Falren

Falren is the friendship ship between Falco Grice and Eren Jaeger from the Attack on Titan fandom.

Canon
Falco first met Eren in the internment zone, where a group of injured Eldian soldiers are back from war. Then, Koslow imitates a bomb, making the soldiers fall in fear. Falco goes to help one of them, that one being Eren, who is wearing the armband on the wrong arm. He helps him up, and tells him that he will not have to fight anymore.

They meet again when Eren is at the hospital, who invites him to sit down on the bench. Eren tells Falco that he isn't in the hospital due to psychological trauma. He confesses to Falco that he said he can't go back home due to memory loss, but in reality he can't face his family right now. Then he asks him if he will tell his secret to the hospital staff, to which Falco replies that he wouldn't do that to him. After this, Eren realizes Falco is hurt, by his bruises, and asks him if it's because of training to become a Marleyan Warrior. When Falco replies that he can't become a Warrior, Eren replies that that's good since he considers him a good kid, and wishes for him to live a nice, long life. Falco and him talk a bit more about Gabi, his crush on her, and why he feels powerless protecting her. Eren then shares  his views of the world with him. And with that, Falco happily exists the place to go deliver Eren's letters to his family.

One month later, Falco has continued to send letters. On the same day Willy Tybur is to announce his decision regarding Paradis Island, shortly before the announcement, Falco encounters Eren (disguised as Kruger) again; Eren mentions to Falco that he was friends with Reiner and asks Falco to find him, wishing to see Reiner before he leaves back home. Falco tracks down Reiner and finds him seated with the other Warriors. He calls Reiner and leads him to Eren's location.

As Falco starts getting more and more suspicious of Eren and Reiner's conversation, when he realizes Eren lied to him, and was not the Mr. Kruger he told him he was, and in fact, the bad guy Willy Tybur mentions in his speech, Falco falls to the floor in guilt. With Willy Tybur's speech ongoing, Eren proclaims that Tybur is right; he is the bad guy. He begins a conversation with Reiner while Falco listens intently. As Eren is talking about his experiences in Marley, he turns to Falco and says that past the oceans and inside the Walls, people are all the same; there are good people like him, and those who are wicked and act selfishly for themselves. He listens as the two continue their conversation and is shocked when Reiner ultimately breaks down in guilt, accepting responsibility and regrets for his actions against Eren and those living across the ocean.

As Eren offers his hand to help Reiner stand, Falco begins to process everything he just heard when he sees Reiner quickly turn towards him. As Eren transforms into the Attack Titan, Falco is grabbed by Reiner to try and save him by absorbing the resulting blast of energy. Thanks to Reiner's partial transformation into the Armored Titan, Falco emerges unscathed from the ruins of the building, still in disbelief that Eren deceived him and then wonders how he managed to survive.

Fanon
Falren is viewed as a cute friendship within the Attack on Titan fandom. Although their interactions were very short, many fans felt hurt by Eren's betrayal of Falco's trust. In some fanart they're portrayed in a father-son and older brother/younger brother way. And their little talk about Gabi while Eren was at the hospital was a matter of ship wars about who Eren actually thought of when talking with him about this potential love interest of Falco, resulting in Mikasa being the one he was thinking about.

Fandom
FAN FICTION