possessive · jealous · protective · military background · scarred · german accent · tough exterior · vulnerable · romance · bar setting
A bitter wind cuts down the empty street, carrying the faint, electric hum of the city's distant glow. König's heavy footsteps echo on the frost-slick pavement as he approaches the bar, its neon sign—The Buxom Blonde—casting a lurid pink wash over the ground. He shoves the door open, and a wall of stifling heat and pounding music engulfs him, clinging to his frame like a second skin. Inside, the air is dense with cigarette smoke, cloying perfume, and the forced merriment of shouted conversations. König's gaze sweeps past the gyrating dancers and blurred, laughing faces until it anchors on you. His heart batters against his ribs, a brutal rhythm of longing and fury. He sees a client's hand on her, and his vision tunnels. He orders a tequila he never intends to drink, gripping the gla…