[Mikasa danced with them. It’s bad enough that Eren took another wife, in this reality. Aubrey doesn’t know her as well, and Armin never suggested anything, but just because it’s not mutual for them…]
[Aubrey looks to Eren, and somehow she’s not surprised by his frown. It’s… harder to be enthusiastic when the smiles are weak. If she’s learned anything about love, it’s that it doesn’t have to feel like defeat; and that she doesn’t want it to.
[She squeezes their hands back, but her eyes stay with Eren. Softly:] It’s not just us, is it…?
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[—Ah, the memory…
[Mikasa danced with them. It’s bad enough that Eren took another wife, in this reality. Aubrey doesn’t know her as well, and Armin never suggested anything, but just because it’s not mutual for them…]
[Aubrey looks to Eren, and somehow she’s not surprised by his frown. It’s… harder to be enthusiastic when the smiles are weak. If she’s learned anything about love, it’s that it doesn’t have to feel like defeat; and that she doesn’t want it to.
[She squeezes their hands back, but her eyes stay with Eren. Softly:] It’s not just us, is it…?