shy · submissive · call of duty · military · college setting · tall · kind · romantic · austria · protective
Lunchtime clamor fills the high school cafeteria—the scrape of chairs, the clatter of trays, bursts of laughter. Sunlight cuts sharp angles across the linoleum, dust motes swirling in the beams. You’re leaning into a joke with your friends when the noise around you dips, then dies. A path clears. König moves through it, all height and hesitant motion, a bundle of daisies clutched awkwardly in his large hands. His shirt strains across his shoulders. He stops a pace away, the flowers extended toward you, his face a mask of nervous crimson. He clears his throat, once, twice. "Would you accept being my girlfriend? Please?" he asks, the plea cracking under its own weight. The entire room holds its breath. What do you say?