Note: Seriously, I think I killed half my damned plot when I made Reiner a romantic interest . Why did my inner Reiner love just have to kick in?! I mind as well just turn this into a fucking Reiner x Oc pairing! –Heads desk-

Eren was a damned titan…human…half breed and her love life was in shits, what more could possibly go wrong with this day? The moment Elliot and her squad made it back with Eren they were hit with a gag order and forced to leave Eren, Mikasa, and Armin behind. She clung to Reiner crying into his chest muttering 'that they shouldn't have just left them'. Eren hadn't attacked them at all, they never would have made it if it hadn't been for his 'titan form', why couldn't they see that he wasn't interested in harming humans?! Elliot formed a fist at her side and brought it up gently hitting Reiner against his chest before mumbling a few profanities. "Whoa girly, no need to take it out on me," he said, but he received no form of response, sobs were the only thing escaping her lips. Marco was somewhere around them comforting another soldier from what she could tell, but he wasn't reaching out to comfort her and why would he? After everything Elliot had said to Reiner in front of everyone like that? She was surprised she even still had friends, Sasha excluded since she found the whole thing absolutely hilarious. It was over, her relationship with Marco was over and done. She bit on her lip trying hard not to cry out any louder at the thought…did breaking up with someone always hurt this much? Sure, the words were never spoken, but it seemed pretty obvious to her as well as anyone who had witnessed the whole scene. Maybe, maybe it just hurt so much since it was her first relationship? She mentally slapped herself at that thought, no way, she bet all break ups were this bad regardless of it being her first or her fifth.

As Connie walked over to ask them question, Elliot could only bury herself further into Reiner, no she couldn't handle those questions right now. She wanted to badly to run from here and help her friends, but she couldn't do anything….not only that but, Reiner wouldn't let her. When they were ordered to leave, she tried to stay only to have to be dragged away by her friend or suffer the same fate as Eren and them. Jean soon answered Connie's question and she let out another quiet sob, trembling softly against her male companion. As they sat quietly together, her sobs the only thing making any kind of noise, a new noise was heard…it was the sound of canon fire. Elliot's eyes went wide and she pushed away from Reiner successfully escaping his grasp and using her 3D gear to connect to a roof and take off. If the Titans were breaking in or if that was an attack against Eren she didn't know, but she knew that she couldn't just stand around and do nothing. She glanced back for a moment noticing Reiner behind her, Annie and Bertolt following quickly behind him. If they were trying to catch her than they had another thing coming, Elliot specialized in speed and using the 3D maneuver gear, a part of her told her that they weren't coming after her though. That part of her told her that they were just as curious and concerned as she herself was, she slowly pulled her gaze away from them, but not before she saw Jean with them. She grinned and increased her speed always preserving her gas, another thing she was good at. She would have been a perfect soldier if only it wasn't for her brash personality and terrible lack of upper body strength. She skidded to a stop, Reiner landing right beside, but she wasn't paying any attention to him because right before her was a titan, but it seemed to only be muscle and done…not fully formed. She held a hand over her mouth barely hearing the question spoken by one of the few beside her 'what they hell is that?'

"I-It's Eren…" Elliot said softly taking a step forward, but her hand was quickly grasped and she was pulled back, her back pressed against a man's chest, a chest that she had already gotten to know quite well. She didn't even need to turn around to know who had grabbed her. "They're going to fire at them Reiner, we can't just let them die like that," she said toward him trying hard to keep her voice low and so far she was succeeding. The man barking out orders was a lunatic and she couldn't help but, struggled against Reiner the word 'no' repeating over and over again in her head. She didn't have the strength to break away from Reiner, this is why he was the slayer between the two of them because he had the strength to rip through a titan with ease. The more she struggled against him the more she felt his grip on her tighten. This wasn't happening, she had told those three they would look out for each other when they joined the scouting legion together. She couldn't stand to lose them before she even got the chance to see the day where they fought together side by side in the open world! As the smoke cleared she saw Armin come forward and her eyes filled with more tears as she listened to him speak, she was just about to open her mouth and speak with him, but one of the hands on her waist quickly slipped over her mouth effectively shutting her up. She literally bit him, but he didn't pull back only frowning down at her. "Damn you have guts, but listen if you call out to them now, what are you going to do? You might even cause more problems," he said looking down as she raised a tear filled gaze up to him.

Reiner moved his hand away from her mouth and inspected the red mark that lay there, frowning a bit as she gave him a somewhat sheepish smile. He left an arm loosely wrapped around her waist, not trusting her fully yet and he was smart to do that because as soon as Armin finished his speech the crazed man raised his hand to signal the order to fire once more and Elliot quickly tried to run over to her friends again. She paused though when an older man stopped the order, someone obviously with more power, a man she recognized as one of the commanders. Elliot let out a breath she didn't realize she was holding and fell against Reiner, bringing her hands up to press against her mouth to quiet her sobs. 'They are going to give the three of them a chance…they are going to give them a chance' she thought to herself taking in a small breath as she watched this amazing commander take the three away to talk with them privately. "I guess we had no reason to worry then, huh girly?" Reiner spoke releasing his hold on the girl, but quickly grabbing her once more when he saw her literally falling to her knees. "Legs not working again?" he asked laughing a bit as she nodded her head. "I'm just…so relieved," she said softly hands reaching upward to rub at her tear filled eyes. She stood there for a moment laughing with him at her own stupidity, the others having long since left them behind but, not before glaring at them all for their own reasons. Of course, the two of them hadn't even noticed that. She slowly peeked over at him from her shoulder before asking if he could let her go. "I think I can stand now, sorry about that," she muttered under her breath, cheeks turning a bit pink from embarrassment at having not been able to stand for a solid few seconds. He nodded his head and slowly released her, grinning a bit when she stumbled forward before gaining her balance. She looked up toward him sporting a grin of her own and before either of them even knew what he was doing he was grabbing her once more pulling her against him and pressing his lips to hers.

'I'm kissing Reiner….'she thought to herself before repeating the thought in her head once more but, this time much slower. She put up a gentle fight against him, she couldn't be doing this, her relationship with Marco had literally just ended a few hours ago. 'No matter how much I like this and damn do I like this because let's face facts being kissed by a handsome man is always nice…and that ass…' she thought to herself quickly losing her original thoughts about pushing the man away. She slowly felt her struggle disappear from her, a hand gently finding its way to the back of her head and entangling itself in her white locks. She slowly closed her eyes, pressing herself further into him and experimentally kissing back. She told herself she was just caught up in the moment, this wasn't love but, two people trying to find some kind of comfort and distraction after everything that happened. 'Yeah, that's it,' she thought to herself, but somewhere in the back of her head she just knew that wasn't what he was thinking. Her eyes flew open once more though when she felt a tongue gently slide across her lower lip asking for access. She had never kissed any man like this, nineteen years old and never been given this kind of attention. She felt her heart beat pound in her chest wondering what to do, but her body answered her question for her gently pushing Reiner away. "I-I'm sorry, I've never been…kissed….like that," she muttered under her breath, cheeks bright red in color and lungs gasping for air. "No, I should be sorry, kissing you after you just broke up, but damn really, Freckles never tried anything with you…and…wait a second, are you still a virgin?," she heard Reiner ask and her cheeks only lit up even brighter if at all possible. She slowly nodded her head though keeping her eyes downcast, so of course she missed the grin that formed across Reiner's face. "Well, I'd love to be your first then." he said but, was quickly met with a foot slamming into his own. He groaned out in a bit of pain, releasing the young woman from his grasp. "I was only kidding," he muttered once he regained his posture but, she merely laughed at him and responded with a sarcastic 'uh-huh'. She was getting set to launch herself, but was stopped when a hand wrapped around her wrist. "I was serious about that kiss though," he said but, didn't add anything else to the sentence, watching as Elliot nodded her head slowly. "S-Sorry, but I can't respond to your feelings just yet," she muttered under her breath…she couldn't just simply say she liked him too, not with Marco still occupying most of her thoughts.

-Small time skip-

"Sasha?!" she whisper yelled to the woman next to her, they both were currently lined up together as some senior officers explained the mission to retake Trost. The sullen looks around them and terrible whispers did little to stop Elliot from panicking to her friend, but she was panicking about something completely different. "That piece of muscle kissed me!" she cried out trying hard to keep her voice down, but the words came out a little bit louder that she had expected. Her response? It was a 'pft' as Sasha attempted to hold back her laughter, they of course got several weird looks. As everyone around them was freaking out about the oncoming attack the two girls seemed to be having…fun. "What does it matter, you're single anyways. So, how was it?" she asked but, finally released her laughter when she saw the look on her friends face. "I'm being serious here Sasha," Elliot said rubbing her arm a bit, eyes cast down toward the ground. "He's a nice guy and yeah he's hot okay, if things were different maybe I could get serious about him…maybe, but I don't love him, I don't even know if I ever could love him like that…it's just not the same as being with Marco," Elliot said tears forming in her eyes, spilling out when her friend pulled her into a warm hug. Sasha had no words for her friend, but even she knew this was the least she could do. "Why don't you just make up with Marco? When all this is over tell him you love him and you know maybe...finally seal the deal," she said wiggling her eyebrows, throwing in the last part for a laugh, but was met with a swift slap to the back. She yelped away trying to rub the sore spot on her back glaring toward a blushing Elliot. "And here I thought you actually had some great idea too," Elliot said jokingly before she nodded her head in some sort of affirmation with herself 'yeah, when this is over I'll tell Marco how I feel and apologize to Reiner,' she thought to herself relief spreading through her, but it was quickly silenced when she heard a male yell over the crowd. He didn't want to be eaten by a titan…the whispers and panic in the ranks only grew louder from there.