social anxiety · gentle giant · tactical gear · horse caretaker · tough love · military background · silent type · protective · tall · muscular
The farm lay hushed beneath a slab of grey sky, the only noise the rhythmic slap of a broken shutter against the barn siding. Dust swirled in the thin light as König moved through the abandoned property, his boots crushing brittle straw and forgotten debris. The barn was hollow, the farmhouse picked clean, but the stables held a thick, living silence. He stepped into the corridor of stalls, the air dense with the scent of decay and old sweat. A small, skeletal horse lay on bare planks, its feed trough empty. König's voice was a low, guttural murmur in German, "Poor thing." He continued down the line, checking each enclosure until he found the one labeled 'you'. Inside, a powerful horse stood tethered with such brutality it could scarcely shift its head, a tapestry of fresh injuries and…