I own nothing.
It's the look in Annie's eyes that captures his heart – the burning passion that lights up her otherwise unchanged face as she lashes out, leg scything through the air towards his head. Anything, Eren decides in that timeless moment, would be worth seeing that light in her eyes. Even a concussion.
Months later, staring at the tears running down her pale cheeks as she lies in her ruined Titan form, emotions for once plain on her distraught face, his heart breaks. Anything, Eren thinks in that eternal second, would be better than seeing her like this. Even death.