(This story can also be found on my Archive of Our Own [Ao3] account.) August 4, 1862 Fifteen-year-old Eren Jaeger joins the Union Cavlary after witnessing his parents' death, caused by two Confederate soldiers. His sister, Mikasa Ackerman, follows him and becomes a nurse. Everything is going fine, until August 28, 1862. The Second Battle of Bull Run, and Eren's first battle. He never thought that battle could be so brutal, and that he'd be that last face someone ever saw. He's scarred. Until he meets a young girl who heals him, both physically and emotionally. But that girl would be the one person to hurt him the most.