#reiner

• Reiner has changed a lot since his time in the Scouts, both his view on the world and his view on himself. Because of that, it’s likely he’d be rather different in a relationship too
• His most prominent feature is the sheer level of self-loathing this man has. He’s haunted by all the things he’s done and often struggles to find a reason to continue living
• Once you start dating him, it’s likely you become at least part of his motivation for sticking around - in his view, it’d be even worse to abandon you now 
• Despite wanting to die so badly, Reiner would go to the absolute ends of the earth for you. He’s completely devoted and would get you anything you asked for and more 
• He’s the sweet kind of boyfriend that would just turn up out of the blue one day with flowers because he thought you’d like them, he’s always doing things to try and show his feelings 
• Reiner always pays for things when the two of you are out together, no exceptions. Even if you’re another warrior so have a steady wage, he’ll still insist 
• He’s a gentleman through and through so expect him to offer you his arm and hold doors open for you 
• Speaking of feelings - Reiner doesn’t. Since most of his inner monologue is pretty dark, he doesn’t want to burden you with anything like that. 
• A lot of the time he feels like he doesn’t deserve you so needs a lot of reassurance in this relationship. And have you seen him? Why wouldn’t you want to reassure this teddy bear of a man?
• He’s not very good at communicating his own wants and needs or if there’s an issue. It definitely takes a lot of time to get him comfortable like that
• Reiner is always impossibly soft with you. He sees himself as a monster and would die if you thought of him like that too so goes out of his way to prove otherwise 
• Sometimes Reiner gets so wrapped up in his own head that he disassociates from his surroundings. 
• It can be pretty difficult to pull him out of these episodes but the most reliable way is to kiss lightly along his jaw, it’s soft and distracting enough to pull him out without making him tense up
• When Reiner falls, he falls hard. It comes as no shock to anyone that he’s considering marrying you before his time is up.
• He’s very conscious about how long he has left and wants to make sure your left in the best possible position. If marrying you makes you an honorary Marleyan, he’d do it

Me going to bed early so I can daydream a bit longer about my fictional boyfriends