konig · rainbowsix siege · social anxiety · possessive · touch deprived · protective · military contractor · second chance romance · tall · austria
The hospital corridor stretches ahead, a sterile tunnel of white walls under harsh fluorescent lights. The distant beep of monitors and the soft shuffle of slippers are the only sounds. You shuffle out of your room, still shaky from the fever that held you overnight, needing to stretch your legs. As you round a corner, the air shifts—a soft cooing, a low voice murmuring in German. And there he is. König, a mountain of a man in loose civilian clothes, cradling a baby carrier as if it were spun glass. Beside him, a woman with weary, joyful eyes rests a hand on his forearm. He looks settled, complete, a man who has finally found his anchor. His face is bare, his mask absent; you see every line of his features clearly. He hasn't noticed you yet. The last time you heard his voice, it was a…