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• And the Outside Crept In by Lerff

  Fandoms: Shingeki no Kyojin | Attack on Titan  

  • Explicit
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • M/M
  • Work in Progress

  13 Jun 2026

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Marco Bott/Jean Kirstein
  • Jean Kirstein
  • Marco Bott
  • Eren Yeager
  • Connie Springer
  • Annie Leonhart
  • Bertolt Hoover
  • Mikasa Ackerman
  • Minor Characters
  • Alternate Universe - Modern Setting
  • Underage Drug Use
  • Addiction
  • Angst and Tragedy
  • Homophobia
  • Mental Health Issues
  • Permanent Injury
  • Altered Mental States
  • Character Death
  • Emotional neglect
  • Semi-Public Sex
  • Anxiety
  • Sexual Content
  • Blood and Gore
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD

  Summary

  Jean can’t keep his head straight. To think that his whole life came out to be like this wasn’t planned. First, Marco was gone. Then, Jean had to leave behind his future because of a fuck-up.

  A Jean-Centric modern AU that focuses on his changing (poor) mental state, and how his life slowly spiraled out of control, starting in his traumatic youth..
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  Please check the tags, they may be updated as I write.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

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  Chapters:

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