[ He is still growling, feral, angry - all the anger he's held at bay for nearly a year. It leaked out, stained him and Eren from time to time - but it wasn't his to direct at sixteen year old Eren. He hadn't lived it, no matter what he claimed the Labyrinth showed him.
Now, there is no reason to hold it back. This is the Eren that broke Mikasa's heart. This is the Eren that he promised he'd watch after her for. The goodbye he didn't remember until after the deed was done.
He's angry. Hurting.
He hates that he's back. Hates that he's pulled into his orbit again, when he thought he was gone.
Eren is his everything.
Eren is inescapable, and inevitable.
Eren's hands are on his face, forcing him to look at him. There are tears in Jean's eyes, but whether they're relief, anger, or grief he's not even sure. He tugs harder on Eren's shirt, instead, and surges forward to kiss him.
He's not shorter than Jean anymore - not by much. He's not as small. Jean still tries to push at him like he is, like he can force him back against a wall as well as when they were sixteen and twenty.
(Eren was always humoring him. Jean has never been stronger than him.) ]
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[ He is still growling, feral, angry - all the anger he's held at bay for nearly a year. It leaked out, stained him and Eren from time to time - but it wasn't his to direct at sixteen year old Eren. He hadn't lived it, no matter what he claimed the Labyrinth showed him.
Now, there is no reason to hold it back. This is the Eren that broke Mikasa's heart. This is the Eren that he promised he'd watch after her for. The goodbye he didn't remember until after the deed was done.
He's angry. Hurting.
He hates that he's back. Hates that he's pulled into his orbit again, when he thought he was gone.
Eren is his everything.
Eren is inescapable, and inevitable.
Eren's hands are on his face, forcing him to look at him. There are tears in Jean's eyes, but whether they're relief, anger, or grief he's not even sure. He tugs harder on Eren's shirt, instead, and surges forward to kiss him.
He's not shorter than Jean anymore - not by much. He's not as small. Jean still tries to push at him like he is, like he can force him back against a wall as well as when they were sixteen and twenty.
(Eren was always humoring him. Jean has never been stronger than him.) ]