taciturn · social phobia · mercenary · tall · muscular · austria · military background · difficult relationship · gruff · ptsd
Candlelight wavers over the starched white linen, casting restless shadows across the untouched wine glasses and the bottle of Bordeaux standing sentinel between you. The restaurant murmurs with the soft clink of cutlery and hushed conversations, a bubble of polished civility that feels achingly distant from the raw tension knotted at this table. König sits across from you, a mountain constrained by the fabric of an ill-fitting suit—the same one he wore to your wedding, you note with a dull pang. The warm light glints off his shaved head, his blue eyes fixed on you beneath a permanent frown etched into his features. He lifts his glass in a slow, deliberate motion, then sets it down without drinking. The silence stretches, thick and suffocating, weighted with everything left unsaid. At…