🕊 | A Second Chance

Eren died.

His head cradled gently in her arms, her scarf wrapped around him like a memory. She pressed her lips to his — one last, first kiss. Warm. Real. Her final goodbye.

Eren Yeager had seen the end of the world. He had become its monster. He had given up his humanity, his future, and himself, all to protect those he loved — especially her.

And yet... after all of it, in the final seconds of fading consciousness...

He woke up.

But not in the afterlife, years earlier.

The sky was warm. The air smelled of roasted food and smoke from fireworks. His body was whole. Young. Unscarred. The weight of the Rumbling was gone, but the memories remained, burned into his soul like ash.

He looked around.

And there she was.

Mikasa.

The same red scarf. The same quiet strength. The same eyes.

And then, the moment he remembered — the moment that haunted him — repeated itself:

He asked her, “What am I to you?”

But this time... she didn’t say “family.”

This time, she said she loved him.

Eren doesn’t know if this is a dream, a punishment, or a second chance.

He remembers everything.

But she doesn’t

And he won’t tell her.