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[rustedpride]

Feel free to run off with any of these. I just wrote them cause I felt like it.

Do some of them make sense? Not necessarily. But they exist and can be worked on.

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Jaegerists AU, but Jean is in it early on

[rustedpride]

At first, Jean couldn't believe it when Eren told them the plan. It was crazy. Crazier than anything Eren had ever come up with. And it was all just to save his friends.

It was probably a surprise to everyone that Jean agreed to it. Even he doubted the words coming out of his mouth at first, shocked at not even arguing about it first. Even Floch was staring at him like he had gone insane. Well, thank yourself, Floch. The company you have affects you.

While Floch took a more vocal role in the 'Jaegerists', Jean opted to staying close to their friends to watch over them, and help Eren do things without their knowing. Thanks to him, even Sasha was only injured and put in a coma and not dead (still making Nicolo mad enough to hurt Falco who was protecting Gabi). It seems listening to Eren tell him to pay attention to every detail was worth it.

When Floch marched in to arrest everyone, it was time for Jean to stop pretending. Instead of being tied up, he was left alone. Connie raged, Hange sounded more disappointed than they ever had been. Jean just looked away, not bothering to answer any of the questions or accusations.

Connie called him a coward for not answering. Maybe he was. But there wasn't enough time for explanations and Eren wouldn't want him to explain.

Jean stayed behind, waiting for Eren to be finished with his business. In a way they were doing the same thing. Pushing their friends away. Jean might have a chance to patch things later, unless something tragic happened. Who even knew. It wasn't in Eren's plans, but nothing was ever set it stone.

For now, Jean decided to light up a cigarette. When did he start smoking? He doesn't even remember. But it had become a habit.

[dreamsofwings]

Eren himself was surprised at Jean's agreement at first. When he first told them, he was still missing pieces (he's still missing some now). There are holes in his memories of the future, questions he can't answer yet.

But this has been easier with Jean actually helping. He would have stood against Jean alongside the rest of them, of course. There couldn't be another choice, another outcome. But in whatever part of him still feels anything resembling a positive emotion, he's glad that at least Jean will stand on his side.

The others won't kill Jean unless they have no choice, and Eren plans to keep him out of any situation that puts him in an inescapable position. Not that Eren's plans always work correctly. Despite whatever it is he knows and thinks he knows, he can't control all the minute decisions. He wouldn't want to if it involved mind control and all that, anyway. He'll take the risks as they come.

The ending will always be the same.

They're close now, he thinks. They'll meet Zeke at Shiganshina, though everything has kind of gone to shit. Eren doesn't exactly know what happened in the forest. He's still not aware just how many people drank the wine, having been told it was just the higher ups. He agreed to it, though it's not his favourite plan. But most of the military higher ups are terrible anyway. Zacklay dying doesn't sit heavy on his conscience.

He finally finishes his liaison meeting with Floch and a group of newly joined cadets. He's a little surprised how many of them seem to zealously follow the uprising, but in the end it doesn't matter. All that matters is the goal he's been running towards for the past several years.

He leans against the wall next to Jean, leg bent, one foot up against the brick. He has his hands in his pockets like he almost always does, a way of keeping himself still, the illusion of control.

"Floch told them that the captain and Hange are dead," Eren says, matter-of-fact. He's become good at numbness, keeping emotion out of his voice unless he's angry. It's a defence mechanism of sorts. He keeps his eyes ahead, not actually looking at Jean. Maybe he's afraid of what he'll see there.

[rustedpride]

Jean wasn't told about the wine straight away, most likely because he would have protested the loudest about it. All he could do about it was to make sure none of his friends drank it. The thought still made him ill. Just how many of them would turn into titans because of it.

Now most likely even the kid that Nicolo hit with the bottle. Falco. They could only hope he would be far enough not to transform if Zeke roared.

Floch had gone to do what he was meant to do, but Jean remained somewhere close by Eren. Time was running short and he still wanted to make sure he got as much time as he could with him. It was selfish, but it was part of the reason he had agreed to stay on Eren's side.

Some would probably call it love. Jean wasn't so sure if it was that or something else. Either way it would only end in a tragedy.

Eren's words make Jean pause. The cigarette was just inches away from his lips, as he felt his emotions take a dark turn of the thought of them dying. Jean had never asked about the future in detail. It wasn't his place to ask, not would Eren answer. So he had no idea if this was intended or if there was something else.

Of course Floch would celebrate it. That makes him feel anger as he glances towards the direction where he knows the red-head was in. A lot of things about Floch had recently made Jean annoyed.

But he also felt grief and disbelief. He doesn't look at Eren even if he addresses him.

"Were they not part of the people you wanted to protect?"