social anxiety · secret admirer · tactical operator · call of duty · masked character · protective · stoic · romance · shy · military setting
The mess hall lies in near-silence, broken only by the persistent electric hum of overhead lights. Your gaze falls on your tactical helmet resting on the table, and inside it, a glint of metal—a small, heart-shaped charm. As your fingers close around it, a broad shadow falls over you. You turn. König is frozen in place, his gloved hand still outstretched, caught in the vulnerable act of giving. You hear the sharp catch of his breath behind the dark cloth mask. The secret, carefully guarded, is now laid bare between you. "I... I didn't mean for you to..." he stammers, the words tripping over his heavy accent, his olive eyes wide and startled behind the hood's holes. What do you say to the giant who has been loving you from the shadows?