𝘞𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴: Implied Injury and Death, First person Reader ╰─━━━━━━━━━━━━─╯
I've been on a little hiatus since i am moving back to school; but I have a short little drabble for a collab that I am apart of!
I'm really excited to read everyone's work! The prompt was when you make a promise to marry someone as a kid. Which I obviously turned into angst!
I tried a little different thing by using first person, and I kind of like it! As always feel free to send me an ask or request!
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It was strange to think about the past, especially at a time like this.
I remember being quite young. Happy; on a makeshift tire swing. My best friend in the whole world pushed me like he always did.
Sugawara was always so kind; I never knew how he did it. No matter what was happening he always had a smile on his face. Even now as he looks down at me I can see him smiling, or maybe it is just mixing with my memories.
I remember one tiny detail he said to me, what… must have been 15 years ago.
“Y/n, when we get older… will you marry me?” I think he forgot about it, 15 years can feel like a lifetime after all.
I looked up, the stars were so pretty tonight. It was a nice summer evening and I was lying down. I could hear others talking but it didn’t really matter what they were saying.
I appeared to be lying in Suga’s lap, which is often how we sat under trees when we were younger. Sometimes I wish I could have confessed my feelings for him, but it seems a bit too late now.
I would have liked it if Sugawara asked again in the park we spent most of our free time in. There was this one tree that always flowered beautifully right before fall. One can’t be picky when it comes to things we want.
I would have brought him out with me, with his favorite book. He used to read to me when we were there. Anytime the weather was nice enough we found ourselves under that tree. Maybe I would have asked him while I layed in his lap, much like now.
I was exhausted, I felt as if there was a huge pressure in my chest, as if Suga was sitting on it. I saw his face, a smile upon it, but something was wrong. His smile was accompanied with tears, his eyes filled with sadness. He grabbed my hand and held it tight. His hand was wet and sticky. I tried to laugh but all I could do was cough.
Sugawara shushed me and pushed my hair out of my face. He was saying something to me that I couldn’t understand. It was as if he were a million miles away. Lights started to flash, I wanted to close my eyes, but I couldn’t. Suga was much more important in this moment, he was what I wanted to look at.
Someone tried to take me away from him, I couldn’t resist. I couldn’t move, I was so tired. I held onto his hand as hard as I could, but I wasn’t strong enough. I don’t know why they're taking me, maybe this was all a dream.
Before they could pry me from his arms all I could say was.
“Why didn’t you marry me?” It came out of my mouth, but it didn’t sound like me, it was hoarse and choked up.
“I will, I promised after all.”
Although we never did, because I never was able to come back.
Hello Hello and welcome to another Anilysium SFW Server collab!
This time our writers and artists were given a broad prompt! This collab is based on the idea of when you’re a kid and you make the outlandish promise to marry one of your friends and think they forget about it when you grow up, so there was a lot of leeway with this one!
Everyone has worked super hard this month, so give it a read when we go live! Our past collabs can be found here if you want to check them out too!
Quick note, our Big 5 are changing! After this month, Attack on Titan will no longer be part of our Big 5 and instead we will have Genshin Impact! Our other 4 fandoms are the same: Jujutsu Kaisen, My Hero Academia, Demon Slayer and Haikyuu aren’t going anywhere!
When will this masterlist go live? Midnight GMT on the 23rd of August!
𝘞𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴: Major Character Death, Manga Spoilers, Graphic Depictions of Violence, starts off with fluff, angst ending, Marlyean!Reader
𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵: 3.1k
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This for the Reiner and Zeke birthday collab with @saccharine-darling
So this is my first collab!!! Very exciting! It is for my lovely husband's birthday so of course I am going to be dishing out the feels!
I thought it would be interesting to explore a Marlyean!Reader. I see a lot of Paradis focused content and I thought it would be cool to see it from the other side.
This does contain Season 4 spoilers! Manga Spoilers at the end that will be tagged so if you aren't caught up you can read until that part
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You woke up in the War Chief's bed like usual. The soft covers shielding your naked body from the cold air in the room. Zeke however was missing. You figured he had gotten up early to work on the plans for the next advancement for Marley.
You were crawling out of bed gripping the covers to your body when you heard a knock at the door. You didn’t say anything hoping the person would just leave. However, Porco opened the door.
“Oh, y/n.” He said unfazed. Your half lidded eyes met his; thankfully the covers were shielding your tired body from Porco’s harsh gaze. The two of you didn’t move a muscle, both filled with an awkwardness neither of you knew how to handle
“What do you need?” You asked quietly, the embarrassment starting to catch up to you.
“Well just tell Zeke I need to talk to him.” Porco replied; with that he left, closing the door behind him. You let out a sigh as you dropped the sheets from your body allowing yourself to get dressed in last night’s clothing.
The walk home from Zeke’s room in the command building was familiar. You have known him practically your whole life, and it was pretty much fate that you ended up together. You have come to know all of the Warriors in the time you have known Zeke. They spend most days together, and when they are not doing great things for Marley you get to spend time with the great heroes as well.
You were grateful to be able to be an Honorary Marlyean due to your relationship with Zeke. He had proposed last year, but with the war going on up until recently there was no time to get married.
Tonight was going to be the Festival! You had been looking forward to this for weeks. You hoped that there would be time other than nights for you and Zeke to be together. You had gotten to your own small apartment that you shared with Zeke, or well when he is not at the command building.
In reality it was just your apartment, nothing fancy. You walked over to your small table, by the window. There was a wilting flower that Zeke had brought to you when he got back from the War effort. You smiled, not only was he a great Warrior, he thought about you while he was gone.
You tidied up the stack of letters, and took the flower from the vase. You took a book from the shelf and placed the flower inside. The book was practically overflowing with press flowers. You were unable to let yourself throw them away. Anything that Zeke sent you was precious.
You got dressed for the day, you fixed your red armband to your left arm and brushed your clothing down. You adorned some of your finer clothing for the festival. You looked at yourself in the mirror as you fixed your hair.
You heard the lock on the front door turnover as you walked out of the room. Your heart swelled as you saw Zeke come inside, he walked over to you enveloping you in a strong hug. He was wearing his normal military uniform, which you expected; he looked great. You smiled up at him, breaking away from the hug. He held out his arm for you to grab.
“Well let’s get going, y/n.” He walked with you, leading you down towards the street. “We have lots to do before tonight.”
Zeke brought you to the festival. The streets are packed with Marleyans and Eldians alike. There were different stalls sporting trinkets and food. It looked magical. You have never seen anything like this before. The excitement bubbled over in you like a little kid. You saw the Warrior candidates run past you, Reiner trailing behind them.
“On babysitting duty, Reiner?” You asked playfully. He gave you a weak smile, his eyes looked tired.
“You could say that.” He mumbled. You could hear the kids calling his name in the distance. “I think I’m needed up there.” He walked away, the candidates flocking around him like little birds.
“That could be you one day.” Zeke whispered into your ear. You chuckled, blushing slightly.
“Let’s worry about getting married first, huh?” You retorted. Zeke gave your hand a squeeze; he led you to a stall selling small glass animals. You were quick to pick up one that looked like a monkey to show your fiance.
“Is that all you think of me, y/n?” Zeke asked dramatically. You chuckled.
“Well you are the greatest beast titan in our history, so… yes!” Zeke sighed, shaking his head. He too looked over the little figurines.
“And you, my dear y/n” He picked up a small figure of a cat. “Are a scared little kitten.”
“Hey I’m not scared!” You interjected. “I have you to protect me.” You looked up at Zeke, he was right. You were a scared kitten, but you had Zeke and that was enough to make you feel better in any situation.
“You know I’ll always be on your side.” Zeke said lovingly pushing a stray hair behind your ear.
“Of course, Zeke. I love you.” You looked up at him. He gave you a gentle kiss, his warm lips on yours. He held you gently as if you were one of the glass figurines, and even the slightest touch could shatter you.
“You know, y/n.” Zeke looked at you, squeezing your hand. “Since the war is over, we can actually get married.” Your heart swelled, he was right. The two of you had practically planned the whole thing in the letters you two sent to each other. Zeke pulled you into a hug, his strong arms enveloping you in his warmth. He smelled slightly of cigarettes and coffee, something you have come to love.
“There are just a few more things I need to attend to. Then I am all yours for the rest of my time.” Zeke said, faltering a bit on his last words. Zeke didn’t have much time left, but that didn’t matter to you. You were always Zeke’s from the beginning. You knew that there was a time limit between you and him, but no matter what you love for him would not expire.
“I’ll always be here. I can wait a little longer.” You laugh looking up into his eyes. He smiles down at you, his hand brushing your cheek.
“You know, I wish I could ask you to marry me all over again.” He placed his forehead on yours. “Your reaction will be burned into my memory forever.
He was right, it was quite the reaction. You couldn’t stop sobbing and Zeke thought he had upset you. When all you could do was nod your head yes and run into his arms, he knew that he made the right decision.
You looked down at your matching rings, very simple silver bands. You could see the tan line on Zeke’s finger from where his ring normally sat. You don’t believe that he has taken it off since he had put it on, same with you. There was always a piece of one with the other.
Zeke walked off from this booth and went on to the second, and the third and the fourth. The two of you walked through the whole festival eating snacks along the way. You were stuffed by the time the sun was setting.
“Today was amazing!” You exclaimed. “I wish we could do this everyday.” You let out a deep sigh.
“Maybe we can.” Zeke said quietly, now in thought. You looked up at him in wonder.
“You really think they would let us?” You asked excitedly. Zeke smiled down at you.
“I think so.” He whispered into your ear, giving you a gentle kiss on your temple. “Come now, let's go get good seats.
The sun was set by the time you walked over towards the stage. There were so many chairs layed out for the show, and you were becoming more and more excited.
“Oh I see the other warriors, let's go sit with them!” You said, starting to walk over.
“No.” Zeke interjected, grabbing your hand. “Let’s sit near the back, just the two of us.” He smiled at you, and that you did. You found two open seats near the back of the section. Zeke placing his hand in your lap.
You both waited patiently for the show to start. You saw Willy Tyber take his place up on the stage. You also saw Reiner and Falco leave.
“I wonder, where are they going?” You whispered to Zeke.
“Hmm, I don’t know.” He replied. “I have to go to the bathroom, wait here.” Zeke said. Before you could stop him, Zeke had gotten up and left. You watched the show happening in front of you hearing about the “true history” of Eldia.
You thought it was just a bunch of hogwash, that was until you were knocked from your seat, large pieces of the adjacent building narrowly missing you. All you could do was run for your life. You had no idea what was happening, or what had happened. Your legs carried you without thinking into an ally.
You could hear a titan’s ear piercing roar; it felt as if your eardrums had burst. You covered your ears and peaked around the corner to see who you assumed was Eren Jaeger.
This was all his fault.
All you could hope for was that the Warriors would take care of him. You wondered where they were; you wonder where Reiner and Falco went off too.
You continued up the ally, hoping to get further away from the destruction behind you. You heard an unfamiliar whirring above you. You looked up to see people flying above the buildings. Ropes attaching them and pulling them through the air. You had heard stories from Reiner about this gear, it was from the island of devils.
You could see someone land on the roof above you, a tall man with a goatee and medium length hair. You looked up at him, fear apparent on your face. You figured he would kill you, but instead he did a “shooing” motion urging you to continue running in the direction you were heading. Which you did, your legs working on their own dragging you to somewhere hopefully safe.
Your heart pounded, you heard screams and crashing behind you. Your ears still ringing from the screeching of the titan battle. All you could think of was, Zeke. How you hoped that he was okay, he would save you. Zeke was the strongest man you knew, you held out hope that he would find you.
You rounded a corner, there you saw Zeke’s crumpled titan form. You ran towards it, calling out for him desperately. You could see a man with short black hair, and that fancy gear the other enemies were wearing. The man cut Zeke out of his titan.
“Wake up, Zeke.” You screamed, stumbling as you tried to rush to his aide. The loud clashing of the titans behind you made it impossible for them to hear you. It looked as if they were talking, the man was giving a disapproving glare at Zeke. If you didn’t know any better you would even think that they knew each other.
You finally made it to where you could hear their conversation. The raven haired man hadn’t noticed you, nor had Zeke.
“I hope you like what your plan caused.” The man said to Zeke.
Your plan?
“Well I didn’t account for everything of course.” Zeke replied, the steam of his healing obscuring his face.
“Zeke?” You whimpered out. Both Zeke and the raven haired man whipped their heads around to you. You were standing there gripping at your jacket, which was covered in dirt and blood. You were barely able to stand, your injuries as well as the exhaustion was catching up to you.
“What did he mean by your plan?” You questioned, stumbling in his direction. “He’s lying right? Just like a devil would.”
You stifle a laugh. This had to be a joke; this man, whoever he was, must have manipulated Zeke.
“See, I didn’t account for everything.” Zeke said to the man.
“Who is that?” The man asked disinterestedly. He looked at you like you were a speck of dirt.
“That, Levi, was my fiance.” Zeke sneered, looking at you down his nose.
“Was?” You looked up with pleading eyes. “No matter what, Zeke. I’m on your side.” You tried to climb up to where they were standing. “Please, he’s lying to you.” You slipped, falling back onto the rubble below you.
“Y/n.” Zeke cooed. “It’s alright, everything will be alright.” He came down to meet you, taking your face in his hands. Levi came down with him and let out a ‘tch’ sound.
“Let’s go Furrball.” He commanded. Zeke helped you up, and practically dragged you inside the building.
“Where are you taking me?” You questioned, you were practically shaking in your boots. Everything was happening so fast and there was so much you didn’t understand.
“Hush, y/n.” Zeke whispered, squeezing your shoulder to calm you. “I’ll explain on the airship.” Air ship? Were you being kidnapped?
“No!” You shouted, wiggling out of Zeke’s grasp. If looks could kill, Levi’s death glare would have been the end of you. “What is happening? What about Marley and the other Warriors? They need you Zeke, you need to defeat Eren Jaeger.”
“Move.” Levi commended, Zeke hoisted you up, not acknowledging your questions. He carried you to the roof of the building, you were too exhausted to fight back.
“Please, Zeke.” You whined. “What is happening?”
Zeke placed you down, you could see an airship in the distance following lights placed on the buildings. There were fires everywhere, buildings were destroyed.
“I can’t say everything right here, but if you just come with us I can explain the whole thing.” Zeke said, rubbing your shoulders.
“I can’t!” You scream. “I’ve been a good Marleyan, I can’t just go with them.”
“Y/n, it’s not what you think.” Zeke said lightly, trying to get you to calm down.
“Whatever you are doing, I bet it’s him controlling you.” You pointed at Levi, he looked unamused with your accusation.
“We can’t take her with us.” Levi said sternly. Zeke sighed.
“No, y/n. It’s not like that.” Zeke shook his head. You wiggled out of his grasp, he frowned. You could see the cogs turning in his head, trying to find the right words. “You just don’t know the whole truth. I know you don’t want to hear it, but please know that I love you, y/n”
Zeke pulled you in for a kiss, you could feel all of his emotions through it. His love, his sadness, his anger. He held you, as if he never wanted to let you go. Zeke broke away, leaving you breathless.
“Wait for me, y/n.” He whispered. “I know you’re a good Honorary Marlyean, but you mustn't tell anyone what happened here or about me.” He had crouched down slightly to look into his eyes, you could see he was very serious.
“I won’t, Zeke.” You muttered, it was the only thing you really could say. In reality you have no idea what is going on, but it may be worse if you did. “I’ll wait.” You looked into his eyes, determination shining in yours.
“Good.” Zeke smiled standing up. You could feel Levi’s eyes burning a hole in the back of your head. “I love you.” Zeke said, a small smile tugging at his lips.
“I love you, too.”
Zeke grabbed your hand and kissed the ring on your finger.
“Don’t you dare forget me.” Zeke chuckled.
“Never.” You replied. “You’ll be back, I know it.” With that Levi started to drag Zeke away, the large airship closer now, almost to the building. You saw Levi latch onto the railing with his special gear, and dragged Zeke with him.
You ran back down to the street. Everything seemed to have died down. You looked for anyone you may know to get you out of here.
“Y/n!” You heard behind you. Reiner came up to you, he looked awful. “Come on. Let’s get you out of here.”
He took you, his arm around your shoulders gently coaxing you to walk with him. You looked up, seeing the airship fly away. All you could do was watch as yet again Zeke left once more.
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You had waited for a month now. You were starting to think that Zeke was never coming back. The warriors had left for the Island a bit ago, and you hoped that they would send word about him.
You sat in your normal spot by the window, placing your coffee down on the table. You were often here, hoping to see Zeke come home. It was really all you could do.
You were about to take another sip as ripples formed in the smooth dark liquid. You could see dust flying through the air, and there was a slight shake to the ground. You looked around wildly, the only thing that you knew could do this would be a Titan.
You dropped your coffee, the mug shattering on the ground as you ran down to the street. There you could see it, tons of 50 meter titans walking steadily in your direction. You were frozen with fear, there was nothing you could do.
You just hoped that Zeke would be here soon, but he wasn’t. You knew that running away would be fruitless. You were not able to move from the spot on the street out of fear. Others scrambled to get away, pushing you around.
Something inside of you told you to stay, that this was how you would see Zeke again. You couldn’t help but stare up at the titans coming your way. This was the first time you were truly able to see them. The titan shifters looked nothing like these terrifying beasts.
You almost felt bad for the Devils that had been tortured by these monsters for all these years. The stories of them from Reiner fill your mind.
Reiner, I wonder if he’s okay
You closed your eyes, accepting your fate. The ground shaking beneath you. You weren’t scared anymore, you could barely feel your own body. You felt weightless. The last thing you remembered was Zeke, kissing you goodbye for the last time. All you hoped for was to see him, just one more time.
Got a few lil headcanons while I work on some bigger stuff! I' doing my first collab soon which I am super excited about!
Please feel free to send requests! I am slowly working on them, trying to get out of my rut!
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Erwin
Erwin sits on a pile of corpses. It truly haunts him and your death was a tipping point for him. Normally Erwin keeps his emotions at bay, he gives up his humanity in order to advance. One he saw your corpse due to his command he broke. The tears gave away his emotions on his expressionless face.
Erwin stayed in his room for a while, silently working on paperwork. As much as he missed you, there was no time to stop and ponder what ifs. You just added to the pile of what haunts him.
Hange
Hange had to make a tough decision, they wanted to capture a titan for experimenting but something went wrong. What was supposed to be a simple mission ended up with an abnormal storming the squad. Hange’s normal bubbly personality had evaporated. And they stood there just staring at you for a while.
They blamed themself like no other. It took a while before Hange was even able to act like their usual crazy self. Even then in the back of their mind there was you, and how much they missed you.
Levi
Levi lost it on the titan that had killed you. It was a storm of blades and blood. He had lost too many people close to him, and he had to take it out on the bastard that dared to cross him. No matter how much he slashed he couldn’t get you back.
Levi took your patch from your jacket and kept it with him wherever he went. It was the only thing that remained of you.
Miche
Miche was another vet that was usually pretty good at keeping calm in dire situations, but the loss of his squad came as a surprise. He normally knew when titans were near and was able to prepare him and his squad for encounters, but it had all happened too quickly and the wind was not in his favor. Miche blamed himself for your death, he should have done better; he knew that he could.
Miche took your death personally, and made sure that his squad was better prepared without him, just in case something like that happened again.
August 1st is the birthday of Reiner Braun and Zeke Yeager, two very sexy handsome men who deserve all the love and attention for their special day and since we share the same birthday month I couldn't pass this up, I've been thinking about it for a while. This is also a celebration for my masterlist for Reiner that has hit over 2.5k and me hitting another milestone, if you want to join please read the rules and send an ask in preferably not on anon so I can tag you and look at your age which should be visible on your page.
rules
you can only write for Reiner and or Zeke.
due date is on August 1st, their birthday.
any kind of fic, drabble, art, headcanons, whatever you want for either of them, or both.
nsfw and sfw and dark content and angst are allowed just make sure everything is tagged properly.
all sorts of ideas are allowed, it doesn't have to revolve around their birthday, you could do a tattoo shop! au or a florist au! it's up to you, go nuts, this is really just for fun.
when sending in an ask just tell me the genre and who you're writing for.
x reader only.
no word limit.
please tag me in the post, and make sure to use #ReiZe birthday collab
after being added please reblog this to get the word out, I will be taking applications until July 20th.
I know why, so this happens with everyone, but when you change your username those links become invalid because they have your old URL, so you have to go back and remake the whole thing with new links
I figured it was that! I think I fixed everything... hopefully
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Welp this is the first AOT fic on the blog! I'm actually really excited to be able to write more and hopefully get out of my slump
As always I am taking requests
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It was always the middle of the night when you bathed. The only time you could be alone in the warm water. You couldn’t sleep anymore. No one really could, but you refused to stay confined to your room. The only thing that seemed to calm your mind was the lukewarm water, not hot, not cold. It almost felt like you were floating, your five minutes of peace before the water cooled too much and you could feel it again.
You knew it to be the same for him too. Levi rarely if ever made it through the whole night in your shared bed. He had seen considerably more action than you had, but both of you suffered the same fate. While you bathed to wash away the memories, Levi spent time in his office. Unsure of exactly what he did in there, you never felt the need to ask. It wasn’t important to you, what mattered is it seemed to help him.
On rare occasions if he was still in his office by the time you finished your bath, you would join him. There was a small armchair near a stack of books you had placed over the years in his study. Never saying a word the two of you sat in comfortable silence as you read over your well loved books.
That was your routine, at least when you were awake to see it. Levi would oftentimes stay in the bed for a while after being woken up by his past. Your face, he loved to see it. Although he would never admit it, many nights Levi would light the candle on the nightstand just to look at your sleeping face. A face with only calm splayed across it. He wished that one day that would be your reality even after waking. Although he knew that it would not be soon or without more travesty. That was the life of a scout, and he would give anything to free humanity from its fate.
Levi would wait until he saw you stir before he moved to his office. The nightly routine would begin the moment he realized you would wake soon. He never knew how to comfort you, Levi thought it best to leave before he had to try. It was for the best.
You sit straight up being forced out of your dream, the horrible images flushing away just as they had flooded in. It was hard to keep yourself from screaming most nights, but there was nothing to be done. Screaming and crying wouldn’t change anything and you knew that, but the involuntary sobbing crept from your lungs.
Levi could hear your sobs from his office, his heart wrenched. He had never heard you cry like that before and he wished he never had. Levi’s body moved on its own as he ran back to your room. He could see you on his bed, grasping at the covers.
The room was dark, only the moon shone through a small window. Levi could not make out any detail of your face. He could only hear your sobs as he walked slowly to the bed, and he slowly stroked your arm.
Without thinking you fell into him, your head on his shoulder as your sobs grew quiet, his strong arms wrapping around you. The two of you held on to each other, it could have been hours, it could have been minutes, but it didn’t matter anymore. The thoughts no longer raced, and you both were able to fall back to sleep, even if it was only for the night.
Imagine having friends, that is what you wanted. You weren’t particularly a loner but you never really went out of your way to find them. It was a constant struggle between being an introvert and being lonely. Watching the sports clubs passing you by on their runs, while you just walked home. It reminded you of what you didn’t have.
Summer time made you jealous, everyone having fun while you stayed inside. You could hear children playing outside your window. Sometimes you wish that you could go back and tell yourself to open up more; that was just wishful thinking.
You got so lost in your own routine, that talking to people never came easy. You had passing friends, normally just people in your class that you would talk to during school. Nothing much more than that.
A few times you had been a part of a group, but it never lasted. Maybe something was wrong with you. Who knows; you knew you weren’t perfect but it just seemed that no matter what you did they all left.
Every once in a while you would watch your school’s volleyball team play. It always interested you, but you were never really able to commit to joining a team. It was interesting to see them do things you never thought possible. You lost yourself in their games, watching them win or lose, you were invested. It was strange to feel so attached to people you’ve never met.
You listened to the whispers of the other students about them, you started to piece together their personalities and how they acted. Of course you had a favorite, but all of them piqued your interest.
You started to travel to away games, seeing different schools and different teams, they too were interesting. You started to get way into it, you were invested. You weren’t sure who to cheer for; one team always had to lose, but you wish they didn't.
You were invested in a game you knew little to nothing about before all of this. You were invested in the lives of people you knew nothing about. Wasn’t it weird? Why did you like them more than the people you knew?
They brought you comfort you didn’t know you needed, you were happy thinking about their ups and downs. It became something to do; it became something to focus on instead of yourself. Isn’t that all you could want?
An escape from the ordinary, and a glimpse into something else. Watching these boys give their all for a game made you realize that you could be passionate about your own things. It made you realize that there are things that are in your control and things that aren't.
You can always try your best, sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, and that’s okay. You don’t need to find your life's purpose to be happy or be passionate, sometimes focusing on others is enough to keep going.
