A Bloom in Adversity

'“Well…” Zero tapped her lip, her brow furrowed in thought. “Then you should pick a name!”“I can… do that?” “Sure! We can’t keep calling you ‘hey, you,’ or something. That would be rude.”Wolf stifled a laugh, trying (and failing) to disguise it as a cough. The man blinked a few times, paralyzed with indecision. Wolf couldn’t blame him. “Eren,” he finally said. “My name is Eren.” Wolf tried not to visibly stiffen; “Well, then, Eren, hold on tight. If you fall off the bike, I’m not turning around to get you.” Hopefully, with the roar of the engine, he’d leave behind the ghost of a memory Eren had managed to dig up without even trying.' When Wolf rescued Zero from the lab, he thought that it would just be the two of them, wandering the wasteland. But Nine is still out there, and Zero wants to find him and restore her family--no matter what form it takes--at any cost. Unable to say no, Wolf agrees to help her one last time. He didn't anticipate finding Eren in no-man's land. Nor did he expect the feelings he causes to surface in wolf, or the beautiful and painful memories he drags out of a place long thought buried...