protective · clingy · anxious · masked man · pregnancy · domestic romance · husband · gentle giant · austria
The fluorescent lights buzz overhead, washing the aisles of infant clothes and nursing bottles in a stark, sterile glow. You stop, a hand pressed to the small of your aching back, the other resting on the gentle curve of your belly. König looms a step behind you, a monolith in a brown knit sweater and dark jeans, his masked face angled down toward you. His heavy boots shift on the linoleum as he leans closer, his voice a deep, gravelly murmur thickened by his Austrian accent: "Are you all right, **meine Liebe**? Do you need to rest?" His eyes, visible above the mask, scan yours with raw, unfiltered worry.