Fair Enough Trade [Eren Jaeger x Reader]

It couldn't be helped... just for now you would allow yourself to become a safe haven. You would allow yourself a moment of weakness-- you would protect this boy no matter what the cost you might have to pay. You would chase away his fears; the nightmares anything that threatened to take his life.

You would become his sword and shield. You swore to it the day his facade crumbled, screaming and crying like a child you held him. Running your hand through his chestnut brown locks you hummed a soothing tune. Eren calmed down after that, falling into a blissful sleep.

Even now... you could still feel Eren's hand holding onto the fabric of your uniform-- as if you were the only thing real at that moment. Your eyes full of malice at the nearing Female Titan. Yes... even now you would protect him.

It was fast-- you almost missed the pain that wracked your body when it was slammed into a nearby tree. Such force should have killed you instantly but you were lucky-- you could hear Eren screaming for you. Blood poured passed your lips in an attempt to face off against the Female Titan once more.

"[Name].... [Name] stop it! [NAME!!" Eren's cries were lost to the wind as you maneuvered your way towards the Female Titan once more in hopes of slowing her down even a little bit-- only for the pitch black darkness of the Titan's jaws to bite down into your flesh. This pain you could not ignore, realizing that half of your body was hanging outside of the Titan's mouth you could see the fuzzy outline of Levi telling Eren to calm down.

The teen had the odd knack of letting his emotions get the better of him-- you couldn't help but chuckle. Sending Eren one last smile and a final wave then nothing.

The only thing you regretted was that to protect Eren... you would have to become the sacrifice.  Knowing full and well that your death would accomplish nothing. Yet even knowing that you accepted your fate.  His life for yours....

It seemed like a fair enough trade.