A drabble for a friend on tumblr! His prompt: Ooookay so excuse me if I make too many one shot ideas lol don't worry I won't overwhelm you with too much. For one of my ideas how about an scenario where Eren and Annie relax after sparring and Eren just looks at Annie and bluntly says " you have beautiful eyes" aha

Gray

Annie was curious about the Jaeger boy's eyes, because they were so peculiar, they stood out to her among the rest of his features. His irises were a tone of an odd chromatic gray. A mere shade, flecked with darker emerald hues for when he was brooding. But became tinted with lighter bits of gold for when he was proud, and vehement.

Despite him having such an odd color- could she even call gray a color?- his eyes still held that tenacity to them that no one would ever be able to match. She was fascinated by it. She'd become even more fascinated when she saw they could actually change vibrancy depending on his ever changing mood swings.

Annie asked about his eyes once; a question that was off guard, albeit pointless. But she'd asked him nonetheless. She questioned him in a way that sounded like more of an insult to him, if anything.

"Why are your eyes so weird?"

Annie mentally face palmed herself for being so insensible. Though he'd simply brushed off the unintentional callousness of her question, shrugged his shoulders in manner that said he didn't know, and didn't care much either.

"I was born weird, I guess." He answered briskly. Annie stared at him the whole time, as he leaned against the rail of the watchtower, clutching a tin can of chilled bitter coffee. A warm breeze than picked up, ruffling the tangles of his cocoa hair.

Annie, was just a bit entranced. She could see his eyes better in the light of dawn. When he turned to look at her, she was petrified in place. The grays of his eyes were iridescent, shining a myriad of tones, tints and shades. Muted colors that bounced back at her, hidden in a shadow of an achromatic color.

Golds, greens, reds, blues. She saw them all behind that veil of gray.

It was better than star gazing.

Eren cocked his head to the side, worried she had come down with something. She told him that he was something of an anomaly. He had no idea what she meant, of course.

Then he surprised her with the next set of words that left his mouth.

"I think your eyes are pretty though."

Annie was taken back, frozen in place as she locked gazes with him. But had to turn away, as her face flushed with pink, and she felt just a tad bit embarrassed. She'd just got a compliment! From Eren Jaeger no less.

"I… why do you think that?" Curious, she was though. Eren responded, "Because they're blue, but not too blue, a clear blue, like crystal, and they sparkle in the sunlight too, it's really pretty."

Annie's cheeks grew hot, she was so sure he could plainly see her embarrassment from how close they were standing next to each other.

My eyes… sparkle?!

Too tongue-tied to thank him, she shrugged offishly, desperate to play it cool. "Yeah, I thought the same of yours, gray suits you."

He sipped at his coffee, and the tell-tale dimple of his cheek gave away that he was smiling.

"Do they remind you of anything?" He placed the tin down by his feet.

Annie blinked, grasping at the words in her head, words like storm, and thunder, and rage. But she could not say any of that, it was not in her character to do so. Less she gave the wrong impression, and Eren deserved better than that, than her. He chuckled. "It's fine, I was kidding, I know you'd never think of anyone like that."

Annie said nothing. But as the sun broke through dawn's lavender clouds, and the skies faded from oranges to blues, and Morning came with the early drill bell. She crept ever closer to Eren. Her head at the same height with his shoulders. Sharing the last bit of coffee with him before Shadis came to collect them from their watch. She was content, even if it was just for that moment.