Mikasa POV
Eren.
She...she had to find Eren...
He...he had to help Armin...
Armin...
The guards had let her go after they had brought away her unconscious friend. And even though every cell in her body screamed at her to follow him, she knew that Armin would want her to search for her brother.
She stumbled through the dark, scratches from bushes and branches adorning her skin. Mikasa didn't dare to shout for Eren. There could still be guards around and they could never find Eren. This time she wouldn't hesitate to show what she was capable of if it meant that she could protect her brother.
"Eren...", she whispered, brushing her dark hair aside. She turned her head, facing the trees that grew in the forest close to the palace. If Eren had tried to escape, he could have landed there. Without knowing how to work with those wings, he surely couldn't have gotten any further.
Her feet carried her over the grass, the moon following her movements like it was trying to gift her with more energy. She inhaled deeply, forcing herself to run faster and faster and faster.
The trees became bigger, their crowns as giant and full of dark life as she remembered it.
She looked around herself, wanting to make out any enemy that could have followed her. But when there was no sound, no movement – no enemy, she started running again, deeper into the forest.
Deeper to wherever Eren had managed to land.
Eren...
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Erwin POV
"How is he?" Marie's concerned voice was near his ear and he knew she was standing beside him, for he felt her soft hand on his shoulder.
"Still unconscious. But he should wake up soon."
The woman hummed, curling a strand of her hair around her finger.
"Promise me you will go easy on him?"
"He is suspected to have contact to the second prince. That would make him out to be the enemy after King Grisha's order.", Erwin answered quietly. "I have to do my job."
"Your job isn't to scare those young people, darling.", Marie said and smiled down at him, placing a kiss where his hair parted. "You are to find out what they know. Nothing more."
He sighed. Technically she was right. But he knew that Grisha wanted to hear a confession. Not about how the boy was feeling. But why was he a suspect in the first place?
"I have to go, Marie.", he said and rose from his mattress. He had lived in this room for nearly five years and it wasn't uncommon of Marie to beg him to come and live with her in a place where they would see each other more often. He understood her wish for contact.
But something...something was always holding him back...
She nodded in understanding and walked over to the window, facing the forests behind it.
Just as Erwin was about to leave, she said: "Can you do me a favor?"
"Everything, Marie. You know that."
"When you're with that servant boy...try to be the man I love. Not the man your king wants you to be."
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The cells in the basement were old and the smell in there not pleasant in the least. Erwin certainly didn't envy the guards down here and walked past them with a hint of an apologetic smile that was met with respectful nods.
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Coming for your heart
Fanfiction|| Book 1 || Eren Yaeger had to flee from his home when he was only six years old. With his mother and his adopted sister he tries to forget anything related to the King and the secrets they left behind. Many years later war comes for Eldia and Er...
