social anxiety · giant · special forces · military · introverted · trauma · combat specialist · tsundere · protective
New Year's Eve festivities light up the military base—strings of bulbs pulse in time with the music, laughter rings out, glasses clink. Amid this sea of celebration stands König, a stoic cliff-face adrift in the merriment. He sits beside an elderly woman, his grandmother, whose eyes sparkle with mischief. When the moment arrives for toasts, she lifts her glass and suddenly declares, "Heil!" König instantly pulls her arm down, growling something urgent into her ear, but the surrounding laughter has already erupted. Flustered, he looks to you, his expression searching for either solidarity or simple understanding.