grimmerfracture

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Welcome to my blog! Here, you'll find my fics and any other creative endeavors I happen to share.

All-time favorites include: Attack On Titan, Monster, Bloodborne, Final Fantasy XII, and so much more than I can reasonably list.

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Otherwise, I can usually be seen making all sorts of posts (primarily reblogs) at @countingtoiinfinity.

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#Reijeanscifiweek2026 is an open event and everyone is welcome. Our main objective is for people to have fun with their favourite blorbos❤️

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The Prompts are here! Get ready for a week for SciFi with Reiner and Jean From September 14-20th 2026 Use #reijeanscifiweek2026 when submitting your work. More info in the thread below

This time we have also made a collection on AO3 to keep track of things. When you post your work, add it to the ReiJean SciFi Week 2026 collection. If it doesn't work, just type in reijean_scifi_2026 and hit enter!

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Tonight, So Bright

Status: Complete (1/1)

Ship: Reiner Braun/Jean Kirstein

Rating: T

Summary: Reiner has pondered a lot of 'maybes' in his life. Countless nights spent questioning his choices, his feelings; his very thoughts. But...maybe tonight, the stars will have an answer for him.

Written for ReiJean Week 2026 Prompt Chosen: Stargazing

A little snippet...

Following the end of the Rumbling, it didn’t take but a few months before winter began whispering its way in to the local survivors’ fledgling settlement; cooler winds in the air, grayer clouds in the sky. They haven’t quite reached the point of snowfall – still a bit too early for that yet – but the unmistakable chill of late autumn has ensconced itself within and around the encampment that the old city now comprises.

In truth, Reiner hasn’t given much thought to the weather. Not beyond a surface level acknowledgment of the fact that it exists, and as such, further preparations will need to be made to ensure that the people will have enough to stay warm when it comes. But he’s otherwise been too busy to think much about the passing time – well, save for during the too-quiet nights when sleep eludes him and all he can do is think – and in the blink of an eye, an undeniable suggestion of the cold now waits on the horizon.

But as he sits on the ground in front of the dwindling bonfire, long after everyone else has left the circle and retreated to their tents, Reiner thinks he welcomes it. Cold weather certainly isn’t pleasant in the traditional sense, and with it comes a laundry list of logistical concerns in a world where accommodations and amenities are still being built from the ground up. Yet, there’s something about the fact that eventually…it will end. And after that? Spring. A new cycle for the world to turn over. The thought is uncharacteristically optimistic, and he knows it as soon as it crosses his mind. But then, he’s lived the impossible before, so maybe there’s at least a little something to it.

Something scuffs the dirt nearby, pulling Reiner back to the present. When he looks for the source of the noise, he finds one Jean Kirstein, standing just a few feet away. He has one hand tucked in his coat pocket, the other carefully balancing the neck of a nearly empty bottle and two small metal cups between his long fingers. And what a wonder it is that such a luxury managed to survive into the new world.

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Welcome to ReiJeanWeek 2026! Starting off the week with Monday’s prompts!

Remember to tag your works! We can’t wait to see them!

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WIP Tuesday

Thank you for the tag @xtarmanderx! 🫶

I present this little bit of something I've been working on for Reijean week. Nothing major, but it's been coming along, and this is the perfect bit of inspiration to get cracking!

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“Hey,” Jean suddenly says, tapping Reiner with the back of his hand. Distantly, he wonders how much of his ruminating has been spent staring at Jean. Hopefully not a lot.

“Hm?”

“Look up there.”

So Reiner looks.

Above them, above the wide open horizon, is a pitch dark sky decorated by thousands...no, probably millions of stars that twinkle and radiate softly across the black. Reiner’s eyes dance from star to star before he can even think about it, catching on the brightest ones and connecting them into nonsense shapes with invisible lines. It's truly a sight to behold, and one he hasn’t often allowed himself to appreciate.

But...well, in truth, as he turns to say something in response, to say anything, Reiner finds himself far more interested in watching Jean’s reaction – his wide eyes as they dart back and forth across the expanse of lights; the way his mouth is parted in fascination – utterly taken by the view. He’s drawn his knees up loosely, crossing his arms over top as he just stares. Combined with how he practically glows in the warm firelight, he’s a sight to rival the magic of the stars themselves.

“It’s really something, isn’t it?” Reiner asks quietly.

Jean nods, still watching the lights as something like the beginnings of a smile twitches at his lips. He points up again, this time at a little grouping of stars that seem to shine a bit brighter than the ones immediately surrounding them.

“I think those look like a cat.”

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No pressure tags: @kzellr, @forusuta, @sundew199, and anyone else who wants to join!

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Time to Buckle up! ReiJean week is coming to you early 2026 so save the date! 

February 2-7th is when it goes down!

Upload your submissions during the week and remember to tag your post #reijeanweek2026 or @ us in your post!!!

You can already check out the prompts here!

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I have no idea who saved my WIP Reijean playlist, but whoever you are, I hope you're having a wonderful day.

I also think that seems like a good enough reason to share it, on the off-chance that my very picky selection of songs I've related to these two goobers interests anyone else! As I said before, it's definitely still in progress, and probably always will be tbh, but that's because I'm always finding new and strange ways to connect everything I see to these guys.

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Last Sentence Tag Game

Rules: post the last sentence you wrote (fanfic/ original/ anything) and tag as many people as there are words in the sentence.

Tagged by: @xtarmanderx thank you!

A little piece from a post-Rumbling Reijean (I've gotta have at least one of those, right?) one-shot I've been working on.

"Of course, he also appreciates the confirmation that Reiner is, in fact, not a chewed up corpse."

No pressure tags: I'm still a little new to the writing scene here, so I tag anyone who sees this and wants to play!

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Say You'll Haunt Me

Status: Complete (1/1)

Ship: Reiner Braun/Jean Kirstein, mentions of Reiner & Bert

Rating: T -- very mild language, slightly intense situations, past character death & present character undeath

Summary: Reiner unknowingly becomes acquainted with a ghost, and remembers what it means to live.

Written for ReiJean Halloween 2025 Day 1. Prompt Chosen: Beyond the Grave

A little snippet...

A quick look at the moon spells another late night, but it’s far from a problem.

Though, it is a curious thing: Reiner really doesn’t know where he’s coming up with all this social energy. He’s always been alright with words, sure, but he’s definitely never been one for this degree of socializing.

Something about Jean just brings it out of him. What can Reiner say? The man is good company. He actually meaningfully engages Reiner in conversation, asks questions, banters with him like they’ve been friends for years. Reiner hasn’t had that kind of easy back and forth in…a long time.

“So, same time next week?” Jean asks, and then he does a little wink, as though their little encounters have been something scandalous. If he’s trying to flirt, Reiner thinks, then he’s really not being subtle about it.

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