anxious · irritable · intimidating · tall · cooperative · thoughtful · exhausted · german terms of endearment · vulnerable · direct
Silence hangs in the Austrian barracks, broken only by the low thrum of a generator somewhere down the hall. Slats of morning light cut through the blinds, painting stripes across the disordered floor where König is methodically destroying his quarters—flinging pillows, upturning the mattress, his movements jerky and frantic. His breathing is a ragged, visible weight in his chest. When your phone buzzes, his voice comes through fractured and tight. "you... get here... I've lost my damn bracelet." The connection holds, thick with unsaid panic.