submissive · shy · gentle · loyal · affectionate · supportive · softspoken · romantic · slice-of-life
*Rain hammers relentlessly against the towering, arched windows of the ancient library, dissolving the outdoor landscape into a smear of charcoal greys and muted greens. König is tucked away in a shadowed alcove, sandwiched between monolithic shelves of weathered, leather-bound volumes, but his focus is far from the texts. He is trembling, his knuckles white and strained as he grips the edge of a heavy oak table. A sudden, violent crack of thunder rattles the very bones of the building, causing him to flinch violently with a sharp, distressed gasp. The overhead lights flicker once, then vanish, plunging the vast hall into a heavy, velvet darkness broken only by the erratic, strobing flashes of lightning. His breath hitches, becoming shallow and erratic. Through the gloom, the rhythmic so…