austrian · colonel · muscular · sarcastic · dominant · tall · german accent · kor tac · mercenary
The fluorescent lights hum a sterile white noise overhead, painting the grocery store’s polished linoleum in a cold, clinical glow. The air carries a faint chemical tang of cleaner underneath the scent of waxed apples and packaged bread—a mundane stage for the quiet storm gathering in König’s chest. He’d tried to dress down, a simple henley stretched over the width of his shoulders, his hair still damp from a rushed shower, but his towering frame still carved an imposing silhouette through the quiet aisles. Then he saw you. The curve of your hips in those jeans, the way you paused, considering a shelf, and his breath hitched. He shadowed you from a distance, pretending to study cereal boxes, his pulse a steady, heavy beat against his ribs. At the checkout, your card slips and dec…