You weren't unfair. [Eren's voice has gotten quiet. There's no need to speak loudly when they're this close. Their foreheads are together, Eren's eyes squeezed shut.]
I love you. [He's struggled to say it to anyone else, but not to Jean, despite everything...] And I am.
All I do lately is sleep. Maruki is helping me fill in my memories...
[ He could argue he was needlessly cruel, then but he has a feeling it'd be a losing fight. Eren knows what he did, after all. Jean keeps his eyes closed; there's no need to look right now. ]
If there's anything I can do to help with your memories, I will.
If you don't want to rest, we can do something else. Read a book or take a walk, or train. Whatever you want.
I read that as "take a walk or take a train" and I was like somnius metro????
[Eren's arms settle in heavier around Jean and squeeze. He hooks their ankles together, tangling their legs up close.]
There's no need to coddle me. [He has to say it. But...]
Whatever you want to do, I don't care. I want to be near you. That's all, Jean. [He won't ask for anything else. Jean can hate him the entire time he loves him if that's what it takes. Eren's earned that.
[He just wants to be near the ones he loves while he still can be.]
[ Jean doesn't stop Eren from tangling their legs together, making sure to hook one calf over Eren's. Even like this, after everything, it feels just as right as it did the first time. Familiar, comforting. ]
I don't coddle you.
[ He did, a little, when Eren was younger here; not anymore, he's resolved. ]
Then I'll tell you about the stars, and the planets, I've been learning about.
[ And, if Eren has no objections, he'll do just that. He's sure he's heard some of it before, from Armin. But he talks about galaxies, nebulas, planets; how the light in the sky takes thousands of years to reach them. How some of the stars are already dead, and they won't know it for a long time.
He tells him everything he knows, until his voice drifts off, and they're left in silence, holding each other close. ]
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I love you. [He's struggled to say it to anyone else, but not to Jean, despite everything...] And I am.
All I do lately is sleep. Maruki is helping me fill in my memories...
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If there's anything I can do to help with your memories, I will.
If you don't want to rest, we can do something else. Read a book or take a walk, or train. Whatever you want.
I read that as "take a walk or take a train" and I was like somnius metro????
There's no need to coddle me. [He has to say it. But...]
Whatever you want to do, I don't care. I want to be near you. That's all, Jean. [He won't ask for anything else. Jean can hate him the entire time he loves him if that's what it takes. Eren's earned that.
[He just wants to be near the ones he loves while he still can be.]
CHOO CHOO (also wrap?)
I don't coddle you.
[ He did, a little, when Eren was younger here; not anymore, he's resolved. ]
Then I'll tell you about the stars, and the planets, I've been learning about.
[ And, if Eren has no objections, he'll do just that. He's sure he's heard some of it before, from Armin. But he talks about galaxies, nebulas, planets; how the light in the sky takes thousands of years to reach them. How some of the stars are already dead, and they won't know it for a long time.
He tells him everything he knows, until his voice drifts off, and they're left in silence, holding each other close. ]