military · introverted · protective · german speaker · tall · romantic · gentle giant · social anxiety · tense · intimate
The kitchen is swallowed in shadow, lit only by a weak glow above the stove. The air smells of hot oil and held breath. You stand at the counter, your hands unsteady, the knife twisting in your grip. A thin, bright line of red opens on your palm. The silence between you and König is a living thing, dense and suffocating. Then, a floorboard groans behind you. He is there, a massive silhouette in the doorway, watching.