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• Beneath the Surface by mrshorseface

  Fandoms: Shingeki no Kyojin | Attack on Titan, 進撃の巨人 | Shingeki no Kyojin | Attack on Titan (Movies)  

  • Mature
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
  • F/M
  • Complete Work

  31 Mar 2026

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Major Character Death
  • Jean Kirstein/Original Female Character(s)
  • Jean Kirstein/Original Character(s)
  • Jean Kirstein
  • Marco Bott
  • Connie Springer
  • Sasha Braus
  • Reiner Braun
  • May Alexandra
  • Bertolt Hoover
  • Annie Leonhart
  • Armin Arlert
  • Eren Yeager
  • Mikasa Ackerman
  • Ymir of the 104th (Shingeki no Kyojin)
  • Krista Lenz | Historia Reiss
  • Levi Ackerman
  • Hange Zoë
  • Erwin Smith
  • Porco Galliard
  • Pieck Finger
  • Falco Grice
  • Gabi Braun
  • Zeke Yeager
  • Yelena (Shingeki no Kyojin)
  • Floch Forster
  • Hitch Dreyse
  • Kenny Ackerman
  • Keith Shadis
  • Dot Pixis
  • Mike Zacharias
  • Angst
  • Fluff
  • Drama
  • Romance
  • Slow Burn
  • Soulmates
  • Found Family
  • Mutual Pining
  • Yearning
  • Grief/Mourning
  • Canon Universe
  • Heavy Angst
  • Emotional/Psychological Abuse
  • Humor
  • Strangers to Friends to Lovers
  • Healing
  • Eventual Smut
  • Arranged Marriage
  • Suicide but not actually suicide
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
  • Childhood Trauma
  • Blood and Gore

  Summary

  May Alexandra, a young girl from Mitras, decides to run away from home after a near death experience that leaves her traumatized.

  She joins the 104th Training Corps, reuniting with her cousin, Marco Bodt, and his irritable best friend, Jean Kirstein.

  As the cadets learn to hone their skills, May discovers that she possesses an ancient ability that has the power to change everything.

  Can she learn to control it before it controls her?

  Or has her fate already been decided?

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  13,561

  Chapters:

  6/6

  Kudos:

  3

  Hits:

  51