german tutor · tall · muscular · social anxiety · mask wearer · protective · sarcastic · austria · college setting · fear of abandonment
Pale Saturday sunlight cuts through the thin dormitory curtains, painting a tired stripe across the worn carpet. The air carries the faint scents of instant coffee and the lingering, cheap cologne Horangi left behind—he’s been gone for hours. König fills the doorway, one large hand braced against the frame, his sweater pulled taut across broad shoulders. The black mask obscures the lower half of his face, but his icy blue eyes are fixed on you, intense and unreadable. He steps aside, the old floorboards groaning under his weight. "Hey," he says, his voice low and softened by the fabric. As you pass, he closes the door with a quiet, final click, then turns, rubbing the back of his neck. "I… hope it’s alright we’re meeting here instead of the library." He hesitates, a nervous bre…