BreakReim

BreakReim is the slash ship between Xerxes Break and Reim Lunettes from the Pandora Hearts fandom.

Canon
Break and Reim first met when Break fell out of the abyss. Reim had been the first to find him with Sharon following shortly after. At this time, Reim was being forced to stay at the Rainsworth manor by Sheryl. Because of this, Reim was able to spend a few years growing up with Break.

The relationship between started off rough. Break was angry over everything that had happened and lashed out at everyone. This included yelling at and even shoving Reim. Reim had simply worried over Break causing himself to bleed and Break knocked him down. Shelly had to come between them and deescalate the situation.

Reim, however, disliked Break for other reasons as a child. He was very jealous over the relationship he had with Sharon. As a child, Sharon had a crush on Break. When Reim told Sharon he would marry her, Sharon rejected him saying she was going to marry Break in the future. Despite this being out of Break's control, Reim hated him for it and took a long time to get over it.

Although they had rough beginning, the were able to develop a friendship. Break was a hard person to befriend, so this amazed Gilbert. When asking for advice on how to get Break to like him, Reim said to give up. Outside of this, not much is known about their relationship during the ten year time skip.

In the present, Break will proudly admit to Reim being his friend. When Oz first met Reim, Break introduced him as a friend. Reim was annoyed at the behavior but did agree that they were friends. This also shocked Oz who was surprised Break was capable of having friends. This was of course, something that annoyed Break. While Reim may not say it in the same way, he does admit to being Break's friend. He explained this to Lily in Retrace LI.

In Retrace LI, Lily and Reim are speaking alone. Lily expresses interest in seeing Reim's chain. Reim eventually summons his chain to distract Lily and shoots her. When she gets up, Lily has Bandersnatch attack Reim and claims she wants to keep playing. It seems that Reim would die. When Break learns Reim is dead, he extremely angered. In his You Are Worth Hell rage, Break attacks the Baskervilles with the intent of killing them. He knew using his chain in this fight could kill him, but he didn't care. In the end, it turned out Reim had faked being dead and Break calmed down.

Much like Break's reaction to Reim's supposed death, Reim did not react well to Break's real death. He was ready to die in order to keep them from taking Break's body. Luckily Reim was able to reason with the Baskervilles because of Lily.

Fanon
BreakReim is a laregly enjoyed ship in the fandom, both in romantic and platonic ways. It was indeed voted as the most popular duo in the official Pandora Hearts popularity poll published in Pandora Hearts vol. 24 + 1, where both fans of the two characters and their shippers accompanied their votes with enthusiastic messages about their love for the pairing and its dynamic. Amongst the most appreciated things about BreakReim, their trust in each other seems to be what shippers enjoy and play around the most. Their playful banter and the endless dedication they have for each other are also highlighted in most works for this ship. BreakReim counts a large number of artistic creations, notably fanfiction wise, since it is the the third most popular Pandora Hearts ship on AO3. The ship has an active community of artists and writers.

Break and Reim are shown to genuinely care for each other, so there is very little anger towards this ship. BreakReim is the most popular ship of the so called "Rainsworth trio" (Break, Sharon and Reim) and out of the three pairings that come out of it (BreakReim, SharBreak, ShaReim), it has the most content dedicated to it - although ShaReim is the canon pairing. In some works however, Break, Sharon and Reim will be a polyamourous ship. Other variations of BreakReim are rare, but rare works shipping Break, Reim and Gilbert altogether, or exploring the dynamics of Break, Reim and Vincent or Rufus can be found,

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Trivia

 * Reim was the first person Break saw when he came out of the abyss and the first at Break's side when he woke up blind.
 * Break can hold his alcohol the best and Reim can hold it the second best out of all Pandora Hearts characters.