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Eren Jaeger ([personal profile] dreamsofwings) wrote in [community profile] singillatim 2025-05-14 09:28 am (UTC)

we can wrap up anytime I think

"After all of that, it wasn't enough," Eren says without judgment. "I know that feels like shit."

Too little, too late. Eren knows what that can feel like, the despair that sets in. He's made enough shitty decisions that ended worse than he expected.

Probably at some point, the Rumbling went worse than he expected. He's still not even sure what he expects at the very end of it. Death, at the hands of someone who loves him — someone who he loves in whatever way he is still able, but not the way she deserves.

He hopes it does not end with being forgotten. He is so scared of being forgotten. That's one of the only things left that really scares him anymore.

He also knows what it is to betray people. He has betrayed people he loves, ostensibly in order to save them. Not that he's about to tell Billy any of that. He trusts Billy more than he trusts most people here, but that isn't saying much. Anyway, Eren's truths are too terrible, much worse than a mutiny.

Maybe someday he'll say something about any of it.

"Were you sick when you came here?" he asks. Most people he's met when they arrive have been shaken up but pretty much fine. This seems like a terrible place to be if you're sick — not much better than the place Billy talked about.

At least there are no bears (haha, or so they think).

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