♡ THE SOUND OF A HEARTBEAT - JEAN KIRSCHTEIN
WARNINGS: major spoilers for the last episode of aot, gn!reader, fluff (?)
you are frantically looking around as things are starting to settle down. after spending hours trying to stop the rumbling by fighting your best friend, eren, the battle is finally over, but you still can’t find your boyfriend, jean.
tears are streaming down your face, not only because it’s to foggy to find your boyfriend, but also because eren is dead. the person you’ve been in the survey corps with for years, who you’ve grown closer to and become friends with, the boy who suddenly came up with a crazy plan to protect his friends is now dead.
you cannot lose jean either, that would be the end of you. there are already so many comrades that have been killed throughout the years and you can’t take it anymore, if only jean is alive, maybe it’ll all feel a little better, it will feel better.
“jean!” you scream his name, exhausted from everything that’s happened, your legs almost giving up as they use their last strength to help you walk forward, hopefully towards jean and your friends. “baby?!” that’s his voice, it’s so familiar, it’s like home.
before you can even see his face, his arms wrap around your waist to pull you in for a warm hug. both of you are sobbing loudly in each others arms, refusing to let go as you sink down onto the ground, barely being able to move. “you’re alive, you’re alive…” you mumble while leaning your head against his chest, pressing your ear to his left side where you can hear the sound of his heartbeat.
he sniffles and nods, squeezing you close while resting his head over yours. “i am, we’re safe now, it’s all over,” he whispers. “i love you so much, so so so much. i’m gonna look after you for the rest of our lives, we won’t have to worry about a single thing.”
you nod in agreement, finally pulling your head away from his chest to look at him. “i love you too, i don’t know what i would’ve done if-“ “don’t think about that, we’re both alive,” he says while cupping your cheeks, putting on a smile despite exhaustion and a mix of emotions. his lips presses against yours for a quick and long awaited kiss, causing you to lean further into him.
“i don’t think i’ll be able to walk for a while,” you mumble against his lips and he rubs your cheek with the pad of his thumb while pulling away. “that’s okay, me neither. we can just stay here for a while, we have nowhere we need to be right now, as long as we’re together.”
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