Eren looks down, looks away, breaks the eye contact that is so crucial to Reiner holding his ground. He speaks softly, words unfolding one after the next from those lips that have brought Reiner so much pleasure, so much pain.
Right now, it's entirely pain.
How do you think the Rumbling ends?
Eren talks about not knowing how Titans end. Talks about not knowing what happened to Porco. Talks without actually saying what he does know. What that question burns into Reiner's mind, chewing up everything Reiner thought he knew and spitting it out. One assumption, one wish, one dream after another.
He thought they all made it out. He thought only the masses would die, and only until Eren was…
Stopped.
How else would Eren be stopped?
How do you think the Rumbling ends?
His body is cold with shock, the blood having drained from his face, leaving him pale and dizzy. Instinctively, he grabs onto the countertop as he starts to sway. Feels his hand smack against it awkwardly, leaving what would be a bruise on the back if Reiner let it form.
Maybe he will. Maybe he should. Maybe then, he could look at it and know that something about this is real.
How do you think the Rumbling ends?
He thought they would be forever. In whatever world they ended up, he thought they would be together until the bitter end. He thought it would be his own end, not…
How do you think the Rumbling ends?
"Wait," he whispers as he stares at Eren, too far away. Too far. "Wait, that's… No. No, you can't…"
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Eren looks down, looks away, breaks the eye contact that is so crucial to Reiner holding his ground. He speaks softly, words unfolding one after the next from those lips that have brought Reiner so much pleasure, so much pain.
Right now, it's entirely pain.
How do you think the Rumbling ends?
Eren talks about not knowing how Titans end. Talks about not knowing what happened to Porco. Talks without actually saying what he does know. What that question burns into Reiner's mind, chewing up everything Reiner thought he knew and spitting it out. One assumption, one wish, one dream after another.
He thought they all made it out. He thought only the masses would die, and only until Eren was…
Stopped.
How else would Eren be stopped?
How do you think the Rumbling ends?
His body is cold with shock, the blood having drained from his face, leaving him pale and dizzy. Instinctively, he grabs onto the countertop as he starts to sway. Feels his hand smack against it awkwardly, leaving what would be a bruise on the back if Reiner let it form.
Maybe he will. Maybe he should. Maybe then, he could look at it and know that something about this is real.
How do you think the Rumbling ends?
He thought they would be forever. In whatever world they ended up, he thought they would be together until the bitter end. He thought it would be his own end, not…
How do you think the Rumbling ends?
"Wait," he whispers as he stares at Eren, too far away. Too far. "Wait, that's… No. No, you can't…"