (for much of the time he spent in Folkmore, too). He's still overreactive thanks to the memory thing from the metal titans. Emotionally raw from what happened to Jean.
Fighting would be simpler, maybe. Maybe not. Maybe this can be simple.
His eyes drift back up to Reiner's.
"You live alone?" he asks.
He knows it's a dangerous thing to do, an offer he's hinting at. This was so public and that won't be. It's practical, since he can't take anyone to his place. But he's giving Reiner the emotional home field advantage in a way, letting Eren -- someone he sees as a quarry, a would-be prisoner -- walk into his place like it's fine.
Or they could find another alley. He's not that picky, not ashamed of it by now. But he'd thought about this in a bed. Actually without clothes. Unhurried (just kidding, he's too impatient for that to work for long).
Or a hotel if they're still pretending this is neutral.
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He doesn't really consider how the others would take this, whatever it is he's doing with Reiner. This is far from the shittiest thing he's done, after all. As long as he's only self-destructing and not actually killing civilians, who cares? Well, Reiner might get hurt but he can make his own decisions too. Whatever.
He only won't go home right now because of courtesy. He doesn't bring anyone home. He's not sure what kind of protocol you set up about things like this with your (ex) superior officer who doesn't quite trust you and who definitely doesn't want to know who you're fucking. Easier to just not.
He's still staring at Reiner's mouth. The other boy turns his own action around on him, licking his lips because he knows Eren is watching him. He keeps staring anyway. At least he's focused again, here in the present.
He shouldn't use people this way. They're using each other, he thinks. Of course they are. He likes to think he holds more cards, but that's only true in certain situations about certain things. He still longs for the touch he missed for so long before Folkmore (for much of the time he spent in Folkmore, too). He's still overreactive thanks to the memory thing from the metal titans. Emotionally raw from what happened to Jean.
Fighting would be simpler, maybe. Maybe not. Maybe this can be simple.
His eyes drift back up to Reiner's.
"You live alone?" he asks.
He knows it's a dangerous thing to do, an offer he's hinting at. This was so public and that won't be. It's practical, since he can't take anyone to his place. But he's giving Reiner the emotional home field advantage in a way, letting Eren -- someone he sees as a quarry, a would-be prisoner -- walk into his place like it's fine.
Or they could find another alley. He's not that picky, not ashamed of it by now. But he'd thought about this in a bed. Actually without clothes. Unhurried (just kidding, he's too impatient for that to work for long).
Or a hotel if they're still pretending this is neutral.